Barry Beyerstein was a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University.

His research focused on brain-behavior relationships, with a focus on the topics of psychopharmacology, sensory psychophysiology, and critical assessments of claims of the paranormal and pseudoscience. He was a renowned skeptic of pseudoscience and the paranormal, heading the B.C. Skeptics Society.

Beyerstein taught at SFU from 1973-2007.