Robert J. Coplan

ROBERT J. COPLAN, PhD, is a psychologist, researcher, teacher, and author who has been studying solitude for more than thirty years. He is a chancellor’s professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. Over the course of his career, he has extensively explored the costs and benefits of spending time alone among children, adolescents, and adults. In his spare time, Robert plays piano and sings with a local band, drinks too much coffee, takes daily long walks along the water, and tries to find the right balance between enjoying the company of cherished others and basking in the calm of solitude