Barbara Mellers

Dr. Mellers is the Milton W. Terrill Professor of Business Administration at the University of California at Berkeley. She was trained in psychology and has long been interested in how and why people make judgments and decisions. She believes that we can help people make better decisions if we know what we are dealing with—namely, how people make unaided decisions without training or guidance. Dr. Mellers has written more than 75 scientific papers on topics in judgment and decision making and has been receiving funding from the National Science Foundation for over 20 years. She was awarded a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and served as president of the Judgment and Decision Making Society. Dr. Mellers received her BA in psychology from UC Berkeley and her MA and PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois.