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I am currently serving as the chair of the Psychology Department. My specialization and graduate degree are in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. For those of you who are not familiar with this field, it involves applying psychology to the workplace to help organizations make better decisions about things like whom to hire, how to improve employee satisfaction and reduce stress, and how to develop effective leaders. I teach a variety of courses at babyÖ±²¥app, including Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Leadership, Motivation, and Social Psychology. Before coming to babyÖ±²¥app, I spent a number of years in the workplace as an internal and external consultant, so I always try to bring experiences and case studies to the classroom. Currently, my main research interests are in the areas of vocational calling, meaningful work, and work stress.

Dear students, my name is Dr. Philip Blankenship and I look forward to getting to know and interact with you as you progress through your psychology degrees here at babyÖ±²¥app. As psychologists, it is crucial to your careers that you gain experience with conducting research and learning how the field as a whole is advanced. I am a behavioral neuroscientist, with a background in experimental psychology. I specialize in understanding how the activity in our brains influences our behaviors. To that end, my research interests involve examining how neurological disorders, like stroke or Alzheimer’s disease, disrupt aspects of information processing. For example, examining the ability to navigate from place to place on campus or the ability to keep track of different temporal intervals. Currently, I am an instructor for the Biological Psychology,  Research Methods 2, General Psychology, Statistics for the Social Sciences, and Research in Psychology courses. My classes often involve students engaging in projects that illustrate the general utility of psychology in every-day life and I strive to promote deeper levels of information processing through the use of a variety of psychological techniques, like getting students to come up with their own relatable examples associated with topics we are discussing. If you would like to reach me to discuss course topics or opportunities for research, my phone number is 815-836-5367 or you can email me at pblankenship@lewis.edu . I hope you enjoy studying psychology as much as I do, and feel free to stop by my office to chat (BE-113).

What could be more fascinating than the scientific study of human behavior?  I cannot imagine working in any field that I would find more fulfilling.  My educational background is in the area of applied social psychology.  Social psychologists study how people interact in all sorts of relationships.  We study romantic relationships, families, employers/employees in the workplace, international negotiations, students/teachers in school settings, and physicians/patients in hospitals.  Basically, any situation in which two or more people interact is likely to be an area of study for a social psychologist!  My own research interests include physician/patient communication, treatment compliance, psychology and religion, decision making, and the scientific study of teaching and learning.

I teach courses in Statistics, Research Methods, Social Psychology, Health Psychology, and I/O Psychology. My favorite part of teaching is encouraging my students to become excited about critically evaluating their world.  Every day I am excited to walk into the classroom because I am always surprised by what I learn from my students.  My students challenge me intellectually and I am pleased to return the favor. In all of my classes, we use the science of psychology to address real-world problems/issues.

Please feel free to contact me by stopping by my office (BE-115), calling me (815-836-5602), or e-mailing me (sheffesu@lewisu.edu).  I am always happy to discuss issues related to studying psychology.