Faculty: Robin Akert, Angela Bahns, Jonathan Cheek, Stephen H. Chen, Christen Deveney, Tracy Gleason, Margaret Keane, Julie Norem, Jennie Pyers, Sally Theran, Jeremy Wilmer, Paul Wink
Lecturer: Kyra Kulik-Johnson, Kristen Fay Poston
Visiting Lecturers: Yoolim Kim, Craig Brinkman
Faculty Emerita: Sheila Brachfeld-Child, Linda Carli, Nancy Genero, Beth Hennesey, Margery Lucas
Administrative Assistant: Karen Blake
Research Coordinator: Teresa Xiao
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Professor of Psychology
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.
Denise Kellen '68 Professor in the Health Sciences; Professor of Psychology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Psychology Department chair; Interested in exploring the cognitive and neural bases of human memory capacities; teach courses in memory, cognition, and neuropsychology.
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
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.
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.
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.
Associate 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.
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Harvard University
My research probes how individuals think and see differently to illuminate principles of mind and brain and to inform applied work.
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.
Senior Lecturer Emerita in Psychology
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Interested in peer interactions in adolescence with a focus on social aggression, especially the representation of social aggression on television and in the movies. Teaches Adolescence and Introduction to Psychology. Has been Director of Medical Professions Advising since 1998.
Senior Lecturer Emerita in Psychology
B.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Interests include women leaders, social influence, gender differences in interaction and influence, and reactions to victimization.
Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology
A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Interests include applied social psychology, community evaluation research, and basic and advanced statistics.
Professor Emerita of Psychology
A.B., Brown University; M.Ed., Lesley College; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Former elementary school teacher, now researcher focused on motivation and creativity across cultures.
Professor Emerita of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester
My research focuses on economic decision-making from an evolutionary perspective.
