Psychology Faculty & Staff

Faculty

David O. Robbins Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology;
Department Chair;
Neuroscience Program Director
Phillips Hall 52-F | 740-368-3808 | kmbailey@owu.edu

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52-E | 740-368-3904 | aebrandt@owu.edu

Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52-A | 740-368-3810 | kkcashen@owu.edu

Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52-C | 740-368-3816 | vgdilill@owu.edu

Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52 | 740-368-3904 | memeyer@owu.edu

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52-B | 740-368-3809 | camodica@owu.edu

Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52 | glsrigley@owu.edu

Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
Phillips Hall 52-D | 740-368-3811 | cavadnie@owu.edu

Staff

Academic Assistant in the Department of Psychology
csmuirheadgould@owu.edu

Retired Faculty

Emeritus Professor of Psychology

A leading expert on human memory, Harry Bahrick became a member of the OWU Psychology Department in 1949 and retired as a Research Professor in 2012. He has published more than 70 articles on learning and memory, he was awarded numerous research grants from NSF and NIH, and he was the 1994 recipient of the American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2013, he co-authored a book (with Lynda Hall and Melinda Baker) that summarizes more than 50 years of research on maintenance of knowledge. 

Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Professor Freeman earned his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. Although he was originally hired in 1970 to teach Social Psychology, he was best known for his classes in Personality, Psychological Adjustment, and Counseling and Psychotherapy. Dr. Freeman retired in 2012, and he created an endowed fund for the department that allowed us to create a student art gallery in our main classroom.

Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Professor Leavy earned his Ph. D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Trained in clinical psychology, he joined the department in 1980 after teaching at St. Mary's College in Indiana for four years. The courses he taught included abnormal behavior, community psychology, and organizational behavior. He retired in 2016. A self-taught watercolorist, he now teaches the basics of painting to seniors.

Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Dale Swartzentruber occupied the experimental psychology/learning position in OWU's Psychology Department before becoming the university's Associate Provost for Institutional Research and Academic Budget Management. He taught Introductory Psychology, Quantitative Methods, Research Methods, and Learning. Swartzentruber's research focused on animal learning and cognition. Dr. Swartzentruber retired in 2020.

Emeritus Professor of Psychology

Dr. Hall was a member of the department since 1985. Dr. Hall was the department's cognitive psychologist and she served as the university's Associate Dean for Academic Performance. She specialized in metacognition, maintenance of knowledge systems, and developmental changes in processing speed. She is also interested in cognitive aging and behavioral statistics. The courses she taught include cognitive psychology, quantitative methods, and research methods. Before joining the faculty in 1989, she served as associate director of the psychology department's memory research laboratory. Hall has three cats, and they're all spoiled rotten. Dr. Hall retired in 2021.