THE FACULTY AND STAFF

 

Cay Anderson-Hanley

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Assistant Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., The University at Albany, State University of New York   Clinical psychology with interests in health psychology, gerontology, and clinical neuropsychology.  She teaches courses in abnormal psychology, psychotherapy, health psychology, and seminars in clinical neuropsychology.

 

 

Suzanne Benack

Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., Harvard University   Adolescence and early adulthood, moral and epistemological thought, ego development. She teaches courses in personality psychology, psychotherapy, and seminars in adolescence and moral development.

 

 

George Bizer

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Assistant Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., Ohio State University (Columbus)   Social psychology with a focus on attitude formation and strength. He teaches courses in social psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, statistics, research methods, and political psychology.

 

 

Daniel Burns

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Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., The University at Binghamton, State University of New York   Cognitive psychology with special interests in memory. He teaches courses in statistics, research methods, memory and thinking, and advanced courses in memory, cognition, and methodology.

 

Christopher Chabris

Assistant Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., Harvard University   Cognitive Psychology/cognitive neuroscience, with a special interest in individual differences in cognitive abilities.  He teaches classes in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, statistics, and individual differences.

 

 

JoAnne Christensen

Departmental Secretary   JoAnne recently celebrated her 15th year with the department.  Her job description is far too lengthy to describe here.  She wears many hats and wears them all well. The faculty are indebted to her.

 

 

Megan Cooper

Visiting Instructor of Psychology   M.A., University of Connecticut (Storrs)   Experimental psychology, perception, and psychophysics. She teaches classes in statistics, research methods, memory and thinking, and sensation and perception.

 

 

Kenneth DeBono

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Gilbert R. Livingston Professor of the Behavioral Sciences   Ph.D., University of Minnesota   Psychology of persuasion, psychology of religion, motivations underlying religious beliefs. He teaches courses in social psychology, statistics, and psychology of religion.

 

 

Cheryl Dickter

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   Social Psychology with an emphasis on social cognition and person perception, and more specifically, stereotyping and prejudice.  She teaches courses in introductory psychology, social psychology, social cognition, and stereotyping and prejudice.

 

 

Gail Donaldson

Lecturer   M.A., New School for Social Research   Personality.  She teaches courses in personality, abnormal psychology, and the psychology of women.

 

Joshua Hart

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD, University of California, Davis Personality and social psychology, with an emphasis on processes related to close relationships, self-esteem, worldviews (i.e., belief systems), and defensiveness. He teaches courses in introductory psychology, personality, psychology of emotion, and a seminar on “Love and Death.”

 

 

Rudy Nydegger

Professor of  Psychology and Management   Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis   Clinical Psychology. He teaches courses in abnormal psychology and industrial/organizational psychology.

 

Stephen Romero

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Associate Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., University of Colorado   Cognitive function after brain injury, role of memory in the acquisition of cognitive skills, neurological basis of numerical processing. He teaches courses in neuroscience, sensation & perception, and statistics.

 

 

Linda Stanhope

Associate Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., University of Virginia   Parents´ discipline styles, children´s temperaments, and the development of altruism. She teaches courses in developmental psychology, educational psychology, statistics, and seminars on children and families.

 

 

Carol Weisse

Professor of Psychology   Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   Medical psychology, pain management/treatment, and stress. Carol is the director of the Pre-Health Professions Program at Union. She teaches courses in neuroscience, health psychology, and a seminar in brain and behavior.