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Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Research in nonverbal communication: the ability to decode nonverbal cues in social interaction; also interested in the psychological analysis of advertising.
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Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Social psychologist doing research on the dynamics of prejudice and friendship formation.
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Instructor in Psychology Laboratory
B.A., SUNY Geneseo; M.S., Miami University; M.A., Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Social psychologist with research interests that include romantic relationships, prejudice, and sport psychology.
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Professor of Psychology
B.A., George Washington University; M.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Personality Psychology. Research interests include shyness, self-concept, and identity orientations.
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Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Research explores how culture and family processes influence development and mental health across the lifespan.
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James W. and Patricia T. Poitras DS ’91 Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Research explores the behavioral and neural markers of psychiatric symptoms in both children and adults.
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Professor of Psychology, Department Chair
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Developmental psychologist studying relationships, real and imagined, with a focus on young children's imaginary companions.
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Denise Kellen '68 Professor in the Health Sciences; Professor of Psychology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in exploring the cognitive and neural bases of human memory capacities; teach courses in memory, cognition, and neuropsychology.
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Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil., Ph.D., University of Oxford
Research interests include the relationship between spoken and written language, the structure of the mental lexicon, orthographic processing and the acquisition of literacy and skilled reading, and structures of writing systems.
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Boston College; Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., Boston College
Personality psychologist interested in family systems theory and sports psychology
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Faculty Director of the Wellesley College Child Study Center; Lecturer in Psychology and Education
B.S. Ed Lesley College, Ed.M Harvard Graduate School of Education, Post Masters in Early Education Research, Policy and Practice, University of MA, Boston
Specialist in Early Education and Special Education
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Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaches personality psychology and optimism & pessimism. Researches strategies people use to pursue goals and how self-knowledge influences adaptation, performance, & social relationships.
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Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Wellesley College ; M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University
An applied developmental psychologist whose teaching and research emphasize the application of developmental theory to optimize positive and healthy developmental outcomes across diverse populations.
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Professor of Psychology
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Research interests include the relationship between language and cognition, bilingualism, the psycholinguistics of sign languages, and the role of iconicity in language.
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Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Licensed clinical psychologist investigating risk and resilience factors that protect against developmental psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.
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Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.S., Tufts University, Ph.D., Tufts University
Cognitive Scientist and Linguist interested in pragmatics, the cognitive basis of communication, turn-taking in conversation and predictive language comprehension.
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Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Harvard University
My research probes the individual human mind and establishes and disseminates best-practices in visual data communication.
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Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor in Health Sciences; Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., University of Melbourne; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Research interests include adult development; positive psychology; religion and spirituality; altruism; narcissism; wisdom; cross-cultural conceptions of the self.
