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Psychology's Marc Schulz Featured in Video About Cohousing Movement

June 27, 2024

Despite of, or perhaps even in part because of, the omnipresence of social media, the U.S. and many other countries are experiencing a loneliness epidemic, warn many experts.

Among the ways some are trying to combat the social isolation of the modern world is through a collaborative living arrangement called cohousing. 

As part of a video on cohousing and the value of stronger social connections, the news and education nonprofit Retro Report interviewed Professor of Psychology Marc Schulz, co-author of The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.

"Relationships keep us happier and healthier throughout the lifespan. Cohousing is one kind of extreme example of trying to get people together in an intentional way to build a community. But I think what that makes clear is that we're at a point where people are beginning to recognize the importance of social connection in their life and they're searching for it," says Schulz. Watch the full piece below. 

Schulz is the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and the Sue Kardas Ph.D. 1971 Chair in Psychology at Bryn Mawr. He also directs the Data Science Program. Schulz received his B.A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. His postdoctoral training was in health and clinical psychology at Harvard Medical School.


Bryn Mawr’s Psychology Department offers courses from among a wide variety of fields in psychology: clinical, cognitive, developmental, physiological and social. Majors can focus on more specialized areas through advanced coursework, seminars, and especially through supervised research. The Data Science program is an interdisciplinary collaboration that includes a minor in Data Science and significant programming for all in the Bryn Mawr community.