Ellman, a Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar, a Faculty Fellow at the College of Law's Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, and an ASU Affiliate Professor of Psychology, also is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Child and Youth Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. His scholarly projects include an empirical investigation into how people make judgments about appropriate legal rules, and a book for Oxford University Press about the difficulties inherent in implementing family policy through family law.