Dr. 凯伦·汤普森

Dr. Thompson is a Professor of Psychology in the Division of Social Sciences. Dr. Thompson earned a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Biology from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and an M.A. 和Ph值.D. in experimental psychology with an emphasis in behavioral neuroscience from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Thompson has been a Columbia College faculty member since 2000. She teaches classes such as Introduction to Psychology, 统计数据, Research Methods, Biological Psychology, Drugs and Behavior, Learning and Memory, and several upper-level research seminars including a Psychology laboratory course.

Dr. Thompson’s research interests span many areas, including physiological measures of psychological states, the phenomenon of fear of missing out, perceptions of geek culture, best practices in higher education for psychology, and the infusion of servant leadership into helping professions curricula. She serves as an external evaluator on multi-year NSF grants awarded to faculty colleagues at Columbia College in STEM disciplines. She has also been an exam reader for AP Psychology for several years. Dr. Thompson is married with two sons and enjoys family time at the beach and in the mountains.