Prof. Nira Liberman received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Tel Aviv University in 1997. She had a post-doctoral position at Columbia University, NYC during 1996-1999, and an assistant professor position at Indiana University, Bloomington during 2000-2001. Prof. Liberman is presently at the social psychology program at the Department of Psychology, where she has been a faculty member since 2001. Fields of Interest Psychological distance, social cognition, decision making, motivation, goal striving, self-regulation, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.