Psychology Faculty
2009 - 2010

Howard Thorsheim
 
 
Deborah Anderson

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Ohio State University.
Teaches: Psychopathology (247), Psychology of Women (392), and Health Psychology (378)

Office: Regents Hall 118
Phone: (507) 786-3353
email: andersod@stolaf.edu
website: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/andersod/
Office Hours Fall '09:

Grace Cho

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Teaches: Developmental Psychology (241), Research Methods (230), and Parenting and Child Development in Diverse Families (350)

Office: Regents Hall 128
Phone: (507) 786-3352
email: cho@stolaf.edu
website:http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/grace/index.html
Office Hours Fall '09: Mondays 10-11 am and Tuesdays 2:45-4:00 pm.

Nicholas Davenport (Semester I only)

Ph.D., Biological Psychopathology, University of Minnesota.
Teaches: Psychopathology (247)

Office: Regents Hall 236
Phone: (507) 786-3142
email: davenpor@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall '09:

Shelly Dickinson (on sabbatical ’09-’10)

Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University.
Teaches: Biopsychology (238), Conditioning & Learning (236), Neuroscience of Addiction (336), Neurobiology of Psychopathology (338), and Advanced Research Methods in Behavioral Neuroscience (395)

Office: Regents Hall 218
Phone: (507) 786-3147
email: dickinss@stolaf.edu
website:http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/shelly/index.html

Dana Gross (on sabbatical ’09-’10)

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota.
Teaches: Developmental Psychology (241), Infant Development (341), Human Development in East Asia: Perspectives from China and Japan (226), and Research Methods (230)

Office: Regents Hall 132
Phone: (507) 786-3624
email: grossd@stolaf.edu
website:http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/dana/index.html

Chuck Huff

Ph.D., Social Psychology, Princeton University.
Teaches: Social Psychology (249), Ethical Issues in Software Development (Computer Science 263) and History and Methods of Psychology (130)

Office: Regents Hall 120
Phone: (507) 786-3169
Email: huff@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall '09: by appointment, please send email.
website: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/huff/

Molly Kodl (Semester I only)

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Teaches: Clinical and Counseling Psychology (375)

Office: Regents Hall 236
Phone: (507) 786-3142
Email: kodl@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall 09:

 
Jeremy Loebach

Ph.D., Biological Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Teaches: Biopsychology (238), Psychology of Hearing (2XX)

Office: Regents Hall 132
Phone: (507) 786-3624
Email: loebach@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall 09:

Donna McMillan, Department Chair

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Duke University.
Teaches: Psychopathology (247), Psychology of Personality (244), Environmental Psychology at Rocky Mountain National Park (227), Positive Psychology (342), and Personality Assessment (390)

Office: Regents Hall 130
Phone: (507) 786-3589
email: mcmillan@stolaf.edu
website:http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/donna/index.html
Office Hours Fall 09: Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 and Wednesdays 1:30- 3:30
and by appointment.

Gary Muir

Ph.D., Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Otago.
Teaches: Principles of Psychology (125), Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (337), and Introduction to Neuroscience (Neuroscience 234)

Office: Regents Hall 222
Phone: (507) 786-3138
email: muir@stolaf.edu
Website:http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/gary/index.htm
Office Hours Fall '09: Monday and Wednesday 1:00pm-2:30pm.

Clark Ohnesorge

Ph.D.,  Perception, Memory and Cognitive, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Teaches: Principles of Psychology (125), Research Methods (230), Attention and Consciousness (390), and Advanced Research (390)

Office: Regents Hall 116
Phone: (507) 786-3145
email: ohnesorg@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall '09:

Minda Orina

Ph.D., Social Psychology, Texas A&M University.
Teaches: Principles of Psychology (125), Social Psychology (249), Research Methods (230), and Developmental Psych (241)

Office: Regents Hall 114
Phone: (507) 786-3957
email: orina@stolaf.edu
Office Hours Fall '09:

Bonnie Sherman (on sabbatical Jan-Dec 2009)

Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Teaches: Sensation & Perception (235), Human Neuropsychology (385), Visual Thinking (331), and History and Methods of Psychology (130)

Office: Regents Hall 232
Phone: (507) 786-3146
Website:www.stolaf.edu/depts/psych/faculty/bonnie/index.html
email: sherman@stolaf.edu

Howard Thorsheim

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology (Cognitive), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Teaches: Principles of Psychology (125), Cognition Learning & Memory (237), Psychophysiology (225), and Preceptor Seminar (390)

Office: Regents Hall 234
Phone: (507) 786-3144
Email: thorshm@stolaf.edu
Website: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/thorshm/
Office Hours Fall '09:

Staff

Darla Frandrup - Academic Administrative Assistant

Office: Regents Hall 236
Phone: (507)786-3142
Email: frandrup@stolaf.edu

Emeriti
J. Wesley Brown
Professor of Psychology and Religion, Paracollege Tutor, 1980-1996 B.A., College of the Pacific; M.Div., Drew; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union
 
James F. Dickson, Jr.
Professor of Psychology, 1966-2005
B.A., Lafayette; M.A., Kent State; Ph.D., Maryland
 

Gerald Ericksen

Professor of Psychology, Women’s Head Golf Coach, 1963-1999
B.A., North Dakota; M.A., Ph.D., Minnesota
 

Olaf W. Millert

Professor of Psychology, 1952-1995
B.A., Augustana (Sioux Falls); M.A., South Dakota; Ph.D., Harvard
 

Bruce Roberts

Professor of Psychology, 1968-2001
B.S., M.Ed., Oregon State; Ph.D., Claremont
 

Mary Ellen Ross

Associate Professor of Psychology, 1977-2007
B.S., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University
 

George Sivanich

Associate Professor of Psychology, 1965-1994
B.A., Minnesota; M.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Minnesota