Psychology at Wesleyan University

25 faculty and 32 courses in Psychology at Wesleyan University.

Faculty

• Charles A. Sanislow, Professor of Psychology; Chair, Neuroscience and Behavior h-index 70
  Notable: “Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): Toward a New Classification Framework for Research on Mental Disorders” (2010) · 7,059 citations
• Kathleen Marie Pike, Visiting Scholar in Psychology h-index 49
  Notable: “Innovations and changes in the ICD‐11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders” (2019) · 779 citations
• Lisa C. Dierker, Professor of Psychology; Walter Crowell University Professor of Social Sciences h-index 47
  Notable: “A Practical Guide to Calculating Cohen’s f2, a Measure of Local Effect Size, from PROC MIXED” (2012) · 1,300 citations
• Matthew Kurtz, Professor of Psychology h-index 35
  Notable: “A meta-analytic investigation of neurocognitive deficits in bipolar illness: Profile and effects of clinical state.” (2009) · 428 citations
• Alexis May, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 31
  Notable: “The Three-Step Theory (3ST): A New Theory of Suicide Rooted in the “Ideation-to-Action” Framework” (2015) · 1,741 citations
• Barbara Jean Juhasz, Chair; Professor of Psychology h-index 31
  Notable: “The Effect of Plausibility on Eye Movements in Reading.” (2004) · 460 citations
• Andrea Patalano, Professor of Psychology h-index 22
  Notable: “Alternative strategies of categorization” (1998) · 315 citations
• Scott L. Plous, Professor of Psychology h-index 21
  Notable: “Psychological Mechanisms in the Human Use of Animals” (1993) · 263 citations
• Jill G. Morawski, Professor of Psychology; Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of Natural Science h-index 21
  Notable: “The measurement of masculinity and femininity: Engendering categorical realities” (1985) · 138 citations
• Hilary C. Barth, Professor of Psychology h-index 20
  Notable: “The construction of large number representations in adults” (2003) · 508 citations
• Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera, Professor of Psychology h-index 20
  Notable: “Gender and Culture Differences in Emotion.” (2004) · 523 citations
• Steven E. Stemler, Professor of Psychology h-index 17
  Notable: “A Comparison of Consensus, Consistency, and Measurement Approaches to Estimating Interrater Reliability” (2020) · 1,001 citations
• Andrea Negrete, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 8
  Notable: “Appraisal Support from Natural Mentors, Self-worth, and Psychological Distress: Examining the Experiences of Underrepresented Students Transitioning Through College” (2017) · 67 citations
• Michael Perez, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 6
  Notable: “Racism in the Structure of Everyday Worlds: A Cultural-Psychological Perspective” (2017) · 300 citations
• Lucy De Souza, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 5
  Notable: “The Diversity and Prevalence of Sexual Orientation Self-Labels in a New Zealand National Sample” (2016) · 133 citations
• Christine Marie Curley, Visiting Professor of Psychology h-index 5
  Notable: “Pleasure and PrEP: A Systematic Review of Studies Examining Pleasure, Sexual Satisfaction, and PrEP” (2022) · 47 citations
• Royette Dubar, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 4
  Notable: “Disappearing in the age of hypervisibility: Definition, context, and perceived psychological consequences of social media ghosting.” (2021) · 38 citations
• Kyungmi Kim, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 4
  Notable: “Effects of emotion-induced self-focused attention on item and source memory” (2020) · 10 citations
• Adam Beam, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychology h-index 3
  Notable: “Masculinity threat increases bias and negative emotions toward feminine gay men.” (2021) · 20 citations
• Ajna F. Kertesz, Visiting Professor of Psychology
• Anna Shusterman, Professor of Psychology
• Caitlin Ann Martin-Wagar, Visiting Scholar in Psychology
• Casey Riedmann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychology
• Damon Austin Tomlin, David Scott Williams Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
• Sarah Kristin Carney, Associate Professor of the Practice in Psychology

Courses

• Foundations of Contemporary Psychology PSYC105
• Myth, Magic, and Movies PSYC111
• What is 'Typical?' Diversity in Human Development (FYS) PSYC113F
• Your Brain on College (FYS) PSYC115F
• Psychological Science and the Good Life (FYS) PSYC117F
• Social Psychology of Close Relationships (FYS) PSYC118F
• Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (FYS) PSYC120F
• Statistics: An Activity-Based Approach PSYC200
• Research Methods in Psychopathology PSYC205
• Research Methods in Cognition PSYC210
• Research Methods in Psychological Science with Lab PSYC212
• Research Methods in Social Psychology PSYC213
• Research Methods in Diversity Science PSYC216
• Cognitive Psychology PSYC220
• Sensation and Perception PSYC222
• Cognitive Neuroscience PSYC225
• Motivation and Reward PSYC227
• Developmental Psychology PSYC230
• Behavioral Neurobiology PSYC240
• Psychological Measurement PSYC245
• Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood PSYC248
• Personality PSYC250
• Psychopathology PSYC251
• Social Psychology PSYC260
• Cultural Psychology PSYC261
• Psychology of Communities PSYC266
• Psychology and the Law PSYC277
• Language and Thought PSYC291
• Social Media and Development PSYC303
• Neuroscience of Learning and Memory PSYC305
• Schizophrenia and Its Treatment PSYC316
• Psychology of Decision-Making PSYC322

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.