Therese Schuepfer
Therese
Schuepfer
Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5836
Courses Taught
Life Span Development
Human Perception
Psychosexual Development
Research Interests
Social - Cognitive Development
Education

Ph.D. in Psychology

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TBA by semester
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Alvin David Farmer
Alvin
David
Farmer
Jr.
Associate Professor
Psychology
Gerontology
African and African American Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5849
Expertise
Clinical Psychology
Courses Taught
Abnormal Psychology
Psychology of Personality
Psychopathology of Childhood
Theory and Methods of Individual Therapy
Introduction to Group Therapy
Laboratory of Research Methods: Personality Development
Research Interests
High-risk youth and the mental health interventions with children, specifically disruptive behavior disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Education

Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University

B.A. Morehouse College

Selected Publications

Abdul-Adil, J., Drozd, O., Irie, I., Riley, R, Silas, A., Farmer, Jr. A., & Tolan, P. (2009).  University-community mental health center collaboration: Encouraging the dissemination of empirically-based treatment and practice. The Community Mental Health Journal, 46(5), 417-422.

Sarah Pekoc, MA., Jaleel Abdul-Adil, PhD., Alvin Farmer, PhD (2017). Treating Violence Exposure: A Case Study Using Community and Evidenced-Based Practices in Chicago. Poster session presented at the Cultural Impact Conference at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Jaleel Abdul-Adil, A. David Farmer Jr., Gibson, L., & Liza Suarez, (2018). Hip-Hop H.E.A.L.S. (H3) Clinical Intervention Manual for Child Trauma and Community Violence Exposure (First Edition). 

Jaleel Abdul-Adil, A. David Farmer Jr., & Liza Suarez, (2018). Hip-Hop H.E.A.L.S. (H3) Prevention Manual for Child Trauma and Community Violence Exposure (First Edition).

Background

Child and Family Clinical Psychologist

Additional Information

Dr. Farmer is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides clinical services to children and families. His goal is to develop clinical interventions that address the mental health outcomes of violence exposure and trauma and is especially interested in examining evidence-based clinical interventions with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and trauma and violence exposure.

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Masami Takahashi
Masami
Takahashi
Professor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5845
Expertise
Developmental Psychology, Gerontology
Courses Taught
Master’s Thesis Seminar (G)
Aging and Diversity (G)
Research Designs and Methods (G)
Values, Decision Making, and the Elderly (G)
Meanings of Old Age (G)
Developmental Processes and Aging (G)
Seminar on Wisdom (G)
History of Psychology (UG)
Research Designs and Methods (UG)
Survey of Psychology (UG)
Introductory Psychology (UG)
Introductory Developmental Psychology (UG)
Popular Films and Adult Development (UG)
Psychosocial Development and Aging (UG)
Research Interests
My research interests currently revolve around three areas: (a) definition, open rationalization, and evaluation of psychological strengths in late adulthood (e.g., wisdom, spirituality, religiosity); (b) potential factors of longevity in the Blue Zones, and (c) psychosocial profile of the former kamikaze pilots with implications in other suicide missions around the world.
Education

Ph.D., Spring 1999, Developmental Psychology. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

M.S., Summer 1990, Psychology. University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX

B.A., Spring 1988, Psychology. University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX

Selected Publications

Takahashi, M. & Kato, H. (in press). Psychology of religion in Japan. Cambridge handbook of psychology and religion. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Takahashi, M. (Ed.). (2020). The empirical study of the psychology of religion and spirituality in Japan. San Antonio, TX: Elm Grove.

Takahashi, M. (2019). Relationship between wisdom and spirituality: An expanded theoretical model with mysticism and gerotranscendence. In J. Gluck and R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The handbook of wisdom (pp. 626-646). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Takahashi, M. (2017). Relational Wisdom and happiness in late adulthood. In A. S. Dick and U. Muller (Eds.), Advancing developmental science: Philosophy, theory, and method. New York: Routledge.

Takahashi, M. (Producer/Director). (2007). Last Kamikaze: Testimonials from the WWIIsuicide pilots. [Motion picture]. United States: phi phenom production (Available from Documentary Educational Resources, Inc., 101 Morse St., Watertown, MA 02472-2554).

