Social Motivation Lab

Lab and Colby Alums in Graduate School

Class of 2010

New York University

Alex Wesnousky ('10) will be attending New York University in the PhD in Social Psychology, working with Gabriel Ottengen and the rest of the NYU faculty.

Class of 2008

Cheryl Hahn (Colby '08) is attending the University of Virginia in the PhD program in Social Psychology, working with Tim Wilson and the rest of the social psychology faculty.

Class of 2006

Gabe Adams (Colby '06) is in the PhD program in Organizational Behavior in the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is working with several different faculty members, including Dale Miller on her main interest in justice research.

Katie Chamberlin (Colby '06) is at the Yale University School of Nursing for a Master of Science in Nursing, moving toward her career goal of being a nurse practitioner.

Steen Sehnert (Colby '06)is in the PhD program in Psychology at Columbia University, working the Tory Higgins lab, along with another Social Motivation Lab alum (from the lab's Gettysburg College days), Columbia graduate student Abby Scholer.

Class of 2005

Matt Ruby (Colby '05), after a year in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship, is working on his PhD studies in the Psychology Department at the University of British Columbia and is a member of Steve Heine's Culture and Self Lab.

Class of 2003

Pam Sawyer (Colby '03) did her work in Social Psychology with Bill Klein when she was at Colby. She is now working on her PhD in Social Psychology in Brenda Major's Self and Intergroup Relations Lab.

Some Former Lab Members in Academia

Bill Swann, University of Texas at Austin

Bill (PhD University of Minnesota) is Professor of Psychology at UT Austin and was one of the first graduates of the Gettysburg lab to go into Social Psychology. Strangely, he has ended up being older than Thane!

Jan Yoder, University of Akron

Jan (PhD SUNY Buffalo) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Akron and was also one of the first graduates of the Gettysburg lab to go into Social Psychology (but somehow has managed to end up much younger than Bill).

Tim Smith, University of Utah

Tim (PhD University of Kansas) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. Tim went from the Gettysburg lab to the clinical program at Kansas. Strangely, Tim has ended up being older than... no, guess not.

Janet Riggs, Gettysburg College

Janet (PhD Princeton University) is President and Professor of Psychology at Gettysburg College. Janet went to the Social Psychology program at Princeton. and later returned to her alma mater. After serving as Professor of Psychology and as Provost of the College, she is now the President of Gettysburg College.

Kate Morris, Butler University

Kate (PhD University of Texas at Austin) is Associate Professor of Psychology at Butler University. Kate went from Gettysburg College to UT Austin to work with Bill Swann and Dan Gilbert in the Social Psychology program.

Abby Scholer Gettysburg College

Abby (PhD Columbia University) is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Gettysburg College. A member of the lab when it was located at Gettysburg College, earned her PhD in Social Psychology working with Tory Higgins lab at Columbia University. Abby has now returned ot her alma mater to join the faculty. Congratulations Abby! .