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Chair
Andrea Patalano
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 401
860-685-2310
Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior
860-685-2310
Chair, Psychology
BA Brown University
MA University of Michigan
PHD University of Michigan
PSYC200 - 01
Stats: Activity-Based Approach
PSYC200 - 03
Stats: Activity-Based Approach
Personal Homepage:
http://apatalano.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours:
Wed 2-4 pm in Judd 401 when classes are in session
Research Interests:
Categorization; planning; decision making; neuroscience of reasoning.
Scholarly Keywords:
Cognition
Lab URL:
http://patalanolab.research.wesleyan.edu/
Publications:
http://apatalano.faculty.wesleyan.edu/publications/
Faculty
Charles Barber
Visiting WriterShow Bio and Photo
Visiting Writer
41 Wyllys Avenue 322
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
41 Wyllys Avenue 2276
BA Harvard University
MFA Columbia University
COL213 - 01
Writing Short Fiction
COL201 - 01
Writing Nonfiction
PSYC331 - 01
Narratives Illness & Recovery
Hilary Barth
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 204
860-685-2468
Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior
Judd Hall 204
860-685-2468
BA Bryn Mawr College
PHD Massachusetts Institute Techno
PSYC230 - 01
Developmental Psychology
Personal Homepage:
http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours: by appointment
Lab URL:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cdl
Publications:
http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/publications/
Sarah Carney
Visiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 201
860-685-4976
BA Connecticut College
MA Wesleyan University
PHD CUNY The Graduate Center
PSYC213 - 02
Research Methods in Social Psy
PSYC213 - 03
Research Methods in Social Psy
PSYC105 - 01
Foundations Contemporary Psych
PSYC277 - 01
Psychology and the Law
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 10-11
Lisa Dierker
Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Ohio State University
MA University of Connecticut
PHD University of Connecticut
Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ld_vita_11.pdf
Office Hours:
Tues 12:00 to 1:30
Research Interests:
Patterns of psychopathology in families; development of substance abuse and dependence; treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders in children.
For Prof Dierker's Thesis Requirements and Recommendation outline, please go to:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ugrad/ugrad_thesis.html#thesis
Scholarly Keywords:
Development of nicotine dependence; Group-based statistical methods; Psychiatric and substance use comorbidity.
Grants:
Lisa Dierker and David Beveridge, the University Professor of the Sciences and Mathematics, professor of chemistry, received a $174,999 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will support an inquiry based, supportive approach to statistical reasoning and applications.
Lisa Dierker received a grant worth $521,938 from the National Institute of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. The grant was issued under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Dierker and Jennifer Rose, research associate, are researching "Individual Differences in Smoking Exposure and Nicotine Dependence Sensitivity."
Publications:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ldierker_pubs.htt
Joseph Goulet
Visiting FacultyShow BioVisiting Faculty
BS Southern Connecticut State Uni
MS Southern Connecticut State Uni
PHD Yale University
Barbara Juhasz
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 508
860-685-4978
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior
Judd Hall 508
860-685-4978
BA Binghamton University
MA University Mass Amherst
PHD University of Mass Amherst
Office Hours: Spring 2013: Wednesdays 1:30pm-3:30pm (starting 1/30)
Lab URL:
https://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/labs/eyelab/web/index.htm
http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/people/2006/0706juhasz.html
Matthew Kurtz
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 314
860-685-2072
Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior
Judd Hall 314
860-685-2072
Chair, Neuroscience & Behavior Program
BA Reed College
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University
NS&B213 - 01
Behavioral Neurobiology
PSYC200 - 01
Stats: Activity-Based Approach
PSYC316 - 01
Schizophrenia & Its Treatment
Personal Homepage:
http://schizophrenia.research.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:30PM-2:30PM
Research Interests: Identification and treatment of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia. History and current status of ideas regarding treatment of the severely mentally ill.
