Sheila Kennison

co-author of Research Methods: A Contemporary Approach

February 4, 2012

Dr. Sheila M. Kennison is President of the Southwestern Psychological Association and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University. She received her undergraduate degree in linguistics and psychology from Harvard University and master's and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She currently co-directs an NSF-funded research experience for undergraduates program at Oklahoma State University, which focuses on the biological basis of human and animal behavior. She is actively involved in conducting research on hemispheric differences in language processing, the relationship between thinking styles and resilience, and the relationship between death anxiety and risk-taking, which is the topic of her presentation at SWPA this year. She joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University in 2000. In 2002 & 2003, she received the Outstanding Faculty Award for the Department of Psychology. In 2004, she received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Oklahoma Psychological Society. In 2007, she received the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award. She co-directs the Oklahoma Network for Teaching of Psychology and also the Preparing Future Faculty in Psychology Program at Oklahoma State University.

The conversational, easy-to-read style of this textbook on research methods captures and holds student interest. The examples are up-to-date and relevant to student life. Study questions follow each chapter and help students focus on important points that are reflected in the test items as well.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2012-honorees/sheila-kennison

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