Academics
Psychology Faculty
Susan Kuntz
Department Chair
Professor of Psychology
B.A. Albion College; M.A. University of Vermont; Ph.D. Syracuse University
Dr. Kuntz's undergraduate degree is in Modern-Languages-Spanish, and her master’s in education research. Her doctoral concentration was teaching and curriculum and educational psychology. Her courses include Adolescent and Adult Development, Educational Psychology, Peace and Justice, Gender Studies and Adolescent Psychopathology.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 210
Phone: 802.654.2269
Box 244
E-mail: skuntz@smcvt.edu
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Sharon Lamb
Professor of Psychology
B.A. Lawrence University; Ed.M., Ed.D. Harvard University
Dr. Lamb's undergraduate background is in English and music (vocal performance). At Harvard she specialized in counseling and consulting psychology and human development in the Graduate School of Education. Her research interests are girls’ development, blame and responsibility, and sexual abuse and victimization. Her courses include, Gender issues in Psychology, Theories of Personality, Emotions and Emotional Development, and the department’s Internship Practicum
Saint Edmund’s Hall 125
Phone: 802.654.2638
Box 244
E-mail: slamb@smcvt.edu
Personal Web site: http1://academics.smcvt.edu/slamb/
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Ronald B. Miller
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D. University of Vermont
Dr. Miller’s undergraduate degree is in philosophy, and his graduate concentration was clinical psychology. His research interests are the philosophy of psychology and the theories of psychotherapy. His courses include Abnormal Psychology, Personality Theories, Systems of Psychotherapy, Peace Psychology and graduate courses on clinical intervention and intensive psychotherapy.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 202A
Phone: 802.654.2288
Box 244
E-mail: rmiller@smcvt.edu
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Jeffrey B. Adams
Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B. Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
Dr. Adams' graduate concentration was social/personality psychology. His research interests are the psychology of religious thought and behavior, pedagogy, and the interface between social and clinical psychology. Among courses he teaches are General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Research Methods, Social Psychology, Psychology of Religion and Advanced Social Psychology.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 202B
Phone: 802.654.2473
Box 244
E-mail: jadams@smcvt.edu
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David Boynton
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Ph.D. University of Maine
Dr. Boynton's graduate training was in experimental psychology. He researches judgment and decision making, intuition, gambling behavior, and “connectionist” models of cognitive psychology. He teaches Psychological Statistics, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Learning, and History of Psychology.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 208
Phone: 802.654.2641
Box 244
E-mail: dboynton@smcvt.edu
Personal Web site: http1://academics.smcvt.edu/dboynton/
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David Landers
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. Alma College; M.A. Michigan State University; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Dr. Landers' graduate degree was in Educational Counseling and he served for twenty three years as the Director of the Student Resource Center and one of the personal counselors at the College. He currently teaches Sports Psychology and Abnormal Psychology and will be teaching a new course in the fall of 2006 on Theories of Counseling. He also teaches Men & Masculinities in the Gender/Women Studies department every spring semester. He is the advisor to both the Psychology Club and Psi Chi – the National Honor Society in Psychology.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 217D
Phone: 802.654.2817
Box 157
E-Mail: dlanders@smcvt.edu
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Renee L. Carrico
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Carrico's work focuses on the perceptual-motor and cognitive development of infants and young children. From the development of infant reaching to cognition/action resource conflicts in toddlers, this research reflects her interest in the ways that children use knowledge and perceptions to guide their actions in the world. Her courses include Research Methods, Child Development, The Thinking Child, and Children & Media."
Saint Edmund’s Hall 218
Phone: 802.654.2383
Box 399
E-mail: rcarrico@smcvt.edu
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Ari Kirshenbaum
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Montana
Dr. Kirshenbaum teaches courses in animal learning and behavior, behavioral pharmacology, pharmacotherapy for psychopathology, research methods, general psychology, comparative psychology, and a course in addictions treatment. He is the principle investigator in the Animal Behavior Laboratory at Saint Michael’s College and his primary research interest involves the experimental analysis of substance dependence. After completing his dissertation in behavioral science, Dr. Kirshenbaum conducted research at NASA’s Ames Research Center and in private industry. At the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine, his post-doctoral research fellowship focused on opiate and nicotine dependence. Dr. Kirshenbaum and his family live in the Village of Bristol, Vermont, where they spend their summers biking the country roads of Addison County and reading by the creek, and spend winters cross-country skiing and enjoying music by a maple-heated wood stove.
Saint Edmund's Hall 201
Phone: 802.654.2846
Box 193
E-mail: akirshenbaum@smcvt.edu
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Molly Millwood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., University of Montana
Dr. Millwood completed a pre-doctoral internship at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Hospital and a postdoctoral clinical fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. Her research interests are couples/marital therapy and relationship functioning, the transition to parenthood, adult attachment, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and emotion dysregulation. She teaches Practicum, Personality Theories, The Psychology of Marriage and Relationships, Abnormal Psychology and Research Methods. Dr. Millwood also maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Colchester. She lives in Bristol with her husband and their baby boy, as well as a Siberian Husky and a seven-toed cat. Born and raised in California, she learned to endure hard winters during several years in Montana. She enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing, cooking, movies, novels, bluegrass music, and being a mom.
Saint Edmund's Hall 210
Phone: 802.654.2446
Box 122
E-mail: mmillwood@smcvt.edu
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Anthony Richardson
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Richardson’s research interests are in the areas of spatial cognition and human navigation. Using virtual reality simulations, he examines how people learn and remember new places. Among his courses are: Spatial Perception and Cognition, Physiological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Statistics and Perception.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 220
Phone: 802.654.2461
Box 365
E-mail: arichardson@smcvt.edu
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Melissa M. VanderKaay
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College; M.S., Ph.D. Ohio University
Dr. VanderKaay’s area of expertise is in Health psychology and she teaches courses in human psychophysiology, research methods, physiological psychology, and the psychology of stress and illness. At Ohio University, Dr. VanderKaay conducted research examining the effects of nicotine administration and nicotine withdrawal on stress-induced cardiovascular reactivity and negative affect. She is particularly interested in a group of occasional cigarette smokers known as “chippers.” In her spare time, Dr. VanderKaay enjoys listening to music, gardening, reading a great book, playing card/board games, as well as spending time with family and friends, and her cat, Halle.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 218
Phone: 802.654.2921
Box 381
E-mail: mvanderkaay@smcvt.edu
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Carolyn Whitney
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Castleton State College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Vermont
Research interests include health and well-being at both the individual and organizational level with particular emphasis upon coping styles, social support, and the use of positive psychology and strengths-bases approaches to well-being. Her courses include Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Ethical Issues in Psychology, Positive Psychology, and Research Methods.
Saint Edmund’s Hall 220
Phone: 802.654.2890
Box 244
E-mail: cwhitney@smcvt.edu
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Robert J. Lavallee
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Vermont
Dr. Lavallee's area of expertise is experimental psychology. His interests include psychological assessment and perception.
E-mail: rlavallee@smcvt.edu