2022, Fall
2021, Summer
2021, Spring
2020, Fall
2020, Summer
2019-2020, Spring
2019-2020, Fall
2018-2019, Spring
2018-2019, Fall
2017-2018, Spring
2017-2018, Fall
2017, Study Abroad (Cambodia/Vietnam -- Trip 1: Maymester and Trip 2: Summer II)
2016-2017, Spring
2015-2016, Fall
2015, Study Abroad (Cambodia/Vietnam -- Trip 1: Summer I and Trip 2: Summer II)
- NEW COURSE!! FYSU Living in Community: The Psychology of Oppression, Resistance, & Regeneration
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues
- PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science (online)
- PSYC332: Psychology of Social Change: Confronting Issues of Social and Environmental Justice (Maymester)
- PSYC315/410: Transpersonal Psychology (Summer II)
2021, Summer
- PSYC332: Psychology of Social Change: Confronting Issues of Social and Environmental Justice (Maymester
- PSYC315/410: Emerging from Violence: Psychological Causes & Consequences of Conflict and Trauma (Summer I)
2021, Spring
- PSYC410: Transpersonal Psychology
- PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science (online)
2020, Fall
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
- HONS163: Honors Psychology
2020, Summer
- COVID-19 has radically changed our summer plans, both study abroad trips have been cancelled. In their place, I will be teaching two online classes:
- PSYC315/410: Emerging from Violence: Psychological Causes & Consequences of Conflict and Trauma (Summer I)
- PSYC332: Psychology of Social Change: Confronting Issues of Social and Environmental Justice (Summer II)
2019-2020, Spring
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
- HONS382: Psychology of Social Change (see course description of PSYC315 below)
- NEW COURSE!! PSYC315: Psychology of Community
- We often hear it said that human beings are social creatures – but what does this mean? In this class we will explore the idea of “community” and why living in community, having a stable sense of belonging, is a basic human need. We will examine the evolution of human communities, from early small and mobile structures to our more modern, cosmopolitan lifestyle. And we will pay special attention to the problem of creating healthy communities—especially for those of us living in neighborhoods, apartments, campuses, and cities filled with people we do not know and with whom we feel no connection. We will explore the relationship between community and other related psycho-social processes: attachment, intimacy, and service. And finally, we will discuss the importance of revitalizing our sense of community in tackling the serious environmental and social justice challenges that lie ahead.
2019-2020, Fall
- PSYC224: Lifespan Development
- FYE132: Psychology of War & Conflict
- PSYC375: Optimal Development
- This course will explore the concept of human flourishing, its genetic and environmental requirements, and the individual, family, educational, social, cultural, and political factors that threaten and/or contribute to it. We will explore the developmental challenges present in five areas: family & parenting, peer relationships, education, fun & leisure, and community. And then together we will develop ideas for interventions designed to mitigate or eliminate these challenges.
2018-2019, Spring
- PSYC315: Psychology of Social Change
- PSYC224: Lifespan Development
2018-2019, Fall
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
- NEW COURSE!! PSYC315: Transpersonal Psychology (co-taught with Dr. Lee Irwin, Religious Studies)
- This course will be a survey of diverse theories in transpersonal psychology and spirituality. We will survey a variety of topics, such as transcendent experience, shadow aspects, paranormal encounters, altered states of consciousness, integral theory, holism, moral outcomes, shadow work, and forms of self-transformation. Authors survey will include Aurobindo, Jung, Maslow, Assagioli, Rowan, Washburn, Grof, Wilber, and Ferrer as well as others. Special attention will be given to the intersection of western and eastern approaches to consciousness, spirituality, and therapeutic techniques. The goal of the course is to explore various concepts of consciousness development and how those concepts support or challenge a robust model of human maturation.
- HONS163: Honors Psychology
2017-2018, Spring
- NEW COURSE!! HONS382: Hope & Humility (co-taught with Dr. Christine Finnan)
- This course provides an interdisciplinary exploration of two human capacities: hope and humility. Relying on primary sources in philosophy, anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, and theology we examine the powerful role that both of these human capacities play in the well-being of individuals and communities. Hope and humility are generally thought of as positive human capacities, but looking historically and cross-culturally, we learn that they both have a dark side as well, which we will explore. We consider the degree to which hope and humility are necessary for humanity to face the challenges that are yet ahead. In exploring these capacities, we will determine their universality, look historically at how they have been addressed in the past, and examine how they are manifest cross-culturally and in different social, organizational, and institutional contexts.
