Associate Professor Lisa A. Williams is a social psychologist whose research explores the mechanisms of social and emotional wellbeing. Her current research projects address emotional experience in the context of close, prosocial behaviour, and blood donation. She is an advocate for gender equity—particularly in STEM—and currently serves as Associate Dean Equity Diversity and Inclusion in the UNSW Faculty of Science. She is Chief Investigator on the grants that fund the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador initiative. To her advocacy for equity she brings her knowledge of the science of stereotypes, discrimination, and prejudice and is a staunch supporter of deploying best-practice initiatives using an empirically-backed approach.