Melanie C. Green is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication at the University at Buffalo. Her work has focused on persuasion and belief change. In particular, Melanie’s research examines how narratives can change the way individuals think and behave, including the effects of fictional stories on real-world attitudes and the persistence of belief change over time. Her theory of "transportation into a narrative world" focuses on immersion into a story as a mechanism of narrative influence. She has examined persuasion in a variety of contexts, from health communication to social issues. She has edited two books on these topics (Narrative Impact and Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives, Second Edition), and has published numerous articles in leading psychology, communication, and interdisciplinary journals. Professor Green is a Fellow of the International Communication Association and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, NIH, and the Spencer Foundation. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Ohio State University.