Faculty
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Anna Marie Medina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-3952 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Southern California, Clinical Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Family violence and its impact on children; Emotion regulation; Child clinical psychology.
Research Interests: Intersection of cognition and emotion; Stress and development; Parenting and emotion regulation.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Emotion, Research Methods, Psychology of Trauma, Marriage and Family. |
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Monica Y. Bartlett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 54 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-3918 Office Location
Ph.D.: Northeastern University, Social Psychology
Research Interests: Understanding how specific emotions influence our social decision-making and behavior. Such as, how positive emotions (e.g., gratitude, pride) affect positive outcomes such as willingness to trust others, to cooperate, and to engage in relationship strengthening or building endeavors.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Interdisciplinary Course: Foundations of Hate, Personality, Research Methods, Seminar: Human Flourishing, Social Psychology. |
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Mark Bodamer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258-0056 Phone: (509) 313-6494 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Nevada-Reno
Areas of Expertise: Chimpanzee behavior.
Research Interests: Chimpanzee social cognition and communication.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Research Methods, Comparative Psychology, Comparative Psychology in Zambia, Nurturing Reverence for Life, Pre-Zambia Course. |
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Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 54 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-3600 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Texas at Austin, Child Development and Family Relations
Areas of Expertise: Parent-child attachment; Foster care.
Research Interests: Foster care (The Children’s Ark project); Attachment-based prevention and intervention (Circle of Security) for promoting mental health.
Courses Taught: Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Seminar: Attachment Across the Lifespan, Seminar: Child Risk and Resilience, Emerging Adulthood. |
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Sam Leigland, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-6751 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of New Mexico, Experimental Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Behavior analysis, Systems and philosophy of Psychology
Research Interests: Experimental analysis of naturally-occurring verbal behavior; Functional analysis of ordinary-language terms/concepts; Methodological development in the analysis of human/verbal behavior; Scientific systems in Psychology.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Learning, Behavior Analysis Laboratory, Behavior Management, History and Systems of Psychology. |
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Michael McBride, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-6775 Office Location
Ph.D.: Saint Louis University, Social Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Attitude change; Environmental Psychology.
Research Interests: Mass media persuasion; College study habits.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Social Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Environmental Psychology. |
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Thayne McCulloh, D.Phil.
President, Gonzaga University 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 87 Spokane, WA 99258-0098 Phone: (509) 313-6102 Office Location
D.Phil.: Oxford University, Social and Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Gender stereotypes; Date rape; Alcohol use; Mentor relationships. |
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Michael D. Nelson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258-0054 Phone: (509) 313-3903 Office Location
Ph.D.: Dartmouth College, Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience Emphasis)
Areas of Expertise: Vision; Cognition; Visual attention; Cognitive neuroscience; Eye movements; Functional neuroimaging.
Research Interests: Visual attention; Eye movements; Probabilistic modeling of information processing systems; Meta-analysis.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Research Methods, Cognition, Sensation & Perception. |
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Vinai Norasakkunkit, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-5788 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts – Boston, Clinical Psychology (Cultural Emphasis)
Areas of Expertise: Cultural psychology.
Research Interests: Cultural influences on motivation, emotion, and attention; Intersection of cultural psychology and clinical psychology (i.e., social anxiety, subjective well-being); Psychological consequences of globalization.
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Research Methods, Cultural Psychology, Personality, Culture and Mental Health |
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Gary Thorne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 54 Spokane, WA 99258-0056 Phone: (509) 313-3639 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Southern California, Psychology (Brain and Cognitive Science Emphasis)
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive; Psychophysiology.
Research Interests: Problem-solving.
Courses Taught: Research Methods, Biological Psychology, Statistics in Psychology, Advanced Research Methods. |
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Nancy L. Worsham, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258 Phone: (509) 313-6773 Office Location
Ph.D.: University of Vermont, Clinical Psychology M.S.: Educational psychology, University of Utah
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Psychology; Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology; Health Psychology; Community Psychology.
Research Interests: Teaching mindfulness to college aged students; Prisoner/canine training programs exploring the canine/human bond; Attachment theory with high-risk mother-child dyads
Courses Taught: Personality, Clinical/Counseling Psychology, Community Psychology, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Health Psychology, Abnormal Child Psychology, Internship. |
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Lawrence Weinstein, Ph.D.
Fixed-Term Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 54 Spokane, WA 99258 Office Location Office Hours Courses Taught: General Psychology, Research Methods |
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John Wolfe, Ph.D.
Fixed-Term Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue Spokane, WA 99258 Office Location
Courses Taught: Clinical Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology, Psychology of Aging, Ethics in Psychology |
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Patrick Bertotti Metoyer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Drugs & Behavior, Psychopathology |
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Brian Campbell, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: General Psychology, Psychological Assessment |
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Krista Crotty, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: Lifespan Development, Psychology of Gender |
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Patricia Fernandez, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: Psychopathology |
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Kent Hoffman, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: Psychology of Intimacy, Psychology of Transcendence |
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Lisa Koch, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 56 Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: Psychological Assessment, Abnormal Child Psychology |
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Sean Smitham, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor Gonzaga University Psychology Dept. 502 E. Boone Avenue AD Box 54 Spokane, WA 99258
Courses Taught: Psychopathology |
