Paul Wesley Schultz
Environmental Psychologist
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Education
Schultz began his academic journey at the University of California, Irvine, where he earned a B.A. in psychology in 1990. Following the recommendation of his academic advisor, Shawn Rosenberg, Schultz furthered his education at the University of Maine, where he studied green politics and obtained a psychology M.A. in 1992. He then continued his graduate studies at the Claremont Graduate School (now Claremont Graduate University), where he studied under the supervision of Stuart Oskamp, one of the few scholars working on the psychology of environmental conservation at the time. During graduate school, Schultz conducted field research on recycling and energy conservation. In 1995, he received his Ph.D. in psychology and statistics from the Claremont Graduate School.
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Academic career
Currently, Schultz is a full research professor at the Claremont Graduate University. Prior to joining CGU, he served as the dean of graduate studies and professor of psychology at California State University San Marcos. Between 1995 and 1997, he was a visiting assistant professor at St. Lawrence University in New York.
Since 2020, Schultz has been co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Environmental Psychology, alongside Lindsay McCunn. He also serves on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Psychology, Environment and Behavior, Human Ecology Review, and the CSU Journal of Sustainability and Climate Change.
Professional service
For more than 15 years, Schultz has served as an advisor to Stanford University’s Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) initiative. He previously served for more than a decade on the board of directors Keep America Beautiful. As a scientific advisor, he currently consults with Badger Meter International and he previously advised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program. He was elected president of the International Association of Applied Psychology Division of Environmental Psychology, where he served 12 years as a president-elect, president, and former president.
Awards
Schultz was awarded the Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Claremont Graduate School in 1995 for his research on recycling intervention and was a recipient of CSUSM's Psi Chi 2007 Distinguished Professor award. In total, Schultz has received approximately $14 million in grants over his academic career.