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Psychology

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Department Chair

Jocelyn Newton  Profile of Jocelyn Newton  Jocelyn Newton saysMeet with me

Specialty areas:

School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

Associate Department Chair

Ellen Rozek  Profile of Ellen Rozek  Office hours

Ellen Rozek's office hours

Monday
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Remote office hours offered: Virtual Office Hours are an option. Email me at erozek@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.

Specialty areas:

Gerontology, Lifespan Development

Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)

Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)

Academic Department Associate

Jane Fredrick  Profile of Jane Fredrick  Office hours

Jane Fredrick's office hours

Monday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
or by appointment

School Psychology Program Assistant

Taylor Wirkus  Profile of Taylor Wirkus  Office hours

Taylor Wirkus's office hours

Monday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
8 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Friday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
or by appointment

Full-Time Faculty

Bianca Basten  Profile of Bianca Basten  Office hours

Bianca Basten's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only

Specialty areas:

Cognitive Psychology (eyewitness memory; source memory)
Experimental design and statistics

Tracie Blumentritt  Profile of Tracie Blumentritt

Specialty areas:

Developmental & Educational Psychology

Psychometrics

Behavior Genetics 

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Melanie Cary  Profile of Melanie Cary  Office hours

Melanie Cary's office hours

Monday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Specialty areas:

Cognitive Psychology (strategy selection, problem solving, memory aids)

Lisa Caya  Profile of Lisa Caya
Grace Deason  Profile of Grace Deason

Specialty areas:

Social Psychology (political psychology, gender)

Robert Dixon  Profile of Robert Dixon  Robert Dixon saysMeet with me

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

Berna Gercek Swing  Profile of Berna Gercek Swing  Office hours

Berna Gercek Swing's office hours

Monday
noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday
noon to 1 p.m.
Friday
noon to 1 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Social and Cross-cultural Psychology (self-construal, honor/dignity and self-esteem)

Angela Goethel  Profile of Angela Goethel
Daniel Hyson  Profile of Daniel Hyson

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)

Katherine Kortenkamp  Profile of Katherine Kortenkamp  Office hours

Katherine Kortenkamp's office hours

Monday
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Email me if you want to meet virtually.

Specialty areas:

Psychology of Environmental Issues

Research Methods & Statistics

Tesia Marshik  Profile of Tesia Marshik

Specialty areas:

Developmental and Educational Psychology (motivation, effective teaching and learning strategies, self-regulation, and teacher-student relationships)

Ryan McKelley  Profile of Ryan McKelley  Ryan McKelley saysMeet with me  Office hours

Ryan McKelley's office hours

Monday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Available for virtual office hours--just select from this link: https://calendly.com/rmckelley/30min. Can also meet in person in 247 Graff Main Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45-4:15pm

Specialty areas:

Clinical/counseling psychology; men and masculinities; health psychology (stress, resilience; biofeedback; sleep); behavior modification; group counseling; psychopharmacology (i.e., drugs and behavior)

Jocelyn Newton  Profile of Jocelyn Newton  Jocelyn Newton saysMeet with me

Specialty areas:

School Psychology; Assessment; Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention; Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

Alexander O'Brien  Profile of Alexander O'Brien  Office hours

Alexander O'Brien's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
Thursday
11 a.m. to noon

Remote office hours offered: If my office hours don't fit your schedule, please email me and we'll find a time that works for both of us. I am also happy to meet virtually via Zoom if you'd prefer.

Specialty areas:

Visual and auditory perception, Research methods, Teaching methods, Memory

Bixi Qiao  Profile of Bixi Qiao  Office hours

Bixi Qiao's office hours

Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Remote office hours offered: All student hours are hosted virtually via Zoom during 2025 Spring, due to Graff Hall HVAC project. In-person meetings are scheduled by appointment.

Specialty areas:

Bullying, Empathy, Student-Teacher Relationship, Organizational Climate

Alessandro Quartiroli  Profile of Alessandro Quartiroli  Alessandro Quartiroli saysMeet with me  Office hours

Alessandro Quartiroli's office hours

Monday
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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.
Ellen Rozek  Profile of Ellen Rozek  Office hours

Ellen Rozek's office hours

Monday
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Remote office hours offered: Virtual Office Hours are an option. Email me at erozek@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting.

Specialty areas:

Gerontology, Lifespan Development

Cognitive Psychology (Neuropsychology)

Psych Hour (Fridays, 12:05-1:00)

Jessica Schweigert  Profile of Jessica Schweigert
Erica Srinivasan  Profile of Erica Srinivasan

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. 

Tanvi Thakkar  Profile of Tanvi Thakkar  Office hours

Tanvi Thakkar's office hours

Monday
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Cochlear Implants; Psychoacoustics; Binaural Hearing

Casey Tobin  Profile of Casey Tobin  Casey Tobin saysMeet with me  Office hours

Casey Tobin's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Specialty areas:

Clinical/Counseling Psychology; Child Abuse and Neglect; Sexuality (attitudes and experiences); Sexual Health; Sexual Abuse; Volunteer Experiences; Internship and Fieldwork Experiences

Suthakaran Veerasamy  Profile of Suthakaran Veerasamy

Specialty areas:

Counseling Psychology (racial identity, religious identity, multicultural education)

Kevin Zabel  Profile of Kevin Zabel  Office hours

Kevin Zabel's office hours

Monday
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Tuesday
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Social Psychology

Social Cognition

 

Part-Time Faculty

Craig Fehrenbacher  Profile of Craig Fehrenbacher
Jeffrey Reiland  Profile of Jeffrey Reiland