Ellen S. Berscheid (born 1936)[1] is an American social psychologist who is currently a Regents professor at the University of Minnesota, where she earlier had earned her PhD in 1965.
[2] Berscheid started her academic career as an Education major at Beloit College in Wisconsin, before transferring to University of Nevada, Reno.
After graduation Berscheid applied for and received PHS Predoctoral Research Fellowship, at the University of Minnesota to work with Harold Kelley.
[3] Berscheid accepted a job teaching research methods in the business department at the University of Minnesota.
[6] In 1983 Berscheid introduced the Emotion-in-Relationships Model (ERM), a theory designed to predict individual's experiences towards emotions.
Due to an all-male faculty, Berscheid expected an early retirement but then was offered a professorship in the psychology department.