Psychologist; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Maryland; Science and Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Contributing Writer and Expert, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Psychology Today; Author, Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment (2026), “The Trait That ‘Super Friends’ Have in Common” (2022, The Atlantic) and Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends (2022)