Elliott Berkman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, our largest Psychological Science adopter. His Social and Affective Neuroscience lab researches the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure of real-world goals, as well as the neural systems that support goal pursuit. In addition to studying how goal pursuit works, Elliott’s research also seeks ways to facilitate health behavior change goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. He’s won numerous awards for early career research and teaching and is active on social media. His highly popular article, The Self-Defeat of Academia makes a strong case for psychologists to better communicate the societal impact of their research. He brings that thoughtfulness and societal impact to his revision of Psychological Science. Elliott teaches courses in introductory psychology, statistics, neuroimaging, and social psychology. His students have called his teaching "amazing, funny, and engaging." His blog,?The Motivated Brain, is located at Psychology Today, and he tweets as?@Psychologician.