I am a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Human Development in Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. I have been there for 30+ years. I am a social and personality psychologist. I study emotion, stress, coping, and adaptation through the lens of appraisal theory -- a theoretical approach that holds that emotions are elicited based on an evaluation (appraisal) of what one's circumstances imply for personal well-being. Currently, my research efforts are focused on examining the differentiation of positive emotional experience, and examining the motivational properties of various emotions, such as those of challenge/determimation vs pride. In collaboration with several international colleagues I am currently conducting a study examining how people are thinking, feeling, and dealing with the Coronavirus Pandemic and its consequences.