Jeanne L. Tsai is currently an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines how cultural ideas and practices shape the emotions that people actually feel, emotions that people want to feel, and the implications these processes have for mental health and well-being across the life span. This research is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging. She is director of the Culture and Emotion Lab and teaches undergraduate and graduate seminars on cultural psychology and an undergraduate survey course on personality.