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Professor RJ Starr – Academic Psychologist, Author, and Public Intellectual
New Release September 2025
The Psychology of Being Human
The book that brings emotional intelligence, meaning-making, and self-understanding into clear focus.
This is the book people have been waiting for—those who feel, think, and wonder deeply. Grounded in decades of psychological insight, The Psychology of Being Human integrates emotional intelligence, cognitive development, and existential theory into one clear and compelling framework. It’s not a self-help book. It’s a book about what it means to be a self at all.
“This book isn’t just informative—it’s transformative. A psychology professor’s life’s work, brought to the public with clarity and care.”
Meet Professor RJ Starr
Academic Psychologist, Author, and Public Intellectual
Human understanding requires more than reflection; it requires learning to see others with the same clarity we seek for ourselves. My work examines how people construct meaning, regulate emotion, and sustain identity in a fragmented cultural world.
Drawing on existential psychology, cognitive science, and affective neuroscience, I write, teach, and publish with the aim of bringing psychological insight into public life. Through books, essays, podcasts, and an evolving library of resources, I offer frameworks that clarify experience and strengthen the emotional maturity needed for connection, resilience, and coherence.