 Stephanie is a professor of psychology and head of the Ecological Neuroscience Lab at the University of Michigan. She investigates the evolutionary reasons for emotion, empathy, and decision-making across species. In 2002, she and famed primatologist Franz Duvall authored a seminal work on the empathy of animals. And in 2022, she authored a book titled, The Altruistic Urge, Why We're Driven to Help Others.