News and Events
New Course Numbers for Four Psychology Courses (Sept ‘09)
The course numbers for the following courses have changed (but the course content remains the same):
Research Methods: was Psych 231; now is Psych 230
Psychology of Personality: was Psych 271; now is Psych 244
Psychopathology: was Psych 264; now is Psych 247
Environmental Psychology at Rocky Mountain National Park: was Psych 255; now is Psych 227.
New Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Social Psychology (Sept ‘09)
This fall 2009, the Department is excited to be hiring a new, tenure-track faculty member in social psychology! We will be receiving applications in the fall and plan to interview final candidates on campus toward the end of fall semester. Would you like to be involved? You can help shape the St. Olaf Psychology Department for decades to come by helping us select this newest member of the Department. We need students who will meet with the final candidates, attend their talks, and give us feedback about them. If you are interested, please let the Department’s Academic Administrative Assistant, Darla Frandrup, know (frandrup@stolaf.edu).
New Psychology Major Requirements (Sept ‘09)
The psychology major requirements have been revised! The new major is in effect for all students entering St. Olaf in Fall 2009 or later; other students can choose to graduate with the new major if they would like, or they can stay with the old major requirements. The new major includes a new course, Psych 130, and allows more flexibility in choice of psychology courses. For details about the new major, click here.
New Chair of the Psychology Department (Sept ‘09)
After four years of doing a great job as department chair, Dana Gross has completed her term as chair and is now off on sabbatical. Donna McMillan is the new department chair. Come on by and say “hello” -- we want to know how you’re doing and what your thoughts, opinions, and dreams are.
Gary Muir & Gretchen van der Linden’s Article Published in Teaching of Psychology (Sept ‘09)
Professor Gary Muir and St. Olaf psychology alum Gretchen van der Linden have just had their article, “Students Teaching Students: An Experiential Learning Opportunity for Large Introductory Psychology Classes in Collaboration With Local Elementary Schools” published in the journal Teaching of Psychology. The article appears in the July 2009 issue, volume 36, issue 3, pp. 169-173. Check it out!
Shelly Dickinson Awarded Tenure and Promotion (Sept ‘09)
The Psychology Department is happy to announce that this past spring 2009 Shelly Dickinson received tenure and promotion. For 2009-2010 Shelly will be on sabbatical, supported by a grant that she received from the Alcohol Research Foundation.
Other Grants and Awards
- Grace Cho and student Jill Humble have been awarded St. Olaf’s “Magnus the Good Award”. This award will support their research project, “Exploring Parental Beliefs and Expressions of Emotions with Young Children.” (Sept ’09)
- Chuck Huff has returned from his 2008-2009 sabbatical. For his sabbatical he had been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his project Good Computing: A Pedagogically Focused Theory of Professional Computer Ethics. In this project Chuck continued his study of moral exemplars in computer science in order to develop a model of moral action. (Sept ’09)
Psychology Department is Now in Regents Hall (Sept ’08)
As of September 2008, the Psychology Department is now located in the brand new, state-of-the-art Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Psychology is located on the first and second floors of the west wing.
