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Dr. Roxanne Sullivan

Professor, Program Director

College of Arts and Sciences

Subjects

  • Psychology
  • Women’s Studies

Degrees Awarded

PhD in Cognitive/Cognitive Developmental Psychology
Michigan State University

MS in Child Development
Purdue University

BA in Psychology
University of Iowa

AA in Liberal Arts
Illinois Valley Community College

Experience

I have been a full-time faculty member at Bellevue University since 1983. I was also a teaching assistant at Michigan State University (as well as being an NIMH Pre-doctoral fellow), a research assistant at Purdue University, and assisted a parent education program, “Living and Learning with Baby” in West Lafayette, IN during my graduate studies.

Fields of Specialization

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Development
  • Teaching of Psychology

Awards

  • Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Faculty Mentor Award (2013)
  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (six time honoree between 1994-2006)
  • John R. Maenner Award for Professionalism and Teaching Excellence (2007-2008)

Publications

Sullivan, R. L. (2008) “Celebrating Student Research: Campus-Wide Student Research Events” In R. Miller, B. Beins, R. Rycek, M. Ware, et al., “Promoting the Undergraduate Research Experience in Psychology;” Isaacson, S., Susnjar, L., Sullivan, R. L., & Ware, M.E. (2004) “Psychologically Speaking: An Interview with Robin Anderson,” Journal of Psychological Inquiry, 9(2), 123-132; Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/index.php

Additional Information

I serve as a reviewer for the Journal of Psychological Inquiry, a referred journal dedicated to the publication of undergraduate research and for the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, as well as serving as a judge for student paper presentations at local and regional psychology conventions. I am currently a member of the Association for Psychological Science, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, and the Nebraska Psychological Society.