Ernie Harburg is a social psychologist. He is a Senior Research Scientist Emeritus in Psychology and Epidemiology at the University of Michigan, author of over eighty-five research articles and President Emeritus of the Yip Harburg Foundation, which promotes both the creative works of the famous lyricist and Yip's commitment to social justice and world peace. He is the author, with Harold Meyerson, of Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist (University of Michigan Press, 1993) and, with Bernard Rosenberg, The Broadway Musical: Collaboration in Commerce and Art (New York University Press, 1993). From 1969-2004 Harburg was a co-owner of the Del Rio Bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ernie Harburg lives in New York City with his wife Deena and their son Ben.