24 faculty and 58 courses in Psychology at Wellesley College.
- Jennifer Grossman, Senior Research Scientist h-index 29
Adolescent development, with a focus on sexual health and risk-taking and racial and ethnic identity. Wellesley Wellesley College 106 Central Street Wellesley, MA Social Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Footer
- Christen Deveney, James W. and Patricia T. Poitras DS '91 Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences and Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 27
- Margaret Keane, Denise Kellen '68 Professor Emerita in the Health Sciences & Professor Emerita of Psychology h-index 24
- Julie Norem, Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology h-index 23
Es on the strategies people use to pursue their goals, with an emphasis on the strategy of defensive pessimism; and on the ways self-knowledge influences adaptation, performance, and social relationships, particularly among those who feel l
- Jennie Pyers, Professor of Psychology h-index 23
The relationship between language and cognition, bilingualism, the psycholinguistics of sign languages, and the role of iconicity in language. My research focuses on the relationship between language and cognition. In particular, I
- Tracy Gleason, Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences and Professor of Psychology h-index 23
- Stephen Chen, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 21
Lie at the intersection of clinical, cultural, and developmental psychology. The overarching aim of my research is to examine how cultural and family processes influence mental health and development across the lifespan. I explore this ques
- Sally Theran, Professor of Psychology h-index 12
Es on risk and resilience factors that protect against developmental psychopathology in childhood and adolescence, with a specific emphasis on gender issues. Within this broad rubric, my current area of research examines factors that put gi
- Angela Bahns, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 11
Es on the dynamics of prejudice and intergroup relations with the goal of reducing prejudice. In one line of work I study stereotypes and threats as justifications of prejudice. The central aim of this work is to examine how and when the co
- Nancy Genero, Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology h-index 11
Es on the social and cultural psychological issues that pertain to the lives of diverse groups of women, girls, and their families. In particular, I study the role of close relationships and their impact on identity development and psycholo
- Craig Brinkman, Assistant Teaching Professor in Psychology h-index 4
That include romantic relationships, prejudice, and sport psychology. Close interpersonal relationships are among the most important aspects of many people’s lives. Close relationships (and romantic relationships specifically) can be the so
- Wednesday Bushong, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences h-index 4
- Afiya Mbilishaka, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Psychology
- Beth Hennessey, Professor Emerita of Psychology
- Jeremy Wilmer, Professor of Psychology
- Jonathan Cheek, Professor of Psychology
Shyness, self-concept, and identity orientations. Link to Personal Page Education B.A., George Washington University M.A., The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Current and upcoming courses Introduction t
- Kristen Poston, Assistant Teaching Professor in Psychology
Es on identifying and describing the influence of individual and contextual factors that impact well-being outcomes for youth in school and out-of-school-time settings. I am also interested in the role of cultural context and gender in shap
- Kyra Kulik-Johnson, Associate Teaching Professor in Psychology
- Lia Simon, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Psychology
Lie in the psychological process of learning and how it is influenced by self-efficacy, as well as social factors, such as societal images of groups and pressure from parents and friends. I am also interested in the importance of friendship
- Linda Carli, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Psychology
Es on the effects of gender on women's leadership, group interaction, communication, influence, and reactions to adversity. I teach courses in introductory and social psychology as well as advanced courses in the psychology of law, which ap
- Margery Lucas, Professor Emerita of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Were varied and interdisciplinary. Early in my career at Wellesley, I conducted research in psycholinguistics, with a focus on semantic aspects of sentence processing. More recently, my research focus was in decision-making, particularly wi
- Paul Wink, Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor Emeritus in Health Sciences & Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Robin Akert, Professor of Psychology
Es on nonverbal communication, specifically, our ability to decode nonverbal cues in social interaction. One area on which I have focused is the methodological issues underlying the study of nonverbal decoding. While maximizing internal and
- Sheila Brachfeld-Child, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Psychology
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 2026-07-01.