Psychology
Our people
Department Chair
335A Graff Main Hall
jnewton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6889
Specialty areas:
School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
Associate Department Chair
341E Graff Main Hall
erozek@uwlax.edu
608.785.6899
Specialty areas:
Gerontology, Lifespan Development
Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)
Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)
Academic Department Associate
335 Graff Main Hall
jfredrick@uwlax.edu
608.785.8440
School Psychology Program Assistant
Administrative Assistant II
347 Graff Main Hall
twirkus2@uwlax.edu
608.785.8441
Full-Time Faculty
Assistant Professor
349B Graff Main Hall
bbasten@uwlax.edu
608.785.6898
Specialty areas:
Cognitive Psychology (eyewitness memory; source memory)
Experimental design and statistics
Professor
341C Graff Main Hall
tblumentritt@uwlax.edu
608.785.6883
Specialty areas:
Developmental & Educational Psychology
Psychometrics
Behavior Genetics
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Associate Professor
335C Graff Main Hall
mcary@uwlax.edu
608.785.6884
Specialty areas:
Cognitive Psychology (strategy selection, problem solving, memory aids)
Professor
335B Graff Main Hall
gdeason@uwlax.edu
608.785.8442
Specialty areas:
Social Psychology (political psychology, gender)
Associate Professor
331B Graff Main Hall
rdixon@uwlax.edu
608.785.6893
Specialty areas:
School Psychology, Response to Intervention (RtI), Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Online Service Delivery
To arrange a meeting, please use the following link
Psychology Office Hours (349A GMH): LINK
Assistant Professor
341M Graff Main Hall
bgercekswing@uwlax.edu
608.785.5236
Specialty areas:
Social and Cross-cultural Psychology (self-construal, honor/dignity and self-esteem)
Associate Professor
349A Graff Main Hall
dhyson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8444
Specialty areas:
Equity-Minded Teaching
School Psychology (especially Teacher-Student Relationships, Alternative Approaches to Working with Behaviorally Challenging Students, Systems-Level Data-Driven Decision Making)
Professor
341L Graff Main Hall
kkortenkamp@uwlax.edu
608.785.8445
Specialty areas:
Psychology of Environmental Issues
Research Methods & Statistics
Professor
341G Graff Main Hall
tmarshik@uwlax.edu
608.785.8625
Specialty areas:
Developmental and Educational Psychology (motivation, effective teaching and learning strategies, self-regulation, and teacher-student relationships)
Professor
341D Graff Main Hall
rmckelley@uwlax.edu
608.785.6879
Specialty areas:
Clinical/counseling psychology; men and masculinities; health psychology (stress, resilience; biofeedback; sleep); behavior modification; group counseling; psychopharmacology (i.e., drugs and behavior)
Professor
335A Graff Main Hall
jnewton@uwlax.edu
608.785.6889
Specialty areas:
School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
Associate Professor
341P Graff Main Hall
aobrien@uwlax.edu
608.785.6886
Specialty areas:
Visual and auditory perception, Research methods, Teaching methods, Memory
Professor
331G Graff Main Hall
aquartiroli@uwlax.edu
608.785.6897
Specialty areas:
Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology & Counseling
- professional training, development, and practice in sport psychologists,
- self-care and wellbeing in sport psychologists and other professionals,
- cultural competence, humility, and safety in psychology practitioners,
- identity in psychology practitioners,
- performance psychology in esports,
- organizational culture in sport and health organizations.
Associate Professor
341E Graff Main Hall
erozek@uwlax.edu
608.785.6899
Specialty areas:
Gerontology, Lifespan Development
Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)
Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)
Instructor
341N Graff Main Hall
jschweigert@uwlax.edu
608.785.5018
Associate Professor
341B Graff Main Hall
esrinivasan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6882
Specialty areas:
Developmental psychology, gerontology (dementia, caregiving, intergenerational relationships, ageism), thanatology (aid-in-dying, disenfranchised grief, ambiguous loss, prolonged grief disorder, COVID-19, medical ethics, writing tools for grief), qualitative methods, applied research impacting community programming and policy development.
Assistant Professor
331A Graff Main Hall
tthakkar@uwlax.edu
608.785.5235
Specialty areas:
Cochlear Implants; Psychoacoustics; Binaural Hearing
Associate Professor
341J Graff Main Hall
ctobin@uwlax.edu
608.785.6890
Specialty areas:
Clinical/Counseling Psychology; Child Abuse and Neglect; Sexuality (attitudes and experiences); Sexual Health; Sexual Abuse; Volunteer Experiences; Internship and Fieldwork Experiences
Assistant Professor
331D Graff Main Hall
sveerasamy@uwlax.edu
608.785.6887
Specialty areas:
Counseling Psychology (racial identity, religious identity, multicultural education)
Associate Professor
341A Graff Main Hall
kzabel@uwlax.edu
608.785.6896
Specialty areas:
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Part-Time Faculty
Lecturer
341F Graff Main Hall
cale@uwlax.edu
608.785.5017
Specialty areas:
Clinical child and adolescent psychology. Dr. Ale has focused her research and clinical work on childhood anxiety disorders, parental accommodation of anxiety disorders, family interventions for early childhood disruptive behavior disorders, and chronic pain and functional impairment in adolescents.
Lecturer
335 Graff Main Hall
echeck@uwlax.edu
608.785.8440
Lecturer
341H Graff Main Hall
cfehrenbacher@uwlax.edu
Lecturer
335 Graff Main Hall
jreiland@uwlax.edu
608.785.8440