Psychology Faculty

Larry Z. Daily, Ph.D. |
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Title | Professor |
ldaily@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5297 |
Office | Stutzman-Slonaker 102-D |
Psychology Program Curriculum Coordinator Web page: 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. |
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Title | Associate Professor |
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. |
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Title | Professor |
llevitan@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5804 |
Office | Stutzman-Slonaker 104 |
Coordinator Awards: Outstanding Teacher (2021) Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Persuasion & Social Influence, Research Methods, Statistics, Directed Readings, Senior Thesis Research interests: social influence, attitudes and persuasion, political psychology |

Christopher Lovelace, Ph.D. |
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Title | Associate Professor of Psychology |
clovelac@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5315 |
Office | Stutzman-Slonaker 102-B |
Psychology Program Coordinator Web page: 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. |
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Title | Associate Professor |
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. |
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Title | Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator Master of Education in Educational Leadership |
awendle@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5068 |
Office | Stutzman-Slonaker 102-A |
Graduate Program Coordinator for the Master of Education in Educational Leadership Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to Counseling Psychology, Art Therapy, Clinical Practicum |

Richard Stevens, Ph.D. |
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Title | Dean of Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs and Professor |
rstevens@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5313 |
Office | Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, room 212 |
Etana Berger, Ph.D. |
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Title | Adjunct Faculty |
EBERGER@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Personality |
Kristen Gingery, M.A. |
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Title | Adjunct Faculty |
KGINGERY@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology |
Kimberly Rowe, Ph.D. |
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Title | Adjunct Faculty |
krowe@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5332 |
Courses taught: Introduction to Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology |

Ashley Shepard, PsyD, LICSW, MA |
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Title | Adjunct Faculty |
ashepard@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5332 |
Courses taught: Well-being and Happiness; Abnormal Psychology; Death, Dying & Grief |
John Unger, MA |
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Title | Adjunct Faculty |
junger@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Courses taught: West Virginia Life/Recovery Coach Academy, Psychology of Addiction |