{"id":9,"date":"2010-07-29T19:43:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T19:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:34:38","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/psychology\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty & Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Krista M. Aronson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Faculty<\/h4>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology, Dean of the Faculty’s Office\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

karonson@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6088<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

psychology<\/a>, psychometric assessment<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Helen C. Boucher<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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hboucher@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6395<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

cross-cultural differences in self-related processes (US vs. East Asia comparisons)<\/a>, cultural psychology<\/a>, ego depletion model<\/a>, meaning in life<\/a>, meaning maintenance model<\/a>, money priming<\/a>, naive dialecticism<\/a>, positive psychology<\/a>, psychology of social class<\/a>, self-concept<\/a>, self-esteem<\/a>, self-regulation<\/a>, social psychology<\/a>, terror management theory<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Lauren E. Dattilo<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Visiting Lecturer in Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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ldattilo@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t

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Amy Bradfield Douglass<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Whitehouse Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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adouglas@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6182<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

eyewitness testimony<\/a>, interviewing eyewitness<\/a>, jury decision-making<\/a>, memory<\/a>, social influence<\/a>, social psychology<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Ellen F. Finch<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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efinch@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6186<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

borderline personality disorder<\/a>, Clinical Psychology<\/a>, emotion regulation<\/a>, nonsuicidal self-injury<\/a>, pathological narcissism<\/a>, personality disorders<\/a>, psychotherapy<\/a>, stigma<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Yunkyoung Garrison<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology, Asian Studies, American Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

ygarriso@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6195<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

Asian American psychology<\/a>, Clinical Supervision<\/a>, community engagement<\/a>, Counseling Psychology<\/a>, immigrant and refugee mental health<\/a>, Posttraumatic growth<\/a>, Race and Racism<\/a>, Refugee work and well-being<\/a>, Social Class and Classism<\/a>, the myth of meritocracy<\/a>, The Myth of Meritocracy<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Todd A. Kahan<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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tkahan@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6180<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

attention<\/a>, cognitive psychology<\/a>, human memory<\/a>, psycholinguistics<\/a>, psychological models of word reading<\/a>, visual perception<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Susan W. Langdon<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
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slangdon@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

body image<\/a>, bullying<\/a>, psychology<\/a>, respect (definition and experiences)<\/a>, substance use (alcohol and psychostimulants)<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Elena G. Maker Castro<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

emakercastro@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6307<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

Adolescent Development<\/a>, Critical consciousness<\/a>, Emerging Adulthood<\/a>, School contexts<\/a>, Sociopolitical Development<\/a>, Youth wellbeing<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Katherine M. Mathis<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology Co-Chair<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

kmathis@bates.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

automaticity of lexical and semantic processing<\/a>, bilingual memory representation<\/a>, cognitive psychology<\/a>, effects of implicit processing on preferences<\/a>, object and scene recognition<\/a>, object perception<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t
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Michael Sargent<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t

Associate Professor of Psychology<\/h4>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology Co-Chair<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t

msargent@bates.edu<\/a> | 207-786-6277<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t

implicit social cognition<\/a>, intergroup cognition<\/a>, political psychology<\/a>, political psychology<\/a>, social cognition<\/a>, social psychology<\/a><\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Brian\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

Brian T. Pfohl<\/p

\n\t\t\t\tbpfohl@bates.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>

Assistant in Instruction<\/span>
207-786-8314<\/a>
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