Maya Enisman

Maya Enisman is a Martin Seligman Postdoctoral Researcher at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, working in the Social Action Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the Annenberg School for Communication, and the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences. Her research explores the intersection of motivation, social cognition, and decision-making, currently focusing on beliefs surrounding behavioral change. She studies the socio-cognitive mechanisms underlying choices between desirable options (e.g., meeting a friend or watching a movie) and undesirable options (e.g., washing dishes or taking out the trash). She completed her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2024, where she investigated the differences between conflicts involving desirable alternatives (Approach-Approach conflicts) and those involving undesirable alternatives (Avoidance-Avoidance conflicts).