Christine R. Harris received her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of California, San Diego, where she is currently an associate professor of psychology. Her primary research interest is in human emotion, particularly focusing on social emotions such as embarrassment, shame, envy and jealousy, and on the effects of emotion on cognitive processes. She currently is an associate editor of Cognition and Emotion. Address: 9500 Gilman Drive #0109, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109. Internet: charris@ucsd.edu