Faculty
Meet the Psychology Faculty
Tim Kasser, Chair
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1994
"My primary interest concerns people's values and goals, and how they relate to quality of life."
Heather HoffmannProfessor of Psychology
Ph.D., State University of New York-Binghamton, 1989
"I am interested in the origins of patterns of sexual attraction and sexual arousal, in other words what turns people on and why."
Frank T. McAndrewCornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Maine, 1981
"I am also interested in environmental psychology, which is the study of the relationship between people and their physical environments, both natural and human-made."
Gail M. FergusonAssistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2006
"I am interested in cultural similarities and differences in children and adolescents' sense of self and well-being."
Daniel PetersonAssistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
"My primary research interests relate to human memory. Currently, I'm trying to understand what happens when we retrieve information through testing."Kelly Shaw
Instructor in Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies
Ph.D. candidate, Purdue University
Yuna FergusonVisiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010
"I am interested in well-being among adults and adolescents, happiness interventions, autonomous motivation, internalization of behavior, cross-cultural/ethnic differences in well-being, maximizing, and satisfaction."Cooperating faculty from other programs
Diana BeckProfessor of
Educational StudiesPh.D., University of Illinois, 1997
"In my classrooms, I cultivate a learning environment that engages my students in vigorous inquiry, actively constructing knowledge, meanings, and understandings."
Andrew CivettiniAssistant Professor of
Political SciencePh.D., University of Iowa, 2007
"I am broadly interested in the psychology of political behavior, both of the masses and elites."
Frederick HordProfessor of
Black StudiesPh.D., Union Graduate School, 1987
"My most immediate projects are in the areas of Black Studies theory, African American literary criticism, Black psychology traditions, and the status of Blacks in Latin America."
Jennifer TempletonAssociate Professor of
BiologyPh.D., Concordia University, 1993
"The focus of my studies is on learning, memory, and foraging behavior, and involves experimental work in the field and lab."
Judith ThornAssociate Professor of
BiologyPh.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995
Emeritus Faculty
Gary R. Francois
Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology
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