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Building 1000, Office 1204.21
4400 College Park Drive
Round Rock, TX 78665
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Department Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Dan Dydek,
(512) 223-0083
dydek@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Assistant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Tovias
(512) 223-0082
virginia.tovias@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Full-time Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dan B. Dydek, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology & Department Chair
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-0083
Office: RRC1 1204.22
Email: dydek@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:
<\/strong>B.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in Human Experimental Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Human Memory and Resistance to Administrative Nonsense<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Carroll, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-2147
Office: Cypress Creek, Building 2000, Room 2204.3
Email: paul.carroll@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:
<\/strong>Ph.D. in Psychology, University of California, Merced;
B.A. in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Health Psychology, Positive Psychology, Adlerian Psychology, Positive Discipline, Restorative Justice, and outdoor activities such as hiking, climbing, and exploring nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mar\u00eda Guadalupe Cisneros-Sol\u00eds Johnson, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: (512) 223-3388
Office: Rio Grande Campus, Building 3000, Room 3175
Email: mcisnero@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
Ph.D., Educational Psychology (Personality, Developmental, and Social Psychology), The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Personality, Stress Management and Wellness, Child Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Czuchry, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-6118
Office: River Side Campus, Room 2270
Email: michael.czuchry@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.A., Psychology, Colorado College
M.A., General Psychology, East Tennessee State University
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Cognition, Memory, Sleeping and Dreaming, Experimental Design, Statistics, Student-Led Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kathy Frost, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-7022
Office: HLC 4000, Room 2310.12
Email: kathryn.frost@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
Ph.D., Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Mimetic Theory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shirin Khosropour, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: (512) 223-3282
Office: Rio Grande Campus
Email: shirin@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin.
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Peace and conflict in cross-cultural contexts, emotions and learning, and child development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Helena Kopecky, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-7093
Office: HLC 1000, Room 1430
Email: helena.kopecky@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.S., Psychology, Indiana University
M.S., Psychology, Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Psychology, Texas A&M University
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Creativity, Leadership, Learning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Missi Patterson, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-7043
Office: HLC 4, Room 2310.30
Email: mpatters@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.S., Psychology, Indiana University
M.S., Psychology, Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Psychology, Texas A&M University
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Creativity, Leadership, Learning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In Memory of Sadaf Sajjad, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology<\/strong>
Education:<\/strong>
Ph.D.
Research and Teaching Interests:<\/strong>
Biological Psychology, Human Growth and Development, Social Psychology, Peace, Conflict, and Global Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kymberlie Schellin, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-0182
Office: Round Rock Campus, Building 2000,  Room 2232.2
Email: kymberlie.schellin@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
MA cognitive psychology, PhD Clinical Psychology\/Research
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Main Interests: psychopathology, biological psychology, neuroscience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ziv \u201cZ\u201d Shafir, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-9212
Office: South Austin Campus, Room 1313.6
Email: zshafir@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Consumer Psychology, Memory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paige Womble, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Psychology
<\/strong>Phone: 512-223-2632
Office: San Gabriel Campus Room 1300.38
Email: paige.womble@austincc.edu<\/a>
Education:<\/strong>
B.S., Psychology, Southwestern University
M.A., Psychology, Baylor University
Ph.D., Psychology, Baylor University
Areas of Interest:
<\/strong>Developmental Psychology, Neuroanatomy, Behavioral  Neuroscience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department Building 1000, Office 1204.214400 College Park DriveRound Rock, TX 78665(512) 223-0082 Department Chair Dr. Dan Dydek, (512) 223-0083dydek@austincc.edu Administrative Assistant Virginia Tovias(512) 223-0082virginia.tovias@austincc.edu Full-time Faculty Dan B. Dydek, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology & Department ChairPhone: 512-223-0083Office: RRC1 1204.22Email: dydek@austincc.eduEducation:B.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas at AustinPh.D. in Human Experimental Psychology, The University of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4182,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019\/revisions\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}