Samantha Swindell

Biography

Classes Taught

• Psychology 312: Research Methods
• Psychology 328: Self-Control
• Psychology 470: Motivation
• Psychology 491/591: Principles of Learning

Research Interests

I have a 20% faculty appointment in the Department of Psychology and an 80% administrative appointment as the Associate Dean for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the College of Arts and Sciences.  As a faculty member, I coordinate Psych 105: Introductory Psychology on the Pullman campus and routinely teach Psych 505: Teaching introductory Psychology, which psychology graduate students take prior to their appointments as primary instructors in Psych 105.

Selected Publications

• Swindell, S., McSweeney, F. K., & Murphy, E. S. (2003). Dynamic Changes in the size of behavioral contrast. The Behavior Analyst Today, 4, 199-209.
• McSweeney, F. K. & Swindell, S. (2002). Common processes may contribute to extinction and habituation. The Journal of General Psychology, 129, 364-400.
• McSweeney, F. K. & Swindell, S. (2001). The glass ceiling is not fragile: A response to Odum (2000). The Behavior Analyst, 24, 87-93.
• McSweeney, F. K., Donahoe, P., & Swindell, S. (2000). Women in applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 23, 267-277.
• McSweeney, F. K. & Swindell, S. (1999). Behavioral economics and within-session changes in responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 72, 355-371.