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Your topic is Lisa Aspinwall who works in the area of self-regulation and future-oriented thinking. Here is a link to her facul ty profile: https://psych.utah.edu/people/faculty/aspinwall-lisa. php Your partner is Robert C. Please work in this sandbox by fil ling in the template below.Lisa Aspin wall is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the fields of Self Regulation, the roles played by emotio ns and expectations, and management of disease risks and illnesses. Her interests consist of Future oriented thinking, Positive effects and the processing of negative events and information. Some publications from Aspinwall include "Distinguishing Optimism from from denial: Optimistic Beliefs Predict Attention to Health Threats,"(October 1,1996) "Social Comparison, Stress, and Coping,"(March 1,1990) and "Future-Oriented Aspects of Social Comparisons: A Framework for Studying Health-Related Comparison Activity,"(May 13,2013). She's received a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize in 2000 and in 2003 she and Ursula Staudinger co-edited an award-winning volume, A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology (APA Books).

Biography
Aspinwall Received her B.A degree in arts at Stanford University. She went to graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles where she obtained her Masters in arts and Ph.D in Social Psychology. She worked under the supervision of Alice M. Isen at the University of Utah. She served as associate editor and help Alice with her research on positive effect.

Write about what position she is currently holding. Where is she working? On what topics does her research focus? Aspinwall is currently working in The University of Utah as a Psychology Professor and her research focuses on positive effect and the roles of emotion and expectations when dealing with cancer and other health risk communications.

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