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Gleb Tsipursky is an American historian and public speaker noted for his promotion of truth-oriented behavior, rational thinking, and science-based decision-making. He is the president and co-founder of Intentional Insights, an educational non-profit organization, and the co-founder of the Pro-Truth Pledge project, an effort to encourage politicians and other public figures to commit to truth-oriented behaviors. He is currently an Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State University.

Education
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University (2002) and a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University (2004). He earned his Ph.D. in History (with a focus on behavioral science) in 2011 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Career and research
Tsipursky is an Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State University and a member of the Decision Sciences Collaborative. He teaches courses in European and global history, with a specialty in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European history. His interests include history, psychology, behavioral economics, cognitive neuroscience, the history of science, and behavioral science. His research is on truth-seeking, effective decision-making, emotional and social intelligence, and meaning and purpose.

He is also a coach, consultant, and trainer, popularizing research on the subjects of rational thinking and decision-making in politics and business.

Publications
Tsipursky has published essays in journals and edited volumes in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Russia, and is the author of:
 * The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide
 * Socialist Fun: Youth, Consumption, and State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Cold War Soviet Union, 1945-1970
 * Find Your Purpose Using Science
 * Having Fun in the Thaw: Youth Initiative Clubs in the Post-Stalin Years, in the series, The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, No. 2201

He has contributed articles to venues including Psychology Today, Time, Newsweek, Scientific American, The Conversation, Salon, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere.

Personal life
In 2014 Tsipursky took medical leave from his teaching duties due to mental illness. He has since written and spoken extensively about his diagnosis and recovery.

Tsipursky is married.

Coverage
Tsipursky appears regularly on network television, radio stations, and podcasts, having been interviewed on subjects such as social media (CBS News ), online privacy (NBC4 - WCMH-TV Columbus ), online censorship (The Daily Caller ), and fake news (Newsweek, The Drum , and The Lantern ) as well as on the topics of the Pro-Truth Pledge (Digital Journal ), and the Intentional Insights organization (The Columbus Dispatch ).