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Linda Rueckert
Linda
Rueckert
Professor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5841
Expertise
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Courses Taught
General Psychology
Statistics and Research II
Theories of Learning
Cognitive Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Cognitive Lab
Research Interests
My recent research has focused on the neuropsychology of empathy and embodied cognition. I’ve also conducted research into how students learn about and understand statistics.
Education

Ph.D. and M.A. - University of Chicago

B.S. - University of Michigan

Selected Publications

Jaimes, G., Diaz, R., Portillo, M., & Rueckert, L. (2021). The evaluation of facial expressions and emotions. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (online, May, 2021).

Rueckert, L., Church, R. B., Avila, A., & Trejo, T. (2017). Gesture enhances learning of a complex statistical concept, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2, 1-6. DOI: 10.1186/s41235-016-0036-1

Campos, K. & Rueckert, L. (2017). Facial mimicry and attractiveness. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2017.

Rueckert, L., Branch, B., & Doan, T. (2011). Are gender differences in empathy due to differences in emotional reactivity? Psychology, 2, 574-578.

Rueckert, L. (2011). Gender differences in empathy. In D. J. Scapaletti (Ed.) Psychology of Empathy, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

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Vary by semester
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Amanda A. Dykema-Engblade
Amanda
A.
Dykema-Engblade
Associate Professor, Interim Associate CAS Dean
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Social Psychology/Small Group Performance and Decision Making, and Psychology of Food.
Courses Taught
General psychology
Social Psychology
Social Psychology Lab
Psychology of Food
Service Learning
Research Interests
Transactive Memory Systems; Impression formation as a function of diet and food type (e.g., “healthy” versus “unhealthy”)
Education

M.A. and Ph.D. - Loyola University, Chicago

B.S. - Grand Valley State University

Selected Publications

Sánchez-Johnsen, L., Dykema-Engblade, A., Rosas, C., Calderon, L.,Rademaker, A., Nava, M., & Hassan, C. (2022). Mexican and Puerto Rican Men’s Preferences Regarding a Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Body Image Intervention, Nutrients (Special Issue: Cardiometabolic Health in Relation to Diet and Physical Activity: Experimental and Clinical Evidence), 14(21). 

Sánchez-Johnsen, L., Dykema-Engblade, A., Nava, M., Rademaker, A., & Xie, H. (2019). Body Image, Physical Activity and Cultural Variables among Latino Men. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action.

Craven, M., Keefer, L., Rademaker, A., Dykema-Engblade, A., & Sánchez-Johnsen, L. (2018). Social Support for Exercise as a Predictor of Weight and Physical Activity Status among Puerto Rican and Mexican Men: Results from the Latino Men’s Health Initiative. American Journal of Men’s Health.

Sanchez-Johnson, L., Craven, M., Nava, M., Alonso, A. Dykema-Engblade, A., Rademaker, A., & Xie, H. (2017). Cultural Variables Underlying Obesity in Latino Men: Design, Rational, and Participant Characteristics from the Latino Men’s Health Initiative. Journal of Community Health (pg 1-13).

Tindale, R.S., Smith, C.M., Dykema-Engblade, A., Kluwe, K. (2012).  Good and bad group performance: Same process - different outcomes.  Submitted to Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (GPIR): Special Issue in Tribute to Jim Davis.

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Ruth (Breckie)
B.
Church
Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Gesture, cognition and learning
Courses Taught
Senior seminar: Special topics
Gesture
Child Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
History of psychology
General Psychology
Child Development Research Lab
Research Interests
The role of gesture production and comprehension in language, thinking, learning and communication.
Education

Ph.D. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

B.A. Coe College, Cedar rapids, IA

Selected Publications

Church, R.B. (2012). It’s Not Just about Drawing and Language…It’s Really about Reconceptualizing the Roles of Nature and Nurture: Commentary on Cohn. Human Development: 199–204.

 Alibali, M.A., Nathan, M.J., Wolfgram, M.S., Kim, S., Church, R. B. and Knuth, E.(2013). Teachers’ gesture and speech in early algebra lessons: Forging common ground and resolving trouble spots.  ZDM Journal of Education: Special Issue on "Classroom-based interventions in mathematics education.”

 Alibali, M.W., Nathan, M.J., Wolfgram, M.S., Church, R.B., Jacobs, S.A., Johnson, C.V., Knuth, E.J. (2013). How Teachers Link Representations in Mathematics Instruction Using Speech and Gesture: A Corpus Analysis. Cognition and Instruction.

 Church, R.B., Kelly, S.D. and Holcomb, D. (2013). Temporal Synchrony between Speech, Action and Gesture during Language Production. Language and Cognitive Processes.

