Dr Carol Tavris has spent a lifetime devoted to educating the public about psychological science.

Her interests and research focus on gender similarities and differences, cognitive dissonance as it applies to a wide variety of subjects from politics to families, and raising awareness of the pitfalls of pseudoscience.

Dr Tavris is the author or co-author of numerous books. Her most notable publications include: Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts, Estrogen Matters and The Mismeasure of Woman.

She has also written reviews, op-eds, and articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and the London TLS (Times Literary Supplement), to name just a few. She has taught or lectured on a wide array of topics in psychological science to students, judges and lawyers, psychologists, business executives, physicians, and many others.

Dr Tavris has received a number of honors throughout her career, including becoming a Charter Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, receiving the Media Achievement Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and receiving the 2016 Bertrand Russell Distinguished Scholar Award from the Foundation for Critical Thinking, Sonoma State.