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Faculty Details
JOHN BERMAN
John Berman is a Professor of Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Northwestern University. He taught for many years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he served as Department Chair for over a decade. His research interests are in cross-cultural psychology, especially perceptions of fairness and applied social science methodology. At Skidmore he teaches courses in Applied Psychology and Introductory Psychology.
VIRGINIA MURPHY-BERMAN
Virginia Murphy-Berman is a Visiting Professor of Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from Northwestern University. Before coming to Skidmore, she was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln where she taught a variety of courses and served as Research Director of a multidisciplinary Research Policy Center. Her research interests are in cross-cultural psychology, especially as it applies to perceptions of fairness, children's rights and construals of the self. At Skidmore she teaches courses in Cross-cultural Psychology and in Psychological Perspectives on Social Justice.
MARY CAMPA
Mary Campa, Assistant Professor, earned her B.A. from Mills College and her Ph.D., in developmental psychology from Cornell University. Her research focuses on adolescent and adult development with an emphasis on close relationships. Her current work is aimed at understanding what makes attachment relationships (our closest relationships) unique and enduring. She teaches introductory psychology, courses in adolescent development and Human Bonding.
TONYA DODGE
Tonya Dodge, an Assistant Professor, received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University at Albany. Prior to coming to Skidmore College she spent 5 years as an Assistant Professor at The George Washington University. Her research interests are in attitudes and decision-making processes particularly as they affect adolescent health and development. She teaches Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, Sports Psychology and Adolescent Health.
DENISE EVERT
Denise Evert, Associate Professor, received her Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University. She is also the Chair of the Department. Denise completed post doctoral work in neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. Her research interests focus on the cognitive neuroscience of attentional and emotional processing, with a particular emphasis on lateralization of function in the brain. Her courses contribute both to the Psychology major and the Neuroscience program and include introductory neuroscience, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.
HUGH FOLEY
Hugh J. Foley is a Professor who got his degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was on the faculty at Union College for ten years prior to joining the Skidmore faculty. He teaches courses in perception (and is co-author of a textbook in that area) experimental psychology, and introductory and advanced statistics. His general research interests are in perception and memory, with specific interests in context effects on judgment, object perception and recognition, and the role of effort in memory.
MARY ANN FOLEY
Mary Ann Foley, Professor, holds a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her research interests focus on the study of cognitive processes in a variety of contexts. Most recently, these research interests have led to the study of children's memory confusions, the role of imaginal processing in remembering, factors influencing face recognition, and the study of perceptual closure processes. She teaches experimental psychology, cognition, and a seminar on autobiographical memory.
HOLLEY HODGINS
Holley Hodgins, Associate Professor, received a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Rochester with a dissertation that investigated biases in social cognition. She has taught at Skidmore since the fall of 1992. Her current research focuses on motivational orientation and various social behaviors, including social interaction, perceptions of other people and responses to social predicaments. Motivation and emotion, introductory psychology, and seminars on nonverbal communication are among the courses she teaches.
REBECCA JOHNSON
Rebecca Johnson, Assistant Professor, received her doctorate with specialization in cognitive psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her primary research interests focus on the cognitive processes underlying reading in normal and skilled readers and individuals with stroke-induced reading disorders. She teaches Psycholinguistics and Experimental Psychology and will be offering additional courses on reading and language processing.
HASSAN LÓPEZ
Hassan López, Assistant Professor, received his B.A. in psychology from Harvard University in 1995. He went on to receive his doctorate in psychology, with an emphasis in behavioral neuroscience, from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). He joined the psychology department at Skidmore in 2005, and is responsible for teaching several courses within the neuroscience program, including Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology, and Hormones & Behavior. Broadly, his scholarly interests center on the biological basis of sexual attraction, motivation, and courtship behavior in both males and females. He explores these issues using both rodent models and human participants.
ANDREW MOLTENI
Andrew Molteni is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology who received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Ohio University. He has been a practicing clinical psychologist for over 25 years directing clinical programs in Health Psychology and Eating Disorders Services as well as maintaining his own private practice. His scholarly and clinical interests include psychological and neuropsychological assessment, psychosomatic and psychophysiological disorders, eating disorders,dissociative disorders and psychotherapy research. He teaches Theories of Personality, Abnormal Psychology and Health Psychology.
ROBERT M. OSWALT
Robert (Mac) Oswalt is a Professor of Psychology who holds a doctoral degree from LSU. He is a clinical psychologist whose teaching includes courses in abnormal and clinical psychology, testing, and seminar and Liberal Studies courses on Sigmund Freud. He is an active participant in blood donor recruitment and has done considerable research and publication on blood donor motivation, which extends to the motivation and recruitment of organ donors. He has also done research on the desensitization of traumatic memories by eye-movement, and sexual behavior among college students, including AIDS and date-rape.
FLIP PHILLIPS
Flip Phillips is an Associate Professor who joined this department in 1998. He possesses a somewhat heterogeneous background, including stints as a professional musician and as an animator & technical director at Pixar. Having received his Ph.D. in Cognitive and Experimental Psychology from The Ohio State University, he covers such courses as quantitative and experimental psychology, perception, and computational neuroscience. Currently, his research centers on the perception of solid shape, perception of texture, and the psychology of aesthetics.
MARK RYE
Mark Rye, Associate Professor, received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University. Prior to coming to Skidmore, he taught for 11 years at the University of Dayton. His research interests are in the field of positive psychology. Specifically, he studies how forgiveness and gratitude influence mental health. He teaches Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Clinical Psychology, and Psychology of Religion.
SHELDON SOLOMON
Sheldon Solomon is a Professor of Psychology who earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas, where his training focused on experimental social psychology. His current research is primarily concerned with the psychological functions of self-esteem and the effects of specific political and economic institutions on mental health. He taught in Skidmore's Liberal Studies Program and is currently involved in the Scribner Seminars (Human Dilemmas). His departmental teaching includes the introductory course, as well as courses in personality, advanced personality and evolutionary psychology.
