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Bob Swoap - Chair
Bob received his B.A. in Psychology from Duke University (1987) and his Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Florida (1992). Bob joined the WWC faculty in 1998 and regularly teaches Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Theories & Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy, and Sport Psychology. Bob has led three Warren Wilson Worldwide Courses: two to Costa Rica and one to Greece. He and his wife, Christine, Spanish professor at WWC, have three children: twins, Julien and Sofia, and younger brother Nolan. Bob enjoys hiking, racquet sports, literary fiction, movies, and music. Homepage: here.
E-mail: bswoap@warren-wilson.edu
Phone: 828-771-3706.
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Martha Knight-Oakley
Martha received her B.A. in Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and her Ph.D. from Purdue University. Martha regularly teaches Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, Social Psychology, Theories of Personality, Ecopsychology, and Environmental Psychology. Martha has led student trips to Austria, Northern Italy, and Nepal. She and her husband, Shawn, and their son, Grayson, enjoy outdoor activities, traveling, playing and listening to music, reading, and gardening.
Email: mknight@warren-wilson.edu
Phone: 828-771-3705
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Kathryn Burleson
Kathryn Burleson earned her B.S. in psychology from Appalachian State University followed by her M.A. in psychology from Humboldt State University in Arcata California, and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her dissertation in developmental psychology explored students self-growth during a transition to a school for the arts. She joined the WWC faculty in 2006 after teaching in Colorado for 2 years. Her current interests include using Service Learning as a teaching strategy and learning how children develop within various cultural contexts. She enjoys teaching Introduction to Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development and Aging. During free time she is likely outside, doing yoga, or listening to live music with her husband, Brad.
Email: kburleson@warren-wilson.edu
Phone: 828-771-2093
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Kristy Hamilton
1 Year Visiting Faculty Member
Kristy graduated with a Ph. D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Indiana University, Bloomington. She is interested in the psychology of music, in particular, the role music plays in human life, the neural correlates of music perception, and the perception of tonality, intonation, and musical scales. She has studied the motion of the predatory strike of the praying mantis, the echolocation abilities of bats, and the neural basis of the perception of birdsong in female brown-headed cowbirds. She lives with her husband and her two dogs.
Email:khamilton@warren-wilson.edu
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