1.1 About the Authors
Robin S. Rosenberg is a clinical psychologist in private practice in both Menlo Park and San Francisco, California. She is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and has been certified in clinical hypnosis. Dr. Rosenberg is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, President of the Santa Clara County Psychological Association, member of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee, and assistant clinical professor at the University of California at San Francisco. She has taught psychology classes at Lesley University and Harvard University.
Dr. Rosenberg received her B.A. in psychology from New York University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She completed her clinical internship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, had a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Community Health Plan, and was a staff member at Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s Outpatient Services. Dr. Rosenberg specializes in treating people with anxiety disorders, eating disorders, depression, and sexual dysfunctions.
In addition, Dr. Rosenberg writes about fictional popular culture figures and the psychological phenomena their stories reveal. She is author of Superhero Origins: What Makes Superheroes Tick and Why We Care and What’s the Matter with Batman? An Unauthorized Clinical Look Under the Mask of the Caped Crusader, as well as college-level psychology textbooks. She is the editor of The Psychology of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; The Psychology of Superheroes; Our Superheroes, Ourselves; and What Is a Superhero? Dr. Rosenberg is also a blogger at Psychology Today and the Huffington Post.
Stephen M. Kosslyn is the Founding Dean of the Minerva Schools at KGI (Keck Graduate Institute). Previously, he served as Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and as Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Kosslyn also is the former chair of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Social Science, and John Lindsley Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He received a B.A. from UCLA and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, both in psychology.
Kosslyn’s research has focused primarily on the nature of visual cognition, visual communication, and individual differences; he has authored or coauthored 14 books and over 300 papers on these topics. Kosslyn has received the following accolades: the American Psychological Association’s Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award, the National Academy of Sciences Initiatives in Research Award, the Cattell Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the J-L. Signoret Prize (France). He has honorary Doctorates from the University of Caen, the University of Paris Descartes, and University of Bern. Kosslyn has been elected to Academia Rodinensis pro Remediatione (Switzerland), the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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