20 faculty and 41 courses in Psychology at Skidmore College.
- Sheldon Solomon, Professor h-index 73
Psychological function of self-esteem Effects of human awareness of death on thoughts, feelings, and behavior. FUN FACT I have been here longer than most of the buildings and furniture CLICK HERE FOR CV Psychology Department
Notable: “Evidence for terror management theory II: The effects of mortality salience on reactions to those who threaten or bolster the cultural worldview.” (1990) · 1,392 citations
- Corinne Moss-Racusin, Professor h-index 33
Gender roles, bias, inequality Occupational gender segregation Diversity and intervention work FUN FACT Ask me about how I successfully conquered my cat phobia using an evidence-based approach (including systematic desensitization, sub-typi
Notable: “Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students” (2012) · 3,131 citations
- Pablo Gómez, Associate Professor h-index 26
Perceptual decision making Word recognition in monolingual and bilingual individuals Tactile perception Computational Modeling FUN FACT I lived in Cancun when I was 4 years old. Allergic to honey not fun fact but good for people to know C
Notable: “A Diffusion Model Account of the Lexical Decision Task.” (2004) · 587 citations
- Rebecca Johnson, Professor and Chair h-index 25
Cognitive processes involved in normal skilled reading Cognitive neuropsychology of stroke-induced reading disorders Eye movements during reading FUN FACTS I am blessed to be the mother of five beautiful, fun-loving, wonderful children: Kai
Notable: “Modeling resident attitudes toward tourism” (1997) · 401 citations
- Mark Rye, Professor h-index 24
The influence of forgiveness and gratitude on mental health Development and validation of positive psychology scales Program evaluation FUN FACT I have climbed all 46 high peaks of the Adirondacks and all 5 high peaks of Vermont. CLICK HERE
Notable: “Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy” (1997) · 1,528 citations
- Jessica Sullivan, Professor h-index 23
Learning (in general): How do we figure out so much about the world on the basis of so little evidence? Language acquisition: How do we connect linguistic representations to other kinds of representations? Symbolic, cognitive and social dev
Notable: “Cdx2 ectopic expression induces gastric intestinal metaplasia in transgenic mice” (2002) · 465 citations
- Casey Schofield, Professor h-index 22
Mood and anxiety disorders Mental health stigma Perinatal mental health FUN FACT I discovered a love for mountain biking in my 40s. CLICK HERE FOR CV Psychology Department
Notable: “Perinatal Antidepressant Use” (2013) · 218 citations
- Leigh S. Wilton, Associate Professor and Associate Chair h-index 18
Diversity Race, gender, and multiracial Identity Social perception and intergroup relations FUN FACT I have Puerto Rican and Jewish ancestry, which helped spark my interest in identity and social groups. In my previous life as a business co
Notable: “Show Don’t Tell: Diversity Dishonesty Harms Racial/Ethnic Minorities at Work” (2020) · 111 citations
- Dominique T. Vuvan, Associate Professor h-index 16
Cognitive expectancy: How do we predict what’s coming, and what are the consequences of this prediction? Neurocognition of music: How do the brain and the cognitive system subserve human musicality? Auditory perception and production: What
Notable: “Neural overlap in processing music and speech” (2015) · 281 citations
- Erica H. Wojcik, Associate Professor h-index 15
Language acquisition: How do infants and toddlers learn the sounds, words, and grammar of their native language(s)? Ecological approaches to development: How can we use naturalistic observation to help us understand learning in the real wor
Notable: “SAYCam: A Large, Longitudinal Audiovisual Dataset Recorded From the Infant’s Perspective” (2021) · 124 citations
- Hassan López, Professor h-index 14
Anticonvulsant effects of cannabidiol Biological basis of sexual attraction, motivation, and courtship behavior, especially in females Detrimental effects of chronic cannabinoid use in adolescence Neuroendocrinology of social behavior FUN F
Notable: “Sexual Motivation in the Male Rat: The Role of Primary Incentives and Copulatory Experience” (1999) · 110 citations
- Daniel Peterson, Associate Professor h-index 14
Human Memory Learning Sciences FUN FACT Please send me any of your Soylent Nutrition, Inc. discount codes. CLICK HERE FOR CV Psychology Department
Notable: “The Flipped Classroom Improves Student Achievement and Course Satisfaction in a Statistics Course” (2015) · 135 citations
- Lucas LaFreniere, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Worry treatments and processes Ecological momentary interventions / smartphone interventions Savoring and clinical applications of positive psychology Cognitive-behavioral therapy Processes and applications of mindfulness FUN FACT I used to
Notable: “Upregulating positive emotion in generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized controlled trial of the SkillJoy ecological momentary intervention.” (2023) · 44 citations
- Lisa Chalik, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 10
The development of social categorization How social categories shape children’s moral judgments How cultural input facilitates conceptual development FUN FACT I am an obsessive baker and used to write a food blog CLICK HERE FOR CV LAB WEBS
Notable: “Social Categories as Markers of Intrinsic Interpersonal Obligations” (2013) · 209 citations
- Denise Evert, Associate Professor h-index 8
Hemispheric specialization for selective attention, spatial attention, and emotional processing The influence of unattended information on the processing of attended information FUN FACT I helped start the Neuroscience Program at Skidmore i
Notable: “The eccentricity effect: Target eccentricity affects performance on conjunction searches” (1995) · 350 citations
- Harrison Schmitt, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Psychological impacts of environmental justice issues Social class and the psychology of financial debt Cultural psychology of policing and incarceration Cultural psychology of time Qualitative and quantitative methods FUN FACT I shar
Notable: “Chronic environmental contamination: A systematic review of psychological health consequences” (2021) · 51 citations
- Abigail Kleinsmith, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 5
Visual cognition, music expertise, eye movements during music reading, music cognition FUN FACT I play the French horn and have played in performances of all 9 of Beethoven’s symphonies. Psychology Department
Notable: “Exploring the impact of final ritardandi on evaluative responses to cadential closure.” (2016) · 18 citations
- Lauren Berger, Assistant Teaching Professor
Work/Life balance Gender role norms Working mothers' well-being Impact of Covid-19 on children and adolescents (PANDAS-type symptoms) CLICK HERE FOR CV Psychology Department
- Rachel Mann-Rosan, Teaching Professor
- Stephanie Vaughan, Assistant Teaching Professor
Basic research in cognitive psychology Memory - Testing effects, Test-Potentiated Learning, Proactive and Retroactive interference Attention - Attentional Boost Effect Applying memory, attention, and learning principles to the classroom FUN
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.