Psychology Department Faculty and Staff
Secretary: Karen Jones (kljones@noctrl.edu)
Faculty
Full-Time
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Heather Coon - Social/ Cultural |
Steve Davis - Clinical/ Community |
Karl Kelley - Social/ Industrial |
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Mary Jean Lynch - Cognitive |
Jon Mueller- Social/ Educational |
Tom Sawyer - Biological |
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Maria-Magdalena Farc – Social/ Industrial |
Tracy Caldwell – Personality/Social |
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Half-Time
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Paul Mullen - Clinical |
Nadia Persun - Developmental |
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Tracy Caldwell, Ph.D. tcaldwell@noctrl.edu
Education
BS (1997), The
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Statistics (250), Research Design and Experimentation (255), Personality (320).
Special Research Interests
Psychology
of Humor; Defensive Personality Styles.
Heather M. Coon, Ph.D. 
hmcoon@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (1988),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Social Psychology (240), Research Design and Experimentation (255), Cultural Psychology (310), Cognitive Psychology (345).
Special Research Interests
I am interested in understanding how your culture (whatever it is) affects who you are and how you interpret different kinds of events. As such, my research interests lie in the areas of: culture and the self, the meaning of success, failure, and responsibility in different cultural contexts, and the real scoop about the individualism and relationality of North Americans.
Steven M. Davis, Ph.D. 
smdavis@noctrl.edu
Education
BS, AB (1989),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Child Development (210), Psychology of Adolescence (220), Personality (320), Community (330), Psychopathology of the Child (325), Seminar: Utopian Psychology (400), Abnormal Psychology (324), Counseling Psychology (350), Tests and Measurement (360), History of Ideas V, 19th and 20th Century Though (HOI 203) .
Special Research Interests
Personal theories of psychopathology and stigma; families with adolescents (especially the role of the family in college adjustment); adolescent attachment; child maltreatment; adolescent problem behaviors; intergenerational transmission of attitudes; program evaluation.
Maria-Magdalena Farc mvasilescu@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (2001)
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Psychology of Adolescence (220), Industrial Psychology (270).
Special Research Interests
Family violence, Political psychology.
Karl N. Kelley, Ph.D. 
knkelley@noctrl.edu
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Education
BS (1982), MS (1985), Ph.D. (1987),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Statistics (250), Industrial Psychology (270), Personality (320), Tests & Measurement (360) and Landmark Discoveries in Science (SCI 210)..
Special Research Interests
Manager perceptions and decisions concerning violations of
company policies; Ethical ideologies and moral evaluation of behavior;
Work/Family conflict; Affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences
of success and failure.
Mary Jean Lynch, Ph.D. 
mlynch@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (1976), Northwestern University; MA (1977)
Courses Typically Taught
Statistics (250), Research Design and Experimentation (255), Learning (340), Cognitive Psychology (345), Science Inquiry (SCI 109).
Special Research Interests
Science education; individual
differences in cognitive performance; analytical thinking skills.
Jonathan F. Mueller, Ph.D. 
jfmueller@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (1978), MAT (1979),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Educational Psychology (205), Social Psychology (240), Personality (320), Authentic Assessment (EDN 501).
Professional Websites
- Professional
Home Page
- Authentic
Assessment Toolbox (an online, how-to text on creating authentic
assessments)
- Resources for the
Teaching of Social Psychology
and the accompanying e-mail newsletter, Teaching
Social Psychology Newsletter
Consults on
- Development and revision of assessments and standards
Thomas F. Sawyer, Ph.D. 
tfsawyer@noctrl.edu
Education
BS(1972),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Evolutionary Psychology (200), Statistics (250), Research Design and Experimentation (255), Drugs & Behavior (280), Physiological Psychology (370), History and Systems of Psychology (380).
Special Research Interests
Time perception; drug legislation/policy in the
Nadia Persun, Ph.D. nmpersun@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (1997),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Child Development (210), Psychology of Adolescence (220), Adulthood and Aging (300).
Special Research Interests
Nadia’s research and clinical interests are individual and family wellness and resilience, work with adolescents, cohabitation, and romantic relationships.
Paul Mullen, Psy.D.
pjmullen@noctrl.edu
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Education
B.S. (1991)
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Psychology of Personal Adjustment (120), Educational Psychology (205), Child Development (210), Psychology of Adolescence (220).
Special Research Interests
The therapeutic use of children's literature in
psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders and phobias
in children, educational consultation, private practice clinical psychology.
Previously
Affiliated Faculty
Azure Welborn Thill - Developmental
Lisa Whitfield – Developmental
Marlea Edinger - Educational
Lisa Whitfield, Ph.D.
lcwhitfield@noctrl.edu
Education
BS (1988), MA (1991), Ph.D. (1996),
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Child Development (210), Psychology of Adolescence (220), Research Design and Experimentation (255), Adulthood and Aging (300).
Special Research Interests
Planning and problem-solving among preschool and school-age children; children's use of maps and other spatial symbols; development of scientific reasoning skills; perceptual and cognitive influences on naming and categorization of objects; dynamic systems theory.
Azure Welborn Thill, Ph.D. awelbornthill@noctrl.edu
Education
B.S. (1997) University of
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Child Development (210), Psychology of Adolescence (220), Statistics (250), Cognitive Psychology (345).
Special Research Interests
The influence of pubertal
timing on adolescent development; the unique problems that pediatric
populations (e.g., children with spina bifida) must face during adolescence;
development of self-concept.
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Marlea Edinger, Ph.D. medinger@noctrl.edu
Education
BA (1962)
Courses Typically Taught
Psychology: Science of Behavior (100), Educational Psychology (205).
Special Research Interests
The creative process fascinates me. As a creativity researcher I have taken Csikzentmhalyi’s advice and I do not ask if creativity occurs, but I look at how creativity occurs, what influences creativity and where creativity occurs. I use qualitative research methods to discover how, what, and where, i.e. grounded theory research, arts based research, and survey research. Some of the research questions that interest me are: how does artistic identity develop in other cultures; can researchers verify Howard Gardner’s ten-year rule; how much artistic ability is do to talent and how much to training; can artistic strategies be taught; how much style and material influence the strategies used by the artist; and what is the specific function of internal speech, self-talk, and questioning within the overall artistic process? Currently I am interested in the effect of urbanization on the creative process Native-Americans.
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