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Lisa Marie Warner

Lisa Marie Warner studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, where she obtained her doctorate in health psychology. She is Professor of Social Psychology at the MSB Medical School Berlin. At the interface of health, social and lifespan psychology, she designs and tests theory-based programs for behavior change (e.g., volunteering, physical activity). She also investigates basic mechanisms of social exchange processes and their impact on health across the lifespan.

Cathleen Clerkin

Cathleen Clerkin is a research faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cathleen is an interdisiplinary psychologist whose work draws upon organizational psychology, social and personality psychology, political science, and social cognitive neuroscience. Her recent research has examined the integration of multiple social identities, the link between identity management and creativity, innovation in the workplace, women in STEM, and penalties faced by women and minority leaders. Cathleen earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Masters and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.        

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Stephen Reicher

Stephen Reicher is Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews. His research is on social identity and group processes. Stephen is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2001 he, along with Alex Haslam, revisited the issues of the Stanford Prison Experiment through their own BBC Prison Experiment (see www.bbcprisonstudy.org)

Sampada Karandikar

Sampada Karandikar has completed her Masters in Forensic Psychology from the University of York, and is currently a Research Author at the Department of Psychology at Monk Prayogshala. She has recently co-authored a book on the Indian serial killer phenomena, called Twisted - A Profile of Indian Serial Killers. Her research interests lie in forensic psychology, personality psychology, and social psychology.

Dan Miller

Dan Miller, PhD, is a Lecturer in Psychology at James Cook University. His primary research focus is on pornography use and its impact on behaviours and attitudes.

Ted Cascio

Ted Cascio currently divides his passion for teaching psychology at The College of New Jersey with his zeal for diffusing psychology to the masses via Hollywood Ph.D., his Psychology Today blog, as well as other lay-oriented publications such as his edited trade book, House & Psychology: Humanity is Overrated (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). E-mail: t.cascio@in-mind.org.

Kevin Winter

Kevin Winter is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sustainable Behavior and Management at the University of Hohenheim. In his research, he examines ways to mitigate polarized attitudes and the negative consequences of conspiracy beliefs. He is particularly interested in finding ways to foster sustainable behavior. Twitter: @KevinWinter91 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kwinter.bsky.social

Agneta Fischer

Agneta Fischer has a Professorship in the department of Social Psychology on Emotions and Affective Processes at the University of Amsterdam. The general theme of her research is the influence of social context on emotion, emotion recognition and emotion regulation.