Psychology Faculty

Bryan C. Auday
Department Chair
Psychology

e: bryan.audaygordon.edu

B.A. Biola University
M.A. California State University, Los Angeles
Ph.D. Colorado State University 

Dr. Auday joined the Gordon faculty in 1986. His primary research and teaching interests are in neuroscience and cognitive psychology with a particular passion for trying to understand what brain waves (EEG) can tell us about memory and linguistic processing. In 2001 he started a neuroscience minor that offers an interdisciplinary study in psychology, biology, and kinesiology. He received the Distinguished Junior Faculty Award in 1994 and the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award in 2003.

Kaye V. Cook
Professor

Psychology

e: kaye.cookgordon.edu

B.A. Georgia College
M.A., Ph.D. University of North Carolina

Kaye Cook is interested in moral and spiritual development and, with the help of psychology majors interested in doing research, is currently using interview studies to explore the everyday understandings of morality by Cambodian Buddhists and Christians. She is also working on a project exploring Christian college students' spirituality and how spirituality is affected by the shifts in social networks that occur with graduation. Kaye has led the youth ministry in her church and is active in the Association for Moral Education and the Christian Association for Psychological Studies. She was most recently a visiting professor at Dartmouth College.

Erin E. Devers
Assistant Professor
Psychology

e: erin.deversgordon.edu

B.A. Huntington University
Ph.D. Indiana University 

Dr. Devers has newly joined the psychology faculty at Gordon College. She is interested in the intersection between social and clinical psychology, and is teaching courses in social and personality psychology in addition to introductory psychology. Her research has included a social cognitive perspective on explaining mood's influence on creativity, a clinical approach to the study of the empathic accuracy of self-handicappers, and most recently has focused on the way in which women experience emotions when part of a social support network. She is particularly interested in how this research may have implications for the ways in which the church can provide better support for people.

Bert H. Hodges
Professor
Psychology

e: bert.hodgesgordon.edu

B.A. Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Dr. Hodges teaches courses in cognitive, social and theoretical psychology, as well as introductory psychology. His research is both empirical and theoretical, focusing particularly on developing an ecological account of values, and exploring its implications for social action and perception.

His current work focuses on the pragmatic nature of language, the carefulness with which objects are carried, the role of values and pragmatics in guiding, leading and following in social dilemmas, and the role of trust and truth in social interaction. Dr. Hodges has been a visiting professor or scholar at the University of California Santa-Barbara, Southampton University (UK), University of Portsmouth (UK), and the University of Connecticut. In 1997 he received the Senior Distinguished Faculty Award.

Robert H. Joss
Professor
Psychology

e: robert.jossgordon.edu

B.S. Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo

Dr. Joss's interests lie in the intersection of psychology and the law. He is trained in both clinical and forensic psychology and frequently is called to testify in court as an expert witness. He teaches courses in counseling theory and practice as well as law and psychology, in addition to serving as a pre-law advisor. He has coordinated the psychology department's internship program for more than 30 years.