- FYE132: Psychology of War & Conflict
- PSYC469: Advanced Developmental Lab
2017-2018, Fall
- PSYC315: Psychology of Social Change
- In a world struggling with a number of serious environmental and social justice issues, how do we affect social change? How do we create a healthier, cleaner, safer, more compassionate world? And how do we, as individuals, become better people? In this class, we will select and closely examine several environmental and social justice issues and then explore the theoretical and empirical perspectives on how our beliefs, reasoning, and emotions, as well as our goals, desires, and fears, influence our attitudes and actions with regards to these issues—in positive and negative ways. We will review the literature on habit formation and how/when people can effectively change their attitudes and behaviors, both as individuals and as societies. In the process, we will tackle the applied problem of actually enacting change in our own lives.
- PSYC375: Moral Development
- Why are some people kind and generous, others cruel and selfish? Why do some people risk their lives to save or defend those in need, while others commit violent crimes? How do early childhood experiences contribute to the developmental pathway people take? And are there things we can do to help our children – and ourselves – become better, more loving people? This course will explore these, and other, questions. We will examine the topic of moral development, its genetic and environmental requirements, and the individual, family, educational, social, cultural, and political factors that threaten and/or foster it. Students will go in-depth both into the major theoretical and empirical research work being done in this area, both historic and contemporary.
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
2017, Study Abroad (Cambodia/Vietnam -- Trip 1: Maymester and Trip 2: Summer II)
- PSYC315/410 or POLI379: Emerging from Violence -- The Political and Psychological Consequences of Conflict and Trauma
- PSYC315/410 or ENVT352: Psychology of Social Change -- Confronting Issues of Social and Environmental Justice
- POLI379: The Politics of International Intervention
2016-2017, Spring
- PSYC315: Altered States of Consciousness (co-taught with Dr. Lee Irwin, Religious Studies)
- FYE Learning Community: Understanding War (FYSM132: Psychology of War linked with POLI102: Contemporary Political Issues, Dr. Christopher Day, Political Science)
- PSYC224: Lifespan Development
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
- NEW COURSE!! PSYC410: Psychology of Social Change:
- In a world struggling with a number of serious environmental and social justice issues, how do we affect social change? How do we create a healthier, cleaner, safer, more compassionate world? And how do we, as individuals, become better people? In this class, we will select and closely examine several environmental and social justice issues and then explore the theoretical and empirical perspectives on how our beliefs, reasoning, and emotions, as well as our goals, desires, and fears, influence our attitudes and actions with regards to these issues—in positive and negative ways. We will review the literature on habit formation and how/when people can effectively change their attitudes and behaviors, both as individuals and as societies. In the process, we will tackle the applied problem of actually enacting change in our own lives.
- PSYC315/410: Emerging from Violence -- Post-Traumatic Growth and Recovery
- PSYC315/410: The Developing Child -- The Role of Context and Culture
- HONS381: Altered States of Consciousness (co-taught with Dr. Lee Irwin, Religious Studies)
- FYE Learning Community: Understanding War (FYSM132: Psychology of War linked with POLI102: Contemporary Political Issues, Dr. Christopher Day, Political Science)
- PSYC469: Advanced Developmental Lab
2015-2016, Fall
- PSYC224: Lifespan Development
- FYE Learning Community: The Psychology of Women's Studies and Gender Issues (PSYC103: Introduction to Psychological Science linked with WGST200: Introduction to Women's Studies, Dr. Lisa Ross, Psychology)
- FYSM132: Psychology of War
2015, Study Abroad (Cambodia/Vietnam -- Trip 1: Summer I and Trip 2: Summer II)
- PSYC315/410: Emerging from Violence -- Post-Traumatic Growth and Recovery
- PSYC315/410: The Developing Child -- The Role of Context and Culture
- PHIL198: Emerging from Violence -- The Philosophy of Forgiveness
- PSYC224: Lifespan Development (online course)
