Dr. Daryl R. Van Tongeren is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Frost Center for Social Science Research at Hope College. He completed his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. He was named a 2016 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Rising Star. He won the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Margaret Gorman Early Career Award for 2022. He is a Fellow of APS, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) and the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR). He has 250 scientific publications, including four books, on topics spanning meaning in life, religion, and virtues, and his work has been supported by numerous external grants.

His work has been highlighted on Hidden Brain, the New York Times, the BBC, The Atlantic, and many other media outlets and podcasts, and he regularly consults on a wide variety of projects. He is an associate editor at The Journal of Positive Psychology and a consulting editor at Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.

He enjoys running, biking, cooking, reading, and hiking the dunes of Lake Michigan.