

Dr. Roxanne Sullivan
Professor, Program Director
College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Roxanne Sullivan
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.