Scholarly Keywords: Clinical Neuropsychology
Psyche Loui
Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow BioAssistant Professor of Psychology
BS Duke University
PHD University Calif Berkeley
NS&B225 - 01
Cognitive Neuroscience
Karen Mitchell
Visiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA Pennsylvania State University
MA Kent State University
PHD Kent State University
PSYC220 - 01
Cognitive Psychology
Jill Morawski
Professor of PsychologyShow BioProfessor of Psychology
Judd Hall 317
860-685-2344
Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
860-685-2344
Professor, Science in Society
860-685-2344
Wilbur Fisk Osborne Professor
860-685-2344
BA Mount Holyoke College
MA Carleton University
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Carleton University
ENGL262 - 01
Literatures of Lying
PSYC259 - 01
Discovering the Person
PSYC259 - 02
Discovering the Person
Office Hours: Mondays 4:15-5:15 Thursdays 11:00-121:00
Research Interests: History of modern psychological sciences with focus on the scientific practices accompanying claims about the nature of subjectivity and the moral commitments of scientific psychology.
Scholarly Keywords: Social psychology, History of Psychology, Gender Studies
Stephanie Petrusz
Visiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA University of Pittsburgh
PHD University of Connecticut
PSYC222 - 01
Sensation and Perception
Scott Plous
Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA University Minnesota Mpls
PHD Stanford University
PSYC260 - 01
Social Psychology
Personal Homepage:
http://www.socialpsychology.org/plous.htm
Office Hours:
1:00-2:00 pm Wednesdays and by appointment
Research Interests:
Professor Plous' research focuses on prejudice and discrimination, decision making, and ethical issues relating to animals and the environment. He is also interested in web-based research and the development of online psychology resources.
Scholarly Keywords:
Social Psychology
Academic Associations:
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, American Psychological Association, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Society for the Teaching of Psychology; Member of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Grants:
Using Social Networking to Advance Psychological Research and Teaching (National Science Foundation research grant, 2009-2014, $700,000)
Publications:
http://www.socialpsychology.org/plous.htm
Founder and Executive Director of Social Psychology Network, a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is "to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology"
Crystal Quillen
Postdoctoral Fellow in PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBS Lebanon Valley College
MA Kent State University
PHD Kent State University
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-5:00pm, or by appointment. If I am not in Judd 106, I will most likely be in Judd 307.
Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Autonoma University of Madrid
MA Autonoma University of Madrid
PHD University of Amsterdam
PSYC208 - 01
Research Methods on Emotion
PSYC365 - 01
Seminar on Emotion
PSYC265 - 01
Culture in Psychology
PSYC380 - 01
Adv Rsch Ethnic Minority Psyc
Office Hours:
Mondays 4-6, or by appointment
Research Interests:
'Culture and ethnicity; emotions; insult and devaluation.'
Scholarly Keywords:
Culture, ethnicity, emotions, insult, devaluation
Charles Sanislow
Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBS Northrn Michigan Unv
MA Ball State University
PHD Duke University
PSYC251 - 01
Psychopathology
PSYC392 - 01
Behav Mthds in Affective Neuro
PSYC251 - 01
Psychopathology
PSYC329 - 01
Neural Costs of War
Personal Homepage:
http://csanislow.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Office Hours: Summer office hours by appointment.
Research Interests: Conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment of affective pathologies including depression, posttraumatic stress, and borderline personality disorder.
Scholarly Keywords: Psychopathology, Personality, Cognitive Neuroscience
Lab URL:
http://wescaps.research.wesleyan.edu/
Publications:
http://csanislow.faculty.wesleyan.edu/publications/
Editorial Boards: Journal of Abnormal Psychology Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment Journal of Personality Disorders
Mariah Schug
Visiting Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities
MS University Of Utah
PHD University Of Utah
PSYC258 - 01
Positive Psychology
PSYC339 - 01
Cross-Cultural Childhoods
PSYC105 - 02
Foundations Contemporary Psych
Office Hours:
Wednesdays 4-5 and Thursdays 1:05-2:05
Anna Shusterman
Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoPHD Harvard University
SB Brown University
PSYC206 - 01
Rsch Mthds in Cog Dev and Educ
PSYC230 - 01
Developmental Psychology
PSYC357 - 01
Sem on Language and Thought
Personal Homepage:
http://ashusterman.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Office Hours: By appointment.
Scholarly Keywords: Developmental psychology; language and conceptual development; language and thought; spatial and numerical reasoning.
