Jonathan Cheek
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Personality Psychology. Research interests include shyness, self-concept, and identity orientations.
Education
- B.A., George Washington University
- M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Current and upcoming courses
Introduction to Data Analysis in Psychological Science
PSYC105
The application of statistical concepts and techniques to the analysis of research data in psychological science. As one of the two prerequisites for the research methods course required for the psychology major, emphasis is placed on hands-on work with realistic data. Students will learn to select, conduct, interpret, visualize, write up, read, and evaluate analyses. The course has an accompanying lab component. Students must register for a lecture and lab at the same time.
This course has a required co-requisite laboratory - PSYC 105L.
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Seminar: Narrative Identity
PSYC339
Narrative psychology explores the human propensity to create and use stories about significant figures and events in the process of identity formation. Topics will include an exploration of mermaids and related figures as cultural images, metaphors for personal transformation, and archetypal symbols of the collective unconscious. The Little Mermaid and La Sirene of Haitian Vodou will be examined as representations of men's fear of, and attempts to control, women's spirituality and sexuality. The personality theories of Jung and Reich provide the framework for the seminar.