Patrick Dwyer is an assistant professor of philanthropic studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He joined the faculty in 2017 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

He teaches courses on donor motivations, behaviors, and engagement, institutional fundraising and grant writing, and experimental methods. His research focuses on the psychology of philanthropy and examines the influences of people’s emotions, motivations, personalities, and relationships on their philanthropic behaviors.

His work has been published in a variety of academic journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, PLOS ONE, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Environmental Psychology, The Journal of Social Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, and Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.

He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Minnesota.