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
349B Graff Main Hall
bbasten@uwlax.edu
608.785.6898
Specialty areas:
Cognitive Psychology (eyewitness memory; source memory)
Experimental design and statistics
Academic Department Associate
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)
Lecturer
331 B Graff Main Hall
echeck@uwlax.edu
608.785.5238
Associate Professor
335B Graff Main Hall
gdeason@uwlax.edu
608.785.8442
Specialty areas:
Social Psychology (political psychology, gender)
Associate Professor
160A Morris Hall
rdixon@uwlax.edu
608.785.6893
Specialty areas:
School Psychology, Response to Intervention (RtI), Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Online Service Delivery
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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)
Professor
331F Graff Main Hall
ehiris@uwlax.edu
608.785.6906
Specialty areas:
Cognition and Perception
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)
Associate Professor
341L Graff Main Hall
kkortenkamp@uwlax.edu
608.785.8445
Specialty areas:
Psychology of Environmental Issues
Research Methods & Statistics
Associate Professor
341G Graff Main Hall
tmarshik@uwlax.edu
608.785.8625
Specialty areas:
Developmental and Educational Psychology (motivation, SoTL and effective 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
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
Assistant Teaching Professor
341N Graff Main Hall
jpuckett@uwlax.edu
608.785.5237
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 and humility 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:
Cognitive Aging (Gerontology, Cognitive Psychology, Neuropsychology)
Assistant Professor
341K Graff Main Hall
rschumacher-martinez@uwlax.edu
608.785.6904
Specialty areas:
Racial Justice
Disability Justice
Neurodiversity
Autism
Special Education Law
Crisis Intervention
Counseling Individuals with Disabilities
Social-Emotional-Behavioral Regulation and Coping Skill Development
Assistant Teaching Professor
353 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
Lecturer
302A Graff Main Hall
jreiland@uwlax.edu
608.785.5017
