Renee Engeln, PhD, is an award-winning professor of psychology at Northwestern University, where she directs The Body and Media Lab. Her work has appeared in numerous academic journals and at academic conferences, and she speaks to groups across the country. She is regularly interviewed by the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Today.com, the Huffington Post, Think Progress, and other national media, as well as local outlets and college student publications. Her TEDx talk at the University of Connecticut has more than half a million views on YouTube. She blogs regularly for Psychology Today. She lives in Evanston, Illinois.