Academic Excellence & Expertise

Trent prides itself on attracting exceptional talent to its teaching ranks, and given the personable atmosphere and manageable size of our programs, we can emphasize strong student-professor interaction.

A brief overview of the Psychology department’s faculty and their respective areas of specialization is listed below.

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• Ben Bauer visual cognition, attention, psychophysics
• Liana Brown cognitive neuroscience, sensorimotor control
• Deborah Kennett resourcefulness, coping, goals, health outcomes
• Hugo Lehmann neurobiology, brain, memory, emotion
• Brenda Smith-Chant child cognition, math and literacy skills
• Michael Chan-Reynolds utilizing information, reading, attention
• Rory Coughlan health services, power, prejudice, bullying
• Teresa DeCicco personality, health, consciousness, identity
• Terry Humphreys human sexuality, consent, virginity, Internet
• Nancie Im-Bolter language, cognition, psychopathology
• Leslie Kerr psychosocial influence on illness / disease
• Mowei Lui social development, culture, peers, parents
• James Parker emotion, emotional competency, mental health
• Kevin Peters cognitive aging, sleep, neuroethics
• Elaine Scharfe adult attachment, relationships, health
• Laura Summerfeldt personality, psychopathology, anxiety, emotion regulation
• Gary Reker (Emeritus) personal meaning, successful aging
• Carlyle Smith (Emeritus) sleep, memory, dreams