Psychologist Jessica Tracy of the University of British Columbia discusses her research on self-conscious emotions, including pride and shame, in an interview conducted by Yale's June Gruber for the Experts in Emotion series. Tracy explains what drew her to the study of emotion, then walks through the central findings of her work, including how pride functions as a universally recognized emotional expression tied to status and reputation. The conversation, running about eighteen minutes, moves through her lab's core discoveries before turning to where she expects the field to head next. She closes with practical advice for students considering a career studying emotion. The format is a structured one-on-one conversation rather than a formal classroom lecture, but the content stays focused on Tracy's actual research program and its evidence, giving viewers a compact overview of a specific line of work in affective science from one of its leading researchers.