Psychology Faculty


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DeAnna Timmermann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Phone: 541-962-3679
Email: dtimmerm@eou.ed
Office: BH-147

Dr Timmermann is a biological psychologist, with interests in brain development, experience-based changes in neural communication, and neuropsychology.  She teaches General Psychology, Introduction to Lifespan Development, Brain and Behavior, Motivation, and Neuropsychology, among other courses.

Research Interests:

  • Human electrophysiology (EEG)
  • Neuroscience

On-campus Courses:

  • PSY 201/202 General Psychology
  • PSY 342 Brain & Behavior
  • PSY 370 Personality
  • PSY 433 Psychopharmacology
  • PSY 442 Neuropsychology

Online Courses:

  • PSY 342 Brain and Behavior
  • PSY 370 Personality
  • PSY 442 Neuropsychology
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Robert Butler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Phone: 541-962-3459
Email: rcbutler@eou.edu
Office: BH-145

Research Interests:

  • Parent training therapies
  • Prejudice
  • Effective teaching practices

On-campus Courses:

  • PSY 223 Intro to Laboratory Methods in Psychology
  • PSY 350 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSY 424 Psychological Assessment
  • PSY 451 Clinical Interventions

Online Courses:

  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology
  • PSY 311 Child Development
  • PSY 450 Topics in Psychology (senior capstone course)
  • PSY 451 Clinical Interventions
  • STAT 327 Statistics and Experimental Design

Zoe Johnson-Ulrich, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Phone: 541-962-3660
Email: zjohnsonulrich@eou.edu
Office: BH-151

Zoe Johnson-Ulrich studies animal cognition; her research questions relate to the evolution of cognitive abilities and whether humans and animals share cognition. She is primarily focused on behavioral flexibility, causal reasoning, and problem-solving skills. She has studied a wide range of animals such as bears, big cats, striped skunks, and horses. Her current projects are focused on behavioral flexibility in horses, but she is willing to work with other species (like pet dogs and cats) for undergraduate projects. 

Research Interests:

  • Animal Cognition
  • Evolution of Cognition
  • Companion and Zoo Animal Psychology

On-campus Courses:

  • PSY 201/202 General Psychology
  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology
  • PSY 311 Child Development
  • PSY 343 Learning
  • PSY 443 Animal Cognition
  • PSY 460/461 Experimental Psychology (senior capstone prerequisite and capstone course)

Online Courses:

  • PSY 443 Animal Cognition

Austin Jeffery, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer II of Psychology
Phone: 541-962-3860
Email: ajeffery@eou.edu
Office: BH-155

Research Interests:

  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Human Sexuality
  • Philosophy of Mind

On-campus Courses:

  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology
  • PSY 223 Intro to Laboratory Methods in Psychology
  • PSY 303 The Psychology Major
  • PSY 357 Evolution and Behavior

Online Courses:

  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology
  • PSY 303 The Psychology Major
  • PSY 335 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY 357 Evolution and Behavior
  • PSY 410 Advanced Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • PSY 450 Psychology Research Topics

Olivia Kuljian, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone: 541-962-3280
Email: okuljian@eou.edu
Office: BH-155

Dr. Olivia Kuljian is a social psychologist whose research investigates uncertainty, prototypicality, leadership, intergroup relations, extreme group behavior, and dehumanization through the lens of social identity theory. Within these domains, her work explores how uncertainty surrounding one’s social identity, group standing, or group leader affects how people understand themselves as well as how they may view and treat members of opposing groups. She teaches Social Psychology, Psychology of Diversity, Personality Psychology, Research in Psychology, and Research Methods.

Research Interests:

  • Social Identity
  • Group processes and intergroup relations
  • Dehumanization

On-campus Courses:

  • PSY 223 Intro to Laboratory Methods in Psychology
  • PSY 360 Principles of Social Psychology
  • PSY 436 Psychology of Diversity

Online Courses:

  • PSY 360 Principles of Social Psychology
  • PSY 436 Psychology of Diversity
  • PSY 450 Psychology Research Topics

Dr. Anthony Stenson

Assistant Professor of Psychology, email: astenson@eou.edu

Research Interests

  • Decision making under uncertainty
  • Cognitive control and cognitive flexibility
  • Affect

On-campus Courses

  • PSY 335 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY 460/461 Experimental Psychology (senior capstone prerequisite and capstone course)

Online Courses

  • PSY 335 Cognitive Psychology
  • STAT 327 Statistics & Experimental Design

Dr. Marie Balaban

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: mbalaban@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • Cognitive development in infants and children
  • Emotion
  • Theory of mind

Online Courses:

  • PSY 330 Emotion

Dr. Richard Ettinger

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: rettinger@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • Psychopharmacology

Online Courses:

  • PSY 433 Psychopharmacology

Dr. Tracy Powell

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: tmpowell1@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • Forensic Psychology – psychopathy, child welfare child dependency case law
  • Phenomenology – being in the world, conscious and unconscious experience
  • Oregon Foster Care System

Online Courses:

  • PSY 202 General Psychology
  • PSY 343 Learning

Dr. Joshua Uhalt

Joshua Uhalt

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: juhalt@eou.edu

Online Courses:

  • PSY 223 Intro to Laboratory Methods in Psychology

Dr. Marianne Weaver

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology; Licensed Psychologist; Student Health and Counseling Center (541) 962-3524, email: mweaver@eou.edu

Clinical Interests:

  • Individual and family therapy
  • Addictions, trauma, attachment, lifespan development struggles, relationship struggles

Online Courses:

  • PSY 473 Family Systems Theory and Therapy

Dr. Amy Wisniewski

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: awisniewski@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • Gender development across the lifespan

Online Courses:

  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology
  • PSY 231 Human Sexuality
  • PSY 311 Child Development
  • PSY 357 Evolution and Behavior

Dr. Michelle Wright

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: mfwright@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • Children and adolescents’ use of technology
  • Parents’ involvement in their children’s online activities
  • Technology-based interventions
  • Injury prevention

Online Courses:

  • PSY 222 Writing in Psychology

Dr. Ryan Lundell-Creagh

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, email: rlundellcreagh@eou.edu

Research Interests:

  • context effects in personality
  • personality measurement
  • emotion experience, identification, and regulation
  • interactions between personality and emotion

Online Courses:

  • PSY 370 Personality