Associate Professor and Psychology Program Coordinator
Program in Psychology, Department of Social Sciences
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, WV
Curriculum Vitae (CV, pdf format)
Contact
E-mail: clovelac@shepherd.edu
Phone: 304-876-5315
Office: Stutzman-Slonaker, room 102B
Teaching
Courses frequently taught
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology, majors-only (offered every fall)
PSYC 102 Introduction to the Psychology Major (offered in the spring)
PSYC 361 Biopsychology (offered every spring)
PSYC 365 Drugs & the Brain (offered every fall)
PSYC 370 Sensation & Perception, PSYC 370L Sensation & Perception Laboratory (offered every three semesters, last in fall 2024)
PSYC 484 Directed Readings (offered every three semesters, last in spring 2024)
PSYC 485 Senior Thesis (offered every three semesters, last in fall 2024)
Courses less frequently taught
PSYC 250 Statistics for the Social Sciences
PSYC 215 Research Methods in Psychology
Research
We are able to perceive objects and events using many senses. Although information from each sense is processed separately in the brain, we have little problem integrating multisensory information in perception. I am interested in learning how this happens. For example, how do we use information from vision, hearing, and touch to help us detect objects and events in our environment? How are features such as texture and shape, perceived using vision or touch, “bound” into unified percepts? I answer such questions from a variety of perspectives, including psychophysics, psychophysiology, neuropsychology, and electrophysiology.
Service
I currently serve as coordinator of the Program in Psychology, Parliamentarian for the Shepherd University Assembly, and faculty advisor to Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology as well as the Shepherd University Secular Student Alliance. I am also a member of Shepherd’s Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee and have been a part of numerous other campus organizations.
Letters of Recommendation
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