Faculty

Harold A. Dengerink, Ph.D.
Chancellor, WSU Vancouver
Phone: (360) 546-9581
Office: VADM 230B  
Research: Experimental personality; audition; stress and other effects on hearing.

Armando Estrada, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental-Industrial/Organizational
(360) 546-9716
E-mail:  estrada@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208C
Research: Industrial/Organizational Psychology:  harassment, prejudice, and discrimination in the workplace
Courses: Industrial Psychology (Psych 306), Organizational Psychology (308), Diversity in Organizations (309), Statistics (Psych 311)

John P. Garofalo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Clinical-Adult
Phone: (360) 546-9717
E-mail: garofalo@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208E
Research: Psychological comorbidity; psychosocial oncology; behavioral medicine; personality & health.
Courses: Experimental Methods in Psychology (Psych 312), Health Psychology (Psych 320), Abnormal (Psych 333), Assessment of Dual Diagnosis (Psych 342) Clinical Community Psychology (Psych 440),

Susan Ingram, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Experimental-Physiological
Phone: (360) 546-9748
E-mail: ingram@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 308V
Research: Neural mechanisms of opiate and psychostimulant addictions.
Courses:  Biology of Women (Biol 407)

Randall Kleinhesselink, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Experimental-Social
Phone: (360) 546-9723 
E-mail: kleinhes@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208D
Research: Perception of environmental risks; cross-cultural research; mental health courts.
Courses: Personality (Psych 321), Social (Psych 350), Motivation (Psych 470).

Stephen Lakatos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Experimental-Sensation/Perception
Phone: (360) 546-9743 
E-mail: lakatos@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208A 
Research: Perception and mental representation of environmental sounds.
Courses: Statistics (Psych 311), Experimental Methods in Psychology (Psych 312), Perception (Psych 384), Cognition and Memory (Psych 490)

Marsha Michels, M.S.
Academic Coordinator and Instructor
Phone: (360) 546-9451
E-mail: michels@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208B
Advisor for the following programs:
B.S. Psych
B.A. Soc Sci - Psych major concentration
B.A. Soc Sci - HRM/PP option
HRM/PP Certificate
Courses: Psychology Practicums (Psych 445), Psychology Internships (Psych 496), Psychology of Language (Psych 492).

Michael Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental-Physiological
Phone: (360) 546-9726 
E-mail: morgan@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208V
Research: Neural mechanisms of pain modulation and morphine tolerance.
Courses: Experimental Methods in Psychology (Psych 312), Introduction to Physiological (Psych 372), History of Psych (Psych 401), Advanced Physiological Psychology (Psych 473).

Tahira Probst , Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Experimental-Industrial/Organizational
Phone: (360) 546-9746 
E-mail: probst@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208K 
Research: Antecedents and consequences of job insecurity; job attitudes; workplace diversity; cross-cultural effectiveness of human resource practices; employee safety.
Courses: Industrial/Organizational (Psych 306), Cultural Diversity in Organizations (Psych 309), Statistics (Psych 311), Tests & Measures (Psych 412)

Elizabeth Soliday, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Clinical-Child 
Phone: (360) 546-9727 
E-mail: soliday@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208P
Research: Adjustment to pediatric & parental chronic illness, including kidney disease and cancer; psychological interventions for illness - related distress. Courses: Human Sexuality (Psych 230), Developmental Psychology (Psych 361), Behavioral Disorders of Children and Adolescents (Psych 464), Basic Helping Skills (Psych 444) 

Instructors

Kathryn Becker-Blease, Ph.D.
(360) 546-9145
E-mail: kblease@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office:  VCLS 208U
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/becker-b/home.htm 
Research:  Developmental psychology:  sexual abuse in childrenCourses: Introductory Psychology (Psych 105), Psychology of Womden (Psych 324), Undergraduate Practicum (Psych 445).

Bill Griesar, Ph.D.
Phone: (360) 546-9145
E-mail: bgriesar@pacifier.com
Office: VCLS 208U  
Courses: Physiological Psych (Psych 372), Advanced Physiological Psych (Psych 473), Cognition & Memory (Psych 490), Affective Neuroscience (Psych 409)

Donna Johns, Ph.D.

E-mail:  john7406@pacificu.edu
Office: VCLS 308A      Phone:  (360) 546-9151
Course:  Self Control (Psych 328), Historical Development of Psychology (Psych 401), Cultural Issues In Psychology (Psych 403)

 

Graduate Students/Post-Doctoral Fellows

Michelle Cyr  - Graduate Student
E-mail: shaiagipsie@gmail.com
Office: VCLS 108
Research: Physiological Psychology

Maja Graso  - Graduate Student
E-mail: majagraso@gmail.com
Office: VCLS 160G
Research:  Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Tara Macey, Ph.D. - Post Doctoral Fellow
E-mail: macey@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9090

Paul Meyer, Ph.D. - Post Doctoral Fellow
E-mail: meyerp@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9090

Shital Pavawalla  - Graduate Student (Pullman/Visiting)
E-mail: spavawalla@wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 108
Research: Clinical Psychology

Adrianne Wilson  - Graduate Student (Neuroscience)
Office: VCLS 108
Research: Physiological Psychology

 

Department Staff

 

Janet DeWitt, Secretary Senior
Phone: (360) 546-9720
Email: dewittj@vancouver.wsu.edu
Office: VCLS 208 

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