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Brief
Descriptions of Faculty
JOHN
BERMAN
John Berman is a Professor of Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in
Social Psychology from Northwestern University. He taught for many
years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he served as Department
Chair for over a decade. His research interests are in cross-cultural
psychology, especially perceptions of fairness and applied social
science methodology. At Skidmore he teaches courses in Applied Psychology
and Introductory Psychology.
VIRGINIA
MURPHY-BERMAN
Virginia Murphy-Berman is a Visiting Professor of Psychology. She
received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from Northwestern
University. Before coming to Skidmore, she was a faculty member at
the University of Nebraska- Lincoln where she taught a variety of
courses and served as Research Director of a multidisciplinary Research
Policy Center. Her research interests are in cross-cultural psychology,
especially as it applies to perceptions of fairness, children's rights
and construals of the self. At Skidmore she teaches courses in Cross-cultural
Psychology and in Psychological Perspectives on Social Justice.
MARY CAMPA
Mary Campa, Assistant Professor,
earned her B.A. from Mills College and her Ph.D., in developmental
psychology from Cornell University. Her research focuses on adolescent
and adult development with an emphasis on close relationships. Her
current work is aimed at understanding what makes attachment relationships
(our closest relationships) unique and enduring. She teaches introductory
psychology, courses in adolescent development and Human Bonding.
YOUNGON CHOI
Youngon Choi, an Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in Psychology
from Duke University. She also completed her post-doctoral work at
the University of Pennsylvania. Her primary research interest lies
in understanding how the ability to process and comprehend language
develops over time and how such ability in turn affects language
learning. She particularly adopts a cross-linguistic approach in
studying these issues, such as comparing children learning English
with those learning Korean. She currently teaches Introduction to
Child Development and Statistical Methods in Social Sciences, but
will soon offer seminars focusing on Language Development and Language
and the Mind.
TONYA DODGE
Tonya Dodge, an Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in social psychology
from the University at Albany. Prior to coming to Skidmore College
she spent 5 years as an Assistant Professor at The George Washington
University. Her research interests are in attitudes and decision-making
processes particularly as they affect adolescent health and development.
She teaches Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, Sports Psychology
and Adolescent Health.
DENISE
EVERT
Denise Evert, Associate Professor, received her Ph.D. in psychology
from Princeton University. She is also the Chair of the Department.
Denise completed post doctoral work
in neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School and Boston University
School of Medicine. Her research interests focus on the cognitive
neuroscience of attentional and emotional processing, with a particular
emphasis on lateralization of function in the brain. Her courses
contribute both to the Psychology major and the Neuroscience program
and include introductory neuroscience, neuropsychology and cognitive
neuroscience.
HUGH
FOLEY
Hugh J. Foley is a Professor who got his degree from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook. He was on the faculty at Union College
for ten years prior to joining the Skidmore faculty. He teaches courses
in perception (and is co-author of a textbook in that area) experimental
psychology, and introductory and advanced statistics. His general
research interests are in perception and memory, with specific interests
in context effects on judgment, object perception and recognition,
and the role of effort in memory.
MARY
ANN FOLEY
Mary Ann Foley, Professor, holds a Ph.D. from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook. Her research interests focus on the study
of cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. Most recently, these
research interests have led to the study of children's memory confusions,
the role of imaginal processing in remembering, factors influencing
face recognition, and the study of perceptual closure processes.
She teaches experimental psychology, cognition, and a seminar on
autobiographical memory.
HOLLEY
HODGINS
Holley Hodgins, Associate Professor, received a doctoral degree in
psychology from the University of Rochester with a dissertation that
investigated biases in social cognition. She has taught at Skidmore
since the fall of 1992. Her current research focuses on motivational
orientation and various social behaviors, including social interaction,
perceptions of other people and responses to social predicaments.
Motivation and emotion, introductory psychology, and seminars on nonverbal
communication are among the courses she teaches.
REBECCA JOHNSON
Rebecca Johnson, Assistant Professor, received her doctorate with specialization
in cognitive psychology from the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. Her primary research interests focus on the cognitive
processes underlying reading in normal and skilled readers and
individuals with stroke-induced reading disorders. She teaches
Psycholinguistics and Experimental Psychology and will be offering
additional courses on reading and language processing.
HASSAN
LÓPEZ
Hassan López,
Assistant Professor, received his B.A. in psychology from Harvard University
in 1995. He went on to receive his doctorate in psychology, with an emphasis
in behavioral neuroscience, from the University of California at Santa Barbara
(UCSB). He joined the psychology department at Skidmore in 2005, and is
responsible for teaching several courses within the neuroscience program, including
Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology, and Hormones & Behavior. Broadly,
his scholarly interests center on the biological basis of sexual attraction,
motivation, and courtship behavior in both males and females. He explores
these issues using both rodent models and human participants.
ANITA MILLER
Anita Miller
is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology. She earned her
B.A. from Bucknell University and her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.
She completed her APA clinical neuropsychology internship at Allegheny
General Hospital and her NIMH child psychiatry post-doctoral fellowship
at the University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute
and Clinic. Her research focuses on psychophysiology, emotion,
and depression across the lifespan. She teaches introductory psychology,
human sexuality and the brain, and research methods.
ANDREW MOLTENI
Andrew Molteni is a Visiting Assistant Professor of
Psychology who received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio
University. He has been a practicing clinical psychologist for over
25 years directing clinical programs in Health Psychology and Eating
Disorders Services as well as maintaining his own private practice.
His scholarly and clinical interests include psychological and neuropsychological
assessment, psychosomatic and psychophysiological disorders, eating
disorders,dissociative disorders and psychotherapy research. He teaches
Theories of Personality, Abnormal Psychology and Health Psychology.
ROBERT
M. OSWALT
Robert (Mac) Oswalt is a Professor of Psychology who holds a doctoral
degree from LSU. He is a clinical psychologist whose teaching includes
courses in abnormal and clinical psychology, testing, and seminar
and Liberal Studies courses on Sigmund Freud. He is an active participant
in blood donor recruitment and has done considerable research and
publication on blood donor motivation, which extends to the motivation
and recruitment of organ donors. He has also done research on the
desensitization of traumatic memories by eye-movement, and sexual
behavior among college students, including AIDS and date-rape.
FLIP
PHILLIPS
Flip Phillips is an Associate Professor who joined this department
in 1998. He possesses a somewhat heterogeneous background, including
stints as a professional musician and as an animator & technical
director at Pixar. Having received his Ph.D. in Cognitive and Experimental
Psychology from The Ohio State University, he covers such courses
as quantitative and experimental psychology, perception, and computational
neuroscience. Currently, his research centers on the perception of
solid shape, perception of texture, and the psychology of aesthetics.
SHELDON
SOLOMON
Sheldon Solomon is a Professor of Psychology who earned his B.A.
from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the
University of Kansas, where his training focused on experimental
social psychology. His current research is primarily concerned with
the psychological functions of self-esteem and the effects of specific
political and economic institutions on mental health. He taught in
Skidmore's Liberal Studies Program and is currently involved in the
Scribner Seminars (Human Dilemmas). His departmental teaching includes
the introductory course, as well as courses in personality, advanced
personality and evolutionary psychology.
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