Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipUnited States, Canada
Alma mater
Known forTheory of constructed emotion
SpouseDaniel J. Barrett
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisOn the failure to differentiate anxiety and depression in self-report (1992)
Doctoral advisorMike Ross
Doctoral studentsTamlin Conner
Websitelisafeldmanbarrett.com, affective-science.org

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a Canadian-American psychologist. She is a University Distinguished Professor of psychology at Northeastern University,[1] where she focuses on affective science[2] and co-directs the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory.[3] She has received both of the highest scientific honors in the field of psychology, the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science for 2025,[4] and the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association for 2021.[5] Along with James Russell, she is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Emotion Review.[6] Along with James Gross, she founded the Society for Affective Science.

  1. ^ "Northeastern University Psychology Department". neu.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  2. ^ "The Faces and Minds of Psychological Science". psychologicalscience.org.
  3. ^ "People - Lisa Feldman Barrett - Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory - Northeastern University". www.affective-science.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ "APS William James Fellow Award". psychologicalscience.org.
  5. ^ "APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  6. ^ Barrett, Lisa Feldman (2019-01-17). "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). Northeastern University. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-09-10.