Psychology 1 Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Integrative Sciences PSYCHOLOGY Jill G. Morawski Psychology is the scientific study of mind, brain, and behavior. Areas of BA, Mount Holyoke College; MA, Carleton University; MAA, Wesleyan University; psychology represented in the department include human development, PHD, Carleton University social psychology, cognitive psychology, cultural psychology, neuroscience, Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of Natural Science; Professor of Psychology; and psychopathology. Psychology majors receive broad training across these Chair, Psychology; Professor, Science in Society; Professor, Feminist, Gender, and areas, have opportunities to pursue topics of particular interest in greater detail, Sexuality Studies and develop skills in research methods and statistics. Many majors also take Andrea Negrete advantage of opportunities to work in research laboratories, to serve as teaching BA, University of Washington; MED, University of Washington assistants, and to participate in service learning courses. Students interested Assistant Professor of Psychology in this major are strongly encouraged to visit the Psychology Department (http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/) and to download and read the Department Andrea L. Patalano Majors Manual for more detailed information, as early planning is important for BA, Brown University; MA, University of Michigan; PHD, University of Michigan preparing to declare and complete the major. Professor of Psychology; Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior Michael James Perez BA, University Texas Arlington FACULTY Assistant Professor of Psychology Hilary C. Barth Scott L. Plous BA, Bryn Mawr College; PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BA, University Minnesota Mpls; PHD, Stanford University Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychology Sarah Kristin Carney Patricia M Rodriguez Mosquera BA, Connecticut College; MA, Wesleyan University; PHD, CUNY The Graduate BA, Autonoma University of Madrid; MA, Autonoma University of Madrid; PHD, Center University of Amsterdam Assistant Professor of the Practice in Psychology Professor of Psychology; Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lisa C. Dierker Charles A. Sanislow BA, Ohio State University; MA, University of Connecticut; PHD, University of BS, Northrn Michigan Unv; MA, Ball State University; PHD, Duke University Connecticut Professor of Psychology; Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior Walter Crowell University Professor of Social Sciences; Professor of Psychology; Anna Shusterman Professor, Education Studies PHD, Harvard University; SB, Brown University Royette Tavernier Dubar Associate Professor of Psychology; Co-Chair, College of Education Studies MS, Brock University; PHD, Brock University Steven E. Stemler Assistant Professor of Psychology BS, University of Washington; MED, Boston College; PHD, Boston College Youssef Ezzyat Associate Professor of Psychology; Co-Chair, College of Education Studies BSE, Princeton University; PHD, New York University Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior VISITING FACULTY Barbara Jean Juhasz Chris Bell BA, Binghamton University; MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst; PHD, BA, Brown University; MA, University of West Georgia; PHD, University of West University of Massachusetts Amherst Georgia Jeffrey L. Shames Professor of Civic Engagement; Professor of Psychology; David Scott Williams Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Chair, Neuroscience and Behavior; Professor, Education Studies; Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior; Professor, Integrative Sciences; Coordinator, Civic Sierra Eisen Engagement BA, University of California, Berkeley; MA, University of Virginia; PHD, University of Virginia Kyungmi Kim Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology MA, Yonsei University; MPHIL, Yale University; MS, Yale University; PHD, Yale University Anthony Goodwin Assistant Professor of Psychology BA, Arizona State University; MA, University of Connecticut; PHD, University of Connecticut Matthew M. Kurtz Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology BA, Reed College; MA, Princeton University; PHD, Princeton University Professor of Psychology; Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior Adam Yoon Jae Kim BS, University of Wisconsin at Madison; MA, The University of Minnesota, Twin Alexis May Cities; PHD, The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities BA, Wesleyan University; MA, University British Columbia; PHD, University British Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Columbia 2 Psychology Cynthia Matthew Grading: A-F Visiting Scholar in Psychology Credits: 1.00 Gen Ed Area: SBS-PSYC Nicole K Watkins Prereq: None BS, Wright State University; MSE, Indiana University