Her groundbreaking research has received national media attention, including features on National Public Radio, the Today show, Psychology Today, Business Insider, National Geographic, Science, and Nature, as well as in journals such as Psychological Science, Developmental Psychology, the Journal of Positive Psychology, and the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Dr. Kurtz’s popular Happy Trails column for PsychologyToday.com is frequently named one of their “Essential Reads.” Whether hiking the fjords of Norway or hanging out in her backyard in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dr. Kurtz is always putting her own research to the test to become a happier traveler through her own life.”