12 faculty and 0 courses in Psychology at Oberlin College.
- Nancy Darling, Professor of Psychology h-index 38
Es on how adolescents influence and are influenced by these social relationships and how these different social spheres interact to change the course of individual development. Because many of these processes aren't amenable to experimental
Notable: “Parenting style as context: An integrative model.” (1993) · 4,263 citations
- Sara Verosky, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 18
Notable: “Mentalizing about emotion and its relationship to empathy” (2008) · 238 citations
- Cynthia Frantz, Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies, Department Chair h-index 16
Es broadly on humans’ relationship with the natural world, with an emphasis on promoting sustainable behavior. Past research in collaboration with Steve Mayer suggests that both individuals and the environment benefit when people feel
Notable: “The connectedness to nature scale: A measure of individuals’ feeling in community with nature” (2004) · 2,916 citations
- Travis Wilson, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 11
Notable: “Social goals, social behavior, and social status in middle childhood.” (2012) · 140 citations
- Rebecca Totton, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 7
Notable: “Negative Stereotypes Cause Christians to Underperform in and Disidentify With Science” (2015) · 105 citations
- Christine S. Wu, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Comparative American Studies h-index 7
Es on ethnic-racial socialization, identity development, and racialized experiences among Asian American and multiracial populations. I am also interested in the experiences of people in interracial romantic relationships, as an antecedent
Notable: “GABAergic Signaling within a Limbic-Hypothalamic Circuit Integrates Social and Anxiety-Like Behavior with Stress Reactivity” (2015) · 51 citations
- Clinton Merck, Senior Lecturer h-index 4
Notable: “Collective mental time travel: Creating a shared future through our shared past” (2016) · 66 citations
- Aaron Beckner, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Es on the development of basic cognitive processes in early childhood—a period of dramatic growth and profound change that lays the foundation for later learning and development. I am interested in how young children transform the landscape
- Danielle Godon-Decoteau, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Comparative American Studies
- Ledina Imami, Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Manasi Jayakumar, Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Stacey Sinwald, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
. My areas of teaching currently include lifespan development, abnormal psychology, clinical psychology, and advanced seminar on therapy dogs. Courses Fall 2026 Sports and Exercise Psychology — PSYC 225 Seminar in Human - Canine
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.