William von Hippel
<p>William von Hippel grew up in Alaska, got his B.A. at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan, and then taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before finding his way to Australia, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published more than a hundred articles, chapters, and edited books, and his research has been featured in <em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em>, <em>USA Today</em>, <em>The</em> <em>Economist</em>, <em>the BBC,</em> <em>Le Monde</em>, <em>El Mundo</em>, <em>Der Spiegel</em>, and <em>The</em> <em>Australian</em>. He lives with his wife and two children in Brisbane, Australia.</p>