People

Executive committee:

The executive committee is made up of all active, tenured, and tenure-track faculty members in the Experimental Psychology program (see faculty lists on page 48 of this document), and is chaired by the Director of Experimental Training (referred to as DET henceforth). Program-related issues including, but not limited to, admissions, annual student evaluations, curriculum changes, and disciplinary actions are decided by the executive committee. All program decisions that require a vote are passed when a simple majority of the eligible faculty votes in the affirmative.

Director of experimental training:

Carrie Cuttler is located on the WSU Pullman campus (carrie.cuttler@wsu.edu; JT 317; 509-592-0151).

Graduate program coordinator:

Stacy Gessler, is the coordinator for both the experimental and clinical psychology doctoral programs. She is located on the WSU Pullman campus in the Department of Psychology (stacy.gessler@wsu.edu; JT 233B, 509-335-2633). All experimental graduate students must provide a local mailing address, telephone number(s), and e-mail address to the Program Coordinator, and keep her advised of any changes to their contact information.

Note: Stacy currently uses two email addresses. Use psych.grad.sign@wsu.edu for scheduling, signature requests, and submitting forms. For all other inquiries, use stacy.gessler@wsu.edu.

Grad student representatives:

Each year, two experimental graduate students (1 Pullman, 1 Vancouver) serve as student representatives during the executive committee meetings. Student representatives will not attend discussions in which it would be inappropriate/unethical for them to do so (e.g., student annual reviews, data review for admissions decisions), but their feedback on program issues is valued.

Psychology graduate resource coordinator:

Paul Strand is located on the Tri-Cities campus (pstrand@wsu.edu; CIC 125S, 509-372-7177). He is available as a resource to graduate students in both the experimental and clinical programs on all campuses, providing guidance and referral on a wide range of issues and concerns in the event that students do not wish to take these concerns to their major advisor, DET, or the department chair.

Other helpful staff contacts:

• Annette Bednar is the Pullman Psychology Finance/Personnel manager and processes graduate student appointments for Pullman-based students. She is located on the WSU Pullman campus (abednar@wsu.edu; JT 401; 509-335-2634)
• Jen Barnes is the Vancouver Psychology Administrative Manager and processes graduate student appointments for Vancouver-based students (jen.barnes@wsu.edu; VMMC 202; 360-546-9640).
• Diego Murillo is the WSU Vancouver CAS Graduate Program Director. Vancouver-based students should contact Diego to enroll in courses each semester (diego.murillo@wsu.edu; VSCI 230; 360-546-9360).
• Sarah Bauer (sarah.g.buaer@wsu.edu) is the WSU Pullman department’s senior secretary and can assist with questions regarding WSU Pullman facilities (e.g., issuing office keys) and shares general information with the all campus departments (including the Monday Memo, to which you should refer weekly).
• Janet Dewitt (jldewitt@wsu.edu) is the WSU Vancouver department’s senior secretary and can assist with questions regarding WSU Vancouver facilities and general information related to WSU Vancouver.