Andrew J. Elliot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. His research areas include achievement motivation, approach-avoidance motivation, the development of motivation and self-regulation, and subtle cue and context effects on psychological functioning. He has been (or currently is) an Associate Editor at Emotion, Journal of Personality, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science, and Social and Personality Psychology Compass, and has edited two handbooks: Handbook of competence and motivation (with Carol Dweck) and Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. He has over 170 scholarly publications, has received research grants from public and private agencies, and has been awarded multiple awards for his research contributions.

• 1. Advances and Challenges in Work Motivation:A Whole-Person PerspectiveRuth Kanfer2. Integrating Two Separate Research Traditions: The Conscientiousness  Interest Compensation (CONIC) ModelUlrich Trautwein3. The Drive to Escape: Uncovering the Motivational Dynamics of Suicide-Related Cognitive Accessibility in Everyday LifeLeila Selimbegović4. Cue-Based Behavior: A Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer Approach to Automatic Goal PursuitRudd Custer