Tom Lickona holds a doctorate in psychology and is a developmental psychologist and professor of education at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he has done award-winning work in teacher education and directs the Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs. He is codirector, with Dr. Matt Davidson, of the Smart & Good Schools Initiative. He has also been a visiting professor at Boston and Harvard Universities.
A past president of the Association for Moral Education, Lickona serves on the board of directors of the Character Education Partnership and the advisory councils of Character Counts Coalition and Medical Institute for Sexual Health.