Andrew J. Elliot

Andrew J. Elliot (born 1962) is a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester.

His research on the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance motivation focuses on combining classic and contemporary methods to test various theories.

[1] Elliot's work in social psychology is cited frequently by those in the field, causing him to be named one of Thomson Reuters' ISI Highly Cited for the Social Sciences in 2010.

He has served on the editorial boards of multiple psychological journals, and he is currently editor of Advances in Motivation Science and consulting editor to the Journal of Educational Psychology, the Journal of Personality, and the Personality and Social Psychology Review.

[3] He was also the Churchill Fellow at Cambridge University in 2010, and has served as the visiting senior fellow at Jesus College in Oxford University during the 2013–2014 academic year.