Adam K. Anderson is professor of human development and member of the graduate field of psychology at Cornell University. At different points in his career, he has found himself at Vassar, Harvard, City College NY, Yale, Stanford, and the University of Toronto. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, he is happy to be teaching psychology and working with students back in his home state of NY. He is interested in the role of the emotions in all human faculties, considering psychological, physiological, and neural perspectives. A guiding principle in his research and teaching is that the function of emotions is to help rather than hurt us. In recognition of his work, Adam has been a Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and received the APA Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award.