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| Steven Stemler, a
new assistant professor of psychology, will teach Psychological Statistics
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| Posted 08.17.05 |
Psychology Department Welcomes New Assistant Professor
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Steve Stemler has
joined the Psychology Department as an assistant professor.
In an era of increasing specialization, Stemler says he admires
Wesleyan for recognizing the importance of training undergraduate students
to value the diversity of knowledge accumulated across different fields of
study.
“There is a tremendous value to studying such topics as classical languages,
hard sciences, social sciences and the arts simultaneously,” he says. “I
believe that a liberal arts education results in a well-rounded person who
will be capable of seeing broad perspectives on complex issues without being
stuck into the kind of black and white thinking that seems to be
increasingly encouraged in today’s society.”
This fall, Stemler will be teaching Psychological Statistics and anticipates
teaching other courses on educational psychology, intelligence, the
psychology of good and evil and the psychology of conflict resolution.
The Washington State native received his bachelor’s degree in psychology
from the University of Washington and his master’s of education and Ph.D
from Boston College. He completed his postdoctorial research at Yale
University.
Before coming to Wesleyan, Stemler was the assistant director of the Yale
University Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and
Expertise (PACE) for more than three years. He also held an appointment with
the Framingham State College International Educational Program, a program in
which faculty members are sent to various developing countries to teach
intensive, two-week courses in their area of specialization. Stemler taught
courses in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Stemler’s research intertwines education and psychology. He studies the
purposes of schooling articulated by school mission statements, historical
documents, legal court precedent and other sources. His goal is to develop
assessments of creativity, wisdom, social and emotional skills that meet the
same rigorous standards for testing quality as conventional tests.
He presented a paper titled “Measuring teachers’ practical skills,” at the
annual meeting of the International Association of Cognitive Education and
Psychology in Durham, England in July; and another paper titled “Practical
intelligence and teacher preparation” at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association in Montreal, Quebec in April.
Stemler lives in Hamden, Conn. with his
wife Karen and their two yellow labs, Alex and Jack. He enjoys reading,
hiking, swimming, walking the dogs, and spending time with his wife.
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Olivia Bartlett, The Wesleyan Connection
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