Psychology

Each year the Psychology Department at Baldwin-Wallace College invites a distinguished psychologist to the campus for lectures and personal interaction with students and faculty. The program is based on a generous endowment to the Department in honor of Kathryn Grover Harrington and Robert A. Harrington.

The 2011-2012 Kathryn Grover Harrington & Robert A. Harrington Distinguished Visiting Professor was Dr. Laurence Steinberg. One of the world's leading authorities on adolescent psychological development, Dr. Steinberg's research has focused on a range of topics including adolescent brain development, risk-taking and decision making, school achievement, and juvenile justice. Dr. Steinberg presented his program, "Why Teenagers Take Risks" to the B-W Community.   

Previous Harrington Distinguished Visiting Professors at B-W:

• 2011/2012: Dr. Laurence Steinberg
• 2010/2011: Dr. Carol Tavris
• 2009/2010: Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Stanford University
• 2008/2009: Dr. David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University
• 2007/2008: Dr. Larry Squire, University of California, San Diego
• 2006/2007: Dr. James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago
• 2005/2006: Dr. David Barlow, Boston University
• 2004/2005: Dr. Daniel Schacter, Harvard University
• 2003: Dr. David Buss, University of Texas at Austin
• 2002: Dr. Sandra Scarr, University of Virginia (Retired)
• 2001: Dr. Elliot Aronson, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 2000: Dr. Philip Zimbardo, Stanford University
• 1999: Dr. James McGaugh, University of California-Irvine
• 1998: Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, University of Washington
• 1997: Dr. Albert Bandura, Stanford University
• 1996: Dr. Robert Sternberg, Yale University
• 1995: Dr. Anthony Marsella, University of Hawaii