Robert Steele
Professor of PsychologyShow BioProfessor of Psychology
Judd Hall 306
860-685-2852
BA Whitman College
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD Harvard University
PSYC111 - 01
Myth, Magic, and Movies
PSYC261 - 01
Cultural Psychology
PSYC204 - 01
Methods Of InterpretationInter
PSYC391 - 01
AR in Cultural Phenomenology
Office Hours: Monday 12-2
Research Interests: Cultural psychology; feminist perspectives.
Scholarly Keywords: Social, Personality-Psychopathology.
Steven Stemler
Associate Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBS University of Washington
MED Boston College
PHD Boston College
PSYC105 - 01
Foundations Contemporary Psych
SCIE685 - 01
Psychological Measurement
PSYC200 - 02
Stats: Activity-Based Approach
PSYC383 - 01
Psyc of Conflict Resolution
Personal Homepage:
http://sstemler.web.wesleyan.edu/stemlerlab/stemler_cv.html
Office Hours: Spring 2013 Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 am and by appt
Scholarly Keywords: Intelligence, Psychometrics, Educational Psychology, Conflict Resolution
Academic Associations: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Association for Psychological Science (APS) American Psychological Association (APA) National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Rasch Measurement SIG of AERA
Lab URL:
http://sstemler.web.wesleyan.edu/stemlerlab
Editorial Boards: Learning and Individual Differences
Leadership Positions: President of the New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO)
Janet Tate
Visiting FacultyShow BioVisiting Faculty
BS Southern CT State Univ
DS Harvard University
MPH University of Connecticut
Ruth Weissman
Walter A. Crowell University Professor of the Social SciencesShow BioWalter A. Crowell University Professor of the Social Sciences
860-685-2328
Professor of Psychology
Judd Hall 205
860-685-2328
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
DIP University of Tubingen
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD University of South Carolina
Personal Homepage:
http://rstriegel.faculty.wesleyan.edu/
Research Interests: Etiology and treatment of eating disorders; gender and psychopathology.
Scholarly Keywords: Personality-Psychopathology.
Lab URL:
http://striegellab.research.wesleyan.edu/
Publications:
http://rstriegel.faculty.wesleyan.edu/publications/
Joseph Wellman
Postdoctoral Fellow in PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA University Maine
MA University Maine
MS University Maine
PHD University Maine
Office Hours: T TH 8-9 am
Scholarly Keywords: Stigma & Prejudice, Emotion, Ideology, Stress & Coping, Group Identity, Health
Clara Wilkins
Assistant Professor of PsychologyShow Bio and PhotoBA Stanford University
MS University of Washington
PHD University of Washington
PSYC213 - 01
Research Methods in Social Psy
PSYC309 - 01
Social Stigma
PSYC260 - 01
Social Psychology
PSYC394 - 01
AR in Prejudice & Stereotyping
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 & by appointment
Emeriti
David Adams
Professor of Psychology, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Psychology, Emeritus
AB Columbia University
PHD Yale University
Nathan Brody
Professor of Psychology, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Psychology, Emeritus
BA University Of New Hampshire
MA University of Michigan
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD University of Michigan
Karl Scheibe
Director, Susan B. and William K. Wasch Center for Retired FacultyShow Bio and Photo
Director, Susan B. and William K. Wasch Center for Retired Faculty
Wasch Center for Retired Faculty 208
860-685-2273
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
BS Trinity College
MAA Wesleyan University
PHD University Calif Berkeley
Office Hours:
TBA
Research Interests:
Professor Scheibe is a social psychologist whose current teaching and writing is about the psychology of self and identity and the relationships between psychology and theater. His current research interests also include problems of substance abuse and other excessive appetites.
Scholarly Keywords:
Social
John Seamon
Professor of Psychology, EmeritusShow Bio and PhotoBS Columbia University
PHD University of Mass Amherst
Personal Homepage:
http://jseamon.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Research Interests:
Memory, cognitive processes, and cognitive neuroscience.
Scholarly Keywords:
Cognitive
Harry Sinnamon
Professor of Psychology, EmeritusShow Bio and PhotoBA La Salle University
MAA Wesleyan University
MS Villanova University
PHD University of Rochester
Research Interests:
Neural mechanisms of movement and motivation.
Scholarly Keywords:
Neuroscience.















