George R. "Al" Goethals is Chair of the Department of Psychology and the Program in Leadership Studies at Williams College. He graduated from Harvard College in 1966 and received his PhD from Duke University in 1970. In addition to his teaching duties, Professor Goethals has served Williams as Acting Dean of the Faculty, 1987-88, and as Provost, 1990-95. He has co-authored several textbooks on basic psychology, social psychology and the psychology of adjustment and has published numerous articles on attitude change, social perception, and self-evaluation. His current research interests concern how college students educate each other and the ways in which leadership is enacted and perceived.