Jennifer M. Apperson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology. She joined Longwood in 1985 after receiving her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 1984 from the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio. She teaches courses in counseling psychology, psychopathology, personality, interviewing, and psychology and the law. Her research and consulting interests include acquaintance rape on college campuses, and the impact of freshmen seminar on retention. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and has been working in private practice since 1986.             

Chris Bjornsen, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, joined Longwood in 1995. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992, and teaches courses in infant and child development, adolescent development, sex and gender, cross-cultural psychology, developmental research methods, and introduction to psychology. His research focuses on emotional and personality development in adolescence, and student engagement in learning. Chris' hobbies include traveling, cooking, hiking, and woodworking.

Norm Bregman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, joined Longwood in 1997. He received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Southern California in 1972 with specialties in learning and memory. He teaches courses in general psychology, research methods, statistics, psychobiology, and learning and memory. His research areas include leaning and memory, biofeedback, eyewitness testimony, and psychology and the law.

Stephanie Buchert, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor of Psychology, joined Longwood in 2004.  She received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Kent State University in 2004.  She earned an M.A. in Psychology at Kent State as well, and earned B.A.s in Psychology and Anthropology from Bloomsburg University. The courses she teaches with the most frequency are Research Methods, Quantitative Methods, and Cognitive Psychology.  Her research interests include cognitive development; specifically language issues such as language development and bilingualism. 

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David M. Carkenord, Ph.D.,  Professor of Psychology, joined Longwood in 1992. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organization Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 1990. He teaches the majority of courses in the Industrial / Organizational concentration, as well as introductory psychology and quantitative methods. His primary research interests currently center around employee ethics and developing innovative teaching techniques. Outside of academia, he has worked as an analyst in personnel research and marketing research.
 
 

Eric Laws, Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Psychology, department chair, joined Longwood in Fall of 2000.  He has taught and/or teaches courses in Physiological Psychology, Research Methods, Introduction to Biopsychology, Sensation & Perception, Animal Behavior, Learning, Psychopharmacology, Cognitive Psychology, History & Systems, Senior Seminar, Longwood Seminar and Environmental Psychology.  His research interests include the neurophysiological and psychophysical bases underlying memory for color and color preferences, environmental aesthetic preferences and the physiological correlates of pleasant vs. unpleasant visual scenes. His non-academic hobbies include, but are not limited to, music (he plays the electric bass guitar) and yardwork (enforced).  He lives with 8 cats (Fluffy, Zeus, Bean, Storm, Tootie, Toogie-Boy, Tic-Tic, & Harry), 2 dogs (Random & Bones) and 2 birds (Andy & Amos).

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Maureen J. Walls-McKay, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical psychologist who works full-time providing counseling services to Longwood students in the Counseling Center and teaches part-time in the Psychology Department.  She began working at Longwood immediately after earning her doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1995.  She teaches courses in abnormal psychology, psychopathology, and practice and ethics.  Her areas of interest include developmental issues, depression, and grief and bereavement.  When Maureen is not working, she enjoys antiques, hiking and camping, and shopping.

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