Helen E. Fisher[1] (born May 31, 1945) is an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She is a professor at Rutgers University and has studied romantic interpersonal attraction for over 30 years.[2][3][4] Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Dr. Fisher earned a B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology from New York University in 1968; an M.A. in Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, and Archeology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1972, and a PhD in Physical Anthropology: Human Evolution, Primatology, Human Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Strategies from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1975.