Psychology Faculty

Dr. Lyn Boulter
Professor of Psychology - B.A., California State College; M.S., Ph.D., West Virginia University
Office: ADM 230E
Phone: (704) 637-4101
E-mail: lboulter@catawba.edu

Dr. Lyn Boulter, completed her B.A. at California University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. at the University of West Virginia. Her area of expertise is Life Span Developmental Psychology, but she also is licensed to teach elementary, birth-kindergarten, and special education. Her current research, often conducted in collaboration with Psychology majors, concerns the effectiveness of home-school education and the relationship between student self-concept and adjustment of college during the first year. Several conference presentations and manuscripts have been co-authored with students.

Dr. Sheila Brownlow
Department Chair; Professor; B.A., University of Massachusetts - Boston; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Office: ADM 234C
Phone: (704) 637-4102
E-mail: sbrownlo@catawba.edu

Dr. Sheila Brownlow, Professor, received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts-Boston and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University. She joined the Catawba College faculty in 1990 in order to work with students in a personal environment where professors and students know each other and interact daily. She still enjoys teaching psychology — particularly social, history, and general psychology — but loves multi-disciplinary courses even more. Her multi-disciplinary teaching has included Cultural Literacy, Home from Nowhere, and Consilium. In 2002, she was named winner of the Swink Award for Outstanding Classroom Teaching, and from 2006-2008 she was the Jefferson Pilot endowed professor. Additionally, she coordinates the Summer Reading Program.

Dr. Erin Wood
Assistant Professor of Psychology; M.S. and Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Office: ADM 229C
Phone: (704) 637-4104
E-mail: ewood@catawba.edu

Erin Wood received her B.S. in psychology, with a minor in biology, from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. She later earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in biopsychology also at VCU. Her research as a graduate student centered on behavioral pharmacology and behavioral genetics using rats and mice. She still loves the behaviorist perspective, but also enjoys learning and teaching various components of psychology, particularly behavioral statistics and the history and theory of science. She is currently living outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the first time in her adult life, and loving North Carolina!

Dr. A.E. Roberts
Professor Emeritus

Dr. Roberts retired in May of 2010 after 40 years of service at Catawba.