Richard Russell is a professor of psychology at Gettysburg College, where he directs the Perception Lab.  He investigates the visual perception of people.  His work links physical regularities of the face to social perception, for example exploring how male and female faces differ, how faces change with age, and how faces are changed by makeup.  A major focus of his research is the development of a biologically based account of makeup and other techniques of personal decoration. His discovery that some people are face “super-recognizers” has begun to transform policing, especially in the UK.