Tom Gilovich is the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University and co-director of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. 

His research focuses on how people evaluate information in their everyday and professional lives, and how they use that information to draw conclusions, form beliefs, and embark on courses of action. He is also interested in the emotional states that both influence and follow from people's judgments, with a focus on happiness, gratitude, and regret.