Professor of Psychology and Management and Organizations, Northwestern University Dr. Finkel is a psychologist who researches initial romantic attraction, conflict-resolution in established relationships, and the ways in which other people influence one’s goal achievement. His work has been recognized with the Early Career Award from the Relationship Researchers Interest Group of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the SAGE Young Scholars Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology. He is the director of Northwestern University’s Social Psychology program and serves as associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He has served as an expert witness at the sentencing stage of a death penalty case, and he consults with large and small businesses about human psychology. He received a Ph.D. degree in social psychology from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.