Psychology Department Faculty and Staff
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Bruce Hetzler (Depauw University, B.A., Northwestern University,
M.A., Ph.D.), Department Chair, is a neuroscientist. Using laboratory animals, he studies
the effects of alcohol and other drugs on the electrical activity of the
visual system. During the time that he has been at Lawrence, Hetzler’s
research has produced 20 scientific journal articles and conference presentations
with Lawrence student co-authors.
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Peter Glick (Oberlin College, A.B.; University of Minnesota,
Ph.D.) is a social psychologist. He received the 1995
Gordon W. Allport Prize for his research on ambivalent sexism,
which challenges conventional views of prejudice by demonstrating that
apparently “positive” views (e.g., women ought to be placed on a pedestal)
are not benign, but promote inequality.
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Terry Gottfried (University of Minnesota, B.A., Ph.D.) is
a cognitive psychologist with interests in psycholinguistics, speech science,
and the psychology of music. His research focuses on the perception of speech
by learners of a second language. His work has been supported by equipment
and research grants from the National Science Foundation (1992, 1994) and the Fulbright Scholar Program (2001), and has been conducted
in collaboration with Lawrence students and colleagues in Denmark, Norway, and Canada.
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Beth A. Haines (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.S., University
of Wisconsin, M.S., Ph.D.) is a developmental psychologist with interests
in cognitive and social development. She has done theoretical and empirical
work on the role of implicit or intuitive reasoning in problem solving.
Along with Colleen Conley (LU’97) and Lori Hilt (LU’97) and Jerry Metalsky,
she has developed and validated a measure of children’s attributional style,
the Children’s Attributional Style Interview (CASI).
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Gerald Metalsky (UC-Berkeley, B.A., SUNY-Stony Brook, M.A., University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D.) is a clinical psychologist and a co-author
of the prominent hopelessness theory of depression. Metalsky has served
as Associate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology
and was recently invited to the White House as a consultant on developing
internet-based clinical services.
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Matthew Ansfield (University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.,
University of Virginia, Ph.D.) is a social psychologist with interests
in nonverbal behavior, deception and deception detection, and mental control
of thought and action. His current research (funded by an NIMH research
grant) focuses on the paradox of “positive” facial expressions (e.g., smiling)
in response to anxiety-provoking events.
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Joshua Hart (Skidmore College, B.A.;
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Adjunct Faculty
David Burrows (Columbia University, B.A.; University of Toronto, M.A., Ph.D.) Professor and University Provost and Dean of the Faculty. Interests: Cognition, learning, and memory. Office: Sampson House |
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Kathleen F. Fuchs, (Barat College, B.A.; Saint Louis University, M.S., Ph.D.) Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology/Director of Counseling Services. Interests: Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, college student development, and anxiety disorders. Office: Counseling Center (Landis Health Center). Home Page | Email |
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