Dr. Susan Mineka, born and raised in Ithaca, New York, received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude in psychology at Cornell University. She received a PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and later completed a formal clinical retraining program from 1981 to 1984. She taught at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and at the University of Texas at Austin before moving to Northwestern University in 1987. Since 1987 Dr. Mineka has been a professor of psychology at Northwestern, and from 1998 to 2006 Susan served as director of clinical training there.

Dr. Mineka has taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses, including motivation, learning, abnormal psychology, introductory psychology, and cognitive-behavior therapy. Her current research interests include cognitive and behavioral approaches to understanding the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders.

Susan Mineka is currently a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She has served as editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1990—1994). She also served as associate editor for Emotion from 2002 to 2006 and is on the editorial boards of several of the leading journals in the field. She was also president of the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology (1994—1995) and was president of the Midwestern Psychological Association (1997). Susan also served on the American Psychological Association’s Board of Scientific Affairs (1992—1994, chair 1994), on the Executive Board of the Society for Research in Psychopathology (1992—1994, 2000—2003), and on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Society (2001—2004). During 1997 and 1998 Susan was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.