Dr. Jeanette Altarriba is a Cognitive Psychologist with a program of research that focuses on bilingualism, cognition, language, memory, multiculturalism and mental health, and emotion. Her MA and PHD degrees were earned at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and she spent two years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She founded and directs a vibrant research Laboratory—The Cognition and Language Laboratory—that includes undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral collaborators both local and abroad. Professor Altarriba has spent several decades understanding the ways in which bilingual speakers store concepts, words, and phrases in memory and how those items are distinct depending on the language in which they are coded. Bilingualism plays an important role in the processing of emotional language as well, with the native language often playing a larger role in the expression of emotion, as compared to a second language or one learned later in life. Dr. Altarriba has also investigated the ways in which new and experienced bilinguals respond to emotional stimuli in eye-tracking, priming, Stroop and a variety of other paradigms. She has been exploring both basic and applied research perspectives the area of healthcare and health disparities in LEP (Limited English Proficient) populations focusing on the roles of language and culture in messaging and communicating with these populations. Her research has had an impact in applied areas such as healthcare practice and the interviewing of bilingual and multilingual speakers. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed research articles in journals such as Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Memory & Cognition, and Current Directions in Psychological Science and has given many presentations and plenary addresses locally, nationally, and internationally. She is editor or co-editor of eight volumes of research published by presses including Cambridge University Press, Springer Science, and Routledge. She is now Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York.