 Alibali, M.W., Young, A.G., Crooks, N., Yeo, A., Wolfgram, M.S., Nathan, M., Church, R.B., Knuth, E. (2013). Students Learn more when their Teacher has Learned to Gesture Effectively. 

Selected Exhibitions

 

Background

Research Interests: Mechanisms of normal cognitive development, the role of non-verbal behavior as an index of cognitive transition and instability in mathematical and science understanding, with a primary focus on inclusion of undergraduate minority students in her research programs in an effort to promote their entrance into fields that have traditionally underrepresented minorities.

Administration: Dr. R.B. Church has been a PI for a CDC funded grant that implemented and examined the effects of high risk behavior interventions for children of one of the most impoverished housing projects in Chicago and a PI for a number of Spencer Foundation Small grants evaluating the effects of math instruction in middle school-aged children in both public and private schools in the city of Chicago. She has been a Co-PI on two grants (IES and NSF) that examine the role of gesture in mathematics education and a co-PI on the NIH foundation’s Maximizing Access to Research Careers grant.

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Curriculum Vitae
Yelena Polyashuk wearing a green shirt
Yelena
Polyashuk
Instructor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5853
Expertise
Industrial/Organizational Psychology, in which knowledge of psychological principles is applied in the workplace.
Courses Taught
PSYC 100 Survey of Psychology
PSYC 200 General Psychology
PSYC 202 WIP: Statistics and Research Methods I
PSYC 360 Social Psychology
PSYC 365 Industrial Psychology
PSYC 393 Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology
Research Interests
My research is in the field of Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a special interest in leadership, work relationships, communication, as well as ethnic and gender influences.
Education

Ph.D. in Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology

M.S. In Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology

B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago

Selected Publications

Polyashuk, Y. (in press). Z-Scores. POGIL Activity Clearinghouse.

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Saba Ayman Nolley
Saba
Ayman-Nolley
Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Saba Ayman-Nolley is a developmental psychologist with training in educational psychology, early childhood education and developmental psychology- her focus has been on social and social cognitive development. She also works on curriculum development and teacher training especially in spiritual development and culturally and developmentally diverse settings as well as finding effective and efficient ways of doing program evaluation.
Courses Taught
Child Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Developmental Psychology
General Psychology
Service Learning
Advanced Child Psychology
Art and Psychology
Research Interests
I am interested in the intersection of art and psychology. My research is primarily in how drawing can be a window to the human social mind. Using drawings as a tool working with NEIU students, we have explored various concepts, such as family, friendship, leadership, aging, officers of law, doctors and nurses... we now have thousands of drawings across ages and cultures, to explore and to expand. My expanded area of research is another area of non-verbal communication: gesture. I have explored math learning and teaching through gestures, collaborating with Dr. Church and our NEIU students. I also have theoretical work on development of creativity.
Education

B.A. Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

M.A . Early CHildhood education and development, The University of Chicago.

Ph.D.  Developmental and Educational Psychology, The University of Chicago.

Selected Publications

Koumoutsakis, T., Church, R. B., Alibali, M., Singer, M., & Ayman-Nolley, S. (2016). Gesture in instruction: Evidence from live and video lessons. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 40(4), 301-315. doi:10.1007/s10919-016-0234-z

Liu, L., Ayman, R., & Ayman-Nolley, S. (2012). Children’s image of leadership in China. In Turnbull, S., Case, P., Edwards, G., Schedlitzki, D., & Simpson, P. (Eds.), Worldly Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ayman Nolley, S., & Ayman, R. (2005). Children’s Implicit Theory of Leadership. Chapter in J.

R. Meindl and Brigit Schyns (2005), Implicit Theories: Essays and Explorations, A Volume in the Leadership Horizons Series, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

 Ayman-Nolley, S., & Taira, L. L. (2000). Obsession with the dark side of adolescence: A decade of psychological studies. Journal of Youth Studies, 3 (1), 35-48.

Ayman-Nolley, S. (1999).  A Piagetian perspective on the dialectic process of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 12 (4), 267-275.

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Lorilene Cuevas wearing a black top looks toward the camera
Lorilene
L.
Cuevas
Student Services Coordinator, Instructor
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5842
Courses Taught
Lifespan Development
Survey of Psychology
General Psychology
Child Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Geropsychology
Psychosocial Development of Aging
Service Learning
Research Interests
Perceptions and Stereotypes Aging
Education

M.A. University of Chicago, 2009

B.A. 91Porn, 2006

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Kristin Wilkens
Kristin
Wilkens
Office Administrator
Psychology

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