Jen Borton joined the Hamilton faculty in 1998. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and education from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her current research program involves understanding how people with defensive self-esteem cope with negative self-relevant information. Her research been published in several journals, including the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Social Psychology, and Self and Identity.
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Beverly Edmondson returns to Hamilton as a visiting professor of psychology. She received an M.A. from Counseling Liberty University, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from Syracuse University. In addition to teaching in various private and public elementary schools, Edmondson taught psychology classes at SUNY Cortland, Cazenovia College, Hamilton College, and most recently held the position of professor of educational psychology at Buena Vista University. Her teaching interests include introduction to psychology, foundational courses in child development, introductory and advanced courses in educational psychology, assessment and motivation.
A member of the Hamilton faculty since 1964, Gescheider specializes in brain and behavioral patterns, psychophysics, and sensory physiology. His most recent research has contributed to the identification of specific receptor systems responsible for the perception of mechanical stimuli. Gescheider is a member of nine professional societies and has received the Pentagon Society Award for Excellence in Teaching, the National Service Award, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship, and is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.
An experimental psychologist, Vaughan's research interests focus on the selection of motor movements; eye movements and attentional processes; learning and cognitive neuropsychology. His current work, funded by an AREA grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Strokes, (with colleagues David Rosenbaum of Pennsylvania State University and Ruud Meulenbroek of the Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information) has resulted in computational models that describe performance in tasks such as reaching, grasping, and tapping. Vaughan has collaborated with Hamilton colleague Penny L. Yee in facilitating the use of computer applications in psychological research, their most recent efforts being tutorial materials for using the PsyScope program for teaching and research in Cognitive Psychology. Vaughan is also editor of the international quarterly, Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, published by the Psychonomic Society.
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Weldon received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His interests encompass the study of neuroscience, specifically the basis for attention in the brain, looking at head and body movements toward stimuli. Weldon is a recipient of the National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. He has reviewed material for the National Science Foundation and Science magazine. His areas of research include the developmental psychobiology of memory; the behavioral correlates of midbrain neuronal activity; and the cognitive neuroscience of visual spatial memory in humans.
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Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
Psychology students at Hamilton begin doing laboratory work in their very first course and continue through the senior project. This hands-on approach gives all students an early grounding in the scientific method and makes the full psychology curriculum interactive.
Hamilton's psychology program has dimensions far beyond the conventional classroom. Students often collaborate with faculty members on research and publication; majors interested in applied psychology and the education of students with special needs may study at the New England Center for Children.
When you collect and analyze experimental data, you'll use sophisticated new technology such as motor movement and eye-tracking apparatus as well as physiological recording equipment.
In addition to providing courses on all major facets of psychology, the department plays a key role in the interdisciplinary neuroscience major at Hamilton. Neuroscience seeks to explain the biological basis of behavior through the study of the nervous system.
