Faculty and Staff

Cay Anderson-HanleyCay 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 BenackSuzanne 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 BizerGeorge Bizer

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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 BurnsDan Burns

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

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Associate 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.

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.

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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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 their interplay. He teaches courses in introductory psychology, personality, psychology of emotion, and a seminar on “Love and Death.”

Susan HoffmanSusan Hoffman

Departmental Secretary,
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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.

Carin PerillouxCarin

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Evolutionary Social Psychology. She teaches courses in social psychology, evolutionary psychology and introductory 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

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, Director of Health Professions
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.

Erika Wells

Ph.D., University of New Hampshire