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Dr. Bernard Albiniak earned a Ph.D. in 1976
from the University of South Carolina. He teaches courses in substance abuse, statistics,
research methods, and health psychology. His research interests involve the cognitive
impairments associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as they impact on academic
performance. He also is involved in forensic consultation in a variety of criminal
proceedings.
Dr. William Hills earned a Ph.D. in 1987 from
the University of Georgia, and a M.S.W. in 1993 from the University of South Carolina. He
is Director of the Gerontology Certificate Program. He teaches courses in introductory
psychology, psychology of aging, and gerontology. He is involved in a community-based
project through the Waccamaw Area Agency on Aging, and his work includes analysis of
existing and potential service delivery programs for the elderly in the Grand
Strand/Waccamaw region.
Dr. William B. King earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from
the University of California, Los Angeles. He teaches courses in physiological psychology,
statistics, research methods, animal behavior, behavior genetics, and human
neuropsychology. He has conducted research on conditioned taste aversion, and on the
effects of amphetamines and LSD on social behavior. His current interests are mathematical
modeling of behavior, methods of teaching statistics, and shyness. Visit Dr. King's web page.
Dr. Linda Palm earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from the
University of South Florida. She teaches courses in statistics, research methods, child
and adolescent psychology, history and systems of psychology, and principles of learning.
She has worked in program evaluation in the fields of academic under-achievement and child
and adolescent mental health. She has also conducted research in animal learning and human
cognition. Visit Dr. Palm's web page.
Dr. Joan Piroch earned a Ph.D. in 1982 from the
University of South Florida. She chairs the Department of Psychology and teaches human
learning, cognitive processes, sensation and perception, and applied research in
psychology. She studies learning process applications in the classroom setting to
facilitate learning and retention in students. She also is interested in biofeedback and
stress management.
Dr. Michael Root
earned a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. He teaches
courses in general psychology, cognitive processes, and history and systems of
psychology. He has conducted research on deductive reasoning efficacy during
social exchanges. His current research interests include boundary-work in
American psychology, 19th and 20th century applications of evolutionary theory in
psychology, and effective methods of pedagogy.
Dr. Kerry A. Schwanz earned a Ph.D. in 2001
from the University of Georgia. She teaches courses in research methods, developmental
psychology, and exceptional children. Her research interests are in the areas of child
psychopathology, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), assessment and
intervention of learning and behavior problems, and emotional/behavioral factors related
to student achievement. She is certified as a Level III School Psychologist in South
Carolina.
Dr. Stephanie W. Weeks
earned a Ph.D. in 2002 from North Carolina State University. She teaches
courses in research methods, psychology and law, and social psychology. She has
conducted research on mock jurors' attributions regarding capital mitigation
during sentencing in death penalty trials and the effectiveness of different
types of mitigation. Her current interests include the effectiveness of the
diminished capacity defense and reciprocal modeling of social predictors of and
social responses to criminally violent behavior. Visit Dr. Weeks'
web page.
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