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Psychology Faculty

Larry Z. Daily, Ph.D.
Title	Professor
Email	ldaily@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5297
Office	Stutzman-Slonaker 102-D
Psychology Program Curriculum Coordinator Web page: http://www.shepherd.edu/ldaily Courses taught: Memory and Cognition, Psychology of Learning, Statistics, Research Methods in Psychology, Directed Readings, Senior Thesis Research interests: Working memory limits, psychology of hobbies

Heidi Dobish, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	hdobish@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5435
Office	White Hall 109-C
Aging Studies Minor Coordinator Awards: Outstanding Teacher (2010, 2020), Outstanding Service (2013), Outstanding Advisor (2010) Courses taught: Child Development, Adolescent Development, Lifespan Development, Psychology of Aging, Introduction to Psychology, and Social Psychology

Lindsey Levitan, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	llevitan@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5804
Office	Stutzman-Slonaker 104
Research Exposure Coordinator Awards: Outstanding Teacher (2021) Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics, Directed Readings, Senior Thesis Research interests: social influence, attitudes and persuasion, prejudice

Christopher Lovelace, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
Email	clovelac@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5315
Office	Stutzman-Slonaker 102-B
Psychology Program Coordinator Web page: http://www.shepherd.edu/psychology/lovelace-home Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Biopsychology, Drugs and the Brain, Sensation and Perception, Statistics, Research Methods, Directed Readings, Senior Thesis Research interests: multisensory perception, synesthesia, brain and behavior, psychophysiology, psychophysics

Joseph R. Merz, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	jmerz@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5296
Office	Stutzman-Slonaker 102-C
Courses taught: Social Psychology, History and Systems of Psychology, Humanistic Psychology, Sport Psychology

Ann Wendle, Ph.D.
Title	Assistant Professor and CSDA Program Coordinator
Email	awendle@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5068
Office	Stutzman-Slonaker 102-A
Program Coordinator for the Master of Arts in College Student Development and Administration Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to Counseling Psychology, Clinical Practicum

Richard Stevens, Ph.D.
Title	Dean of Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs and Professor
Email	rstevens@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5313
Office	Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, room 212

Etana Berger, Ph.D.
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	EBERGER@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Personality

Kristen Gingery, M.A.
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	KGINGERY@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology

Kimberly Rowe, Ph.D.
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	krowe@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5332
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Stephanie Purdy
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	spurdy@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Courses taught: Introduction to Forensic Psychology

Ashley Shepard, PsyD, LICSW, MA
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	ashepard@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5332
Courses taught: Well-being and Happiness; Abnormal Psychology; Death, Dying & Grief

John Unger, MA
Title	Adjunct Faculty
Email	junger@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Courses taught: West Virginia Life/Recovery Coach Academy, Psychology of Substance Abuse