Faculty

• Ratio of majors to full-time department faculty: 15:1
• Average class size, introductory: 35
• Average class size, advanced: 20

Full-Time Faculty

Carla Bluhm BA Psychology, Un. of Massachusetts, Ph.D. Columbia University

Rodney Clark (chair) B.A., California State University-Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Sarah M. Conklin B.A., Edinboro University; M.S.,University of New Orleans; Ph.D., Baylor University

Jeffrey Cross B.A., Allegheny College; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University

J. Alexander Dale B.A., Waterloo Lutheran University (Canada); M.A., Ph.D., University of Waterloo

William DeLamarter B.A., Oakland University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Deborah Dickey B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., University of Pittsburgh

Robert Hancock A.A., Massasoit Community College; B.A. University of Massachusetts-Amherst; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University

JW P. Heuchert B.A., B.A.(Hons.), University of Pretoria; H.Dip.Ed.(P.G.), University of the Witwatersrand; M.Sc., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Jeffrey Hollerman B.S., Allegheny College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Gwen Kenney-Benson BA St. Olaf College, MA, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aimee Knupsky B.A., Muskingum College; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Calion B. Lockridge, Jr B.A., B.S., Langston University; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University (SUNY at Stony Brook)

Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Patricia Rutledge B.A., Murray State; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

Joshua Searle-White (chair) B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Clark University

Amy Wiseman B.A., Trinity University (San Antonio); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Selected Publications and Achievements

• "The power, but not the glory: How women empower themselves through religion," published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
• "The emerging role of the psychologist in pain management," published in Advances in Medical Psychotherapy.
• "Russian-American cooperation in organizational context," published in Organization Development Journal.
• "Women and objectified body consciousness: Mothers' and daughters' body experience in cultural, developmental, and familial context," published in Developmental Psychology.
• "Dopamine neurons report an error in the temporal prediction of reward during learning, " published in Nature: Neuroscience.
• The Psychology of Nationalism, Palgrave/St. Martin's Press, 2001.