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Degrees:
B.A., Baylor University
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences
Office: Derby Center for Science and Mathematics E-mail: sbrowder@lyon.edu
Originally from: Houston, Texas.
Area of scholarship or expertise:
Health psychology, adult development.
Courses typically taught:
PSY318 Biological Psychology, PSY332 History and Systems
of Psychology, PSY335 Abnormal Psychology, PSY410 Psychological Assessment.
A published work:
Effects of Temporal Conditions on Caregivers' Perceptions.
Personal:
Dr. Browder lives in an old house with her husband, Dr.
David Stricklin, Associate Professor of History; daughters, Annie and Sarah;
two cats and one dog.
Outside interests: reading, drawing, Cajun
dancing
Work of literature, art or music you would recommend:
Film: Cinema Paradiso; poetry of Mary Oliver, Daryl Fleming
Person who influenced your life:
Bob McClernon, a friend and mentor who helped me appreciate
the holy in everyday experiences.
Why you do what you do:
What could be more fascinating than to study human behavior?
What you want to give to your students:
Time, attention, encouragement to take intellectual risks
What you expect from your students:
I hope that while they are learning to make a living,
that they learn to make a life. I believe that studying psychology helps
with both.
Why you are at Lyon:
It is easier to do here what we ought to do everywhere:
blur the lines between intellectual and emotional life, work and play,
passion and discipline, what is serious and what is funny..
Favorite anecdote:
My favorite story stays the same, with a different name
attached to the student each time: last year's students who come back to
visit, happy to relate that they are excelling in graduate school or work
because of skills they learned at Lyon.
Last update: 9 February 2004 |