Bloomington; PHD, Indiana University Bloomington PSYC105 Foundations of Contemporary Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology This course will include an introductory-level presentation of ideas and research findings in the major areas of psychology. It will serve as both preparation for upper-level courses in psychology and as a valuable contribution to students' liberal arts education. This course will help students discover what psychology EMERITI is and what psychologists do. Not only will students learn the basic content of psychology, but the course should help them to think critically about such David B. Adams everyday issues as, In what ways are we like other humans, and how do we AB, Columbia University; PHD, Yale University differ? What do babies perceive and think? Why do we dream? Content areas Professor of Psychology, Emeritus include history of psychology, methods of psychological research, biological basis Nathan Brody of human behavior, motivation and emotions, learning and memory, sensation BA, University Of New Hampshire; MA, University of Michigan; MAA, Wesleyan and perception, cognitive and social development, personality, intelligence, and University; PHD, University of Michigan psychopathology. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Offering: Host Grading: OPT Karl E. Scheibe Credits: 1.00 BS, Trinity College; MAA, Wesleyan University; PHD, University of California, Gen Ed Area: SBS-PSYC Berkeley Prereq: None Professor of Psychology, Emeritus PSYC109 Psychology and Technologies of the Self and Social World John G. Seamon The psychological sciences are generating novel and remarkable understandings BS, Columbia University; PHD, University of Massachusetts Amherst of individual minds, social interactions, groups, and institutions, and these Professor of Psychology, Emeritus findings are being extended to benefit individual and social welfare. As we dwell in a world increasingly understood in psychological terms and managed through Harry M. Sinnamon psychological technologies, crucial questions warrant attention. What are the BA, La Salle University; MAA, Wesleyan University; MS, Villanova University; PHD, implications of adopting these new understandings of self and others? Does this University of Rochester new knowledge change us and, if so, how? How do we assess the consequences Professor of Psychology, Emeritus of this knowledge as it is implemented in social practices? These questions guide our examination of cases where psychological knowledge has informed Robert S. Steele new practices and policies. The cases include research on decision-making, BA, Whitman College; MAA, Wesleyan University; PHD, Harvard University integration, positive psychology, psychopharmacology, stress, and attitudes. Also Professor of Psychology, Emeritus considered will be instances where psychological ideas have been implemented then challenged, including psychosurgery and token economies. Ruth Striegel Weissman Offering: Host DIP, University of Tubingen; MAA, Wesleyan University; PHD, University of South Grading: A-F Carolina Credits: 1.00 Walter Crowell University Professor of Social Sciences, Emerita Gen Ed Area: SBS-PSYC Identical With: SISP109 Prereq: None DEPARTMENTAL ADVISING EXPERTS PSYC111 Myth, Magic, and Movies We will examine how the mythic is made and what purposes myth and magic Royette Dubar, Andrea Patalano serve in modern culture. Guided by classic psychoanalytic ideas, we will seek to understand both the conscious and unconscious power of myths. The seven • Undergraduate Psychology Major (https://catalog.wesleyan.edu/ volumes in J. K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER series will be the core texts for the departments/psyc/ugrd-psyc/) course, and we will explore how these texts were transformed by the eight Potter movies. Master of Arts in Psychology (https://catalog.wesleyan.edu/departments/psyc/ Offering: Host grad-psyc/) Grading: OPT PSYC104 Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination Credits: 1.00 This first-year seminar (FYS) will explore several different forms of prejudice Gen Ed Area: SBS-PSYC and discrimination, including racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, heterosexism, Prereq: None and less recognized forms of bias, such as the exploitation and domination of PSYC112F Psychoanalysis Then and Now: From Freud to Psychosocial Studies indigenous peoples, animals, and the natural environment. During the first part (FYS) of the course, students will read about and discuss specific forms of prejudice. Psychoanalysis appears to be little more than an anachronism within the context In the second half, you will write a final paper and give a brief presentation on a of modern Psychology, and yet it nonetheless is leading a surprising afterlife-- prejudice-related topic. at once defunct as an institutional player and yet at the vanguard of cultural Offering: Host theory and clinical