Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > Psychology > Faculty > Shaffer

Personal Statement - Married. My wife and I have seven grown children.

Contact Information:
             Office: Academic Center, Room 257. Phone: 724-589-2089;
             Fax: 724-589-2021; E-mail: jshaffer@thiel.edu.
             Home: 369 S. Main Street, Greenville, PA 16125;
             Phone: 724-588-9355;
             E-mail: jshaffer@nauticom.net.

Professional Affiliation:
             American Psychological Association.

Regular Course Responsibilities:
             Research Methods, History and
             Philosophy of Psychology, Introduction to Learning, Conditioning
             and Learning, and Adulthood and Aging.

Professional Interests:
             Areas of Interest: Research Methods, History of Psychology,
             Learning Theory, Gerontology.    

General Teaching Philosophy:
             Having been a student at a large state university,
             I really have enjoyed teaching at a small liberal arts college.
             I try to know each of my students and to actively engage
             them in the educational enterprise.

Useful Links for Students:
              www.psichi.org (Home page of Psi Chi, National Student
              Honorary in Psychology)

              www.apa.org ( Home page of the American Psychological
              Association)

              owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
              (Online Writing Laboratory at Purdue University).