The Department of Psychological Sciences welcomed Eric Cerino, Ph.D., to the Mountain Campus during the first faculty meeting of the semester. Dr. Cerino joined the faculty in August 2021, and taught Adult Development and Aging (PSY 344) and Abnormal Psychology (PSY 215) online during the fall semester. 
In addition to teaching several sections of Adult Development and Aging during the spring semester, Dr. Cerino will be… Read more
Faculty Accomplishments
Ann Huffman, Ph.D., Named as Fellow of the American Psychological Association
Ann Huffman, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and serves as the Associate Chair for Research and Scholarship. In addition, she is a Professor of Management within the WA Franke College of Business. To those honorifics is added “Fellow of the 
American Psychological Association.” This prestigious honor is bestowed “upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding… Read more
The Department Welcomes Robert Wickham, Ph.D., to the Faculty
The Department of Psychological Sciences welcomed Dr. Robert Wickham to the faculty during its August 2021 retreat. Dr. Wickham received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology, with a minor in Quantitative Methods, from the University of Houston in 2012. 
His research focuses on the development and application of new methodological approaches in psychological research and applied program evaluation research in the area of homelessness intervention. Dr.… Read more
Dr. Michelle Miller to Provide Keynote Address at APA Conference
Michelle Miller, Ph.D., a widely acknowledged expert in online learning-related research, joins a very distinguished list of keynote speakers for the upcoming national conference for the American Psychological Association. In addition to her keynote address, “Pedagogy, Technology, and Psychology: Lessons for a Post-COVID World,” Dr. Miller will join Dr. Laura Pople, a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in a special pre-conference session for instructors in higher education on the nature of memory and attention in our… Read more
Dr. Michelle Miller Authors Article on Taking Advantage of New Capacity for Teaching With Technology
Dr. Michelle Miller, of the Department of Psychological Sciences, recently published the article A Year of Remote Teaching: The Good, the Bad, and the Next Steps in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article, of interest to all educators, focuses on how best to make use of the massive new capacity to teach with technology following the pandemic. Dr. Miller explores the pleasant surprises and the challenges of teaching with technologies, and offers suggestions on… Read more
Dr. Michelle Miller Welcomed as Series Coeditor for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Professor Michelle Miller, Ph.D. was recently welcomed as Series Coeditor for the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education series from West Virginia University Press, which publishes books and scholarly journals in a number of areas, including the social sciences and higher education. Dr. Miller is the author of Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology (Harvard University Press, 2014), the Attention Matters™ online tutorial for students, and numerous… Read more