Elizabeth Loftus is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. She holds positions in the Departments of Psychology & Social Behavior, and Criminology, Law & Society. She also has appointments in the Department of Cognitive Sciences and is a Fellow of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Since then, she has published 20 books and over 350 scientific articles, including "Eyewitness Testimony" and "The Myth of Repressed Memory."

Loftus's research of the last 20 years has focused on human memory, eyewitness testimony and also on courtroom procedure. Loftus has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of cases, including the McMartin PreSchool Molestation case, the Hillside Strangler case, and the Bosnian War trials in the Hague. Loftus also has worked on numerous cases involving allegations of "repressed memories."

Perhaps one of the most unusual signs of recognition of the impact of Loftus's research came in a study published by the Review of General Psychology. The study identified the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century, and not surprisingly Freud, Skinner, and Piaget are at the top of that list. Loftus was #58, and the top ranked woman on the list.