Faculty

Heather Hoffmann, Chair
Professor 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. McAndrew
Cornelia 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."

Tim Kasser
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."

Daniel Peterson
Assistant 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."

Mike Prentice
Visiting Instructor in Psychology
M.A., York University, 2011
"From the minute I came to the campus to visit, I was sold on it. I sat in on classes where the students and the professors were engaged in talking to you. I chose Knox because of the academics.."

Kelly Shaw
Instructor in Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies
Ph.D. candidate, Purdue University

Cooperating faculty from other programs

Diana Beck
Professor of Educational Studies
Ph.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 Civettini
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2007
"I am broadly interested in the psychology of political behavior, both of the masses and elites."

Frederick Hord
Professor of Black Studies
Ph.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."

James Mountjoy
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., McGill University, 1994

Esther Penick
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Wayne State University, 2000

Jennifer Templeton
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.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 Thorn
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995

Emeritus Faculty
Gary R. Francois
Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology