Faculty

Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA. He earned his PhD in experimental social psychology from the University of Virginia and his BA in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA Divisions 1, 2, 8, and 22) and the Association for Psychological Science, Dunn is active in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP - APA Division 2) where he served as President in 2010. In 2013, Dunn received the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award from the American Psychological Foundation and in 2015 he was the APA’s Harry Kirke Wolfe lecturer. He is a member of the editorial boards of several journals and is a frequent speaker at national and regional psychology conferences. Dunn will serve as President of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) in 2018-2019 and is a former member of the Program Committee for the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology (NIToP). He is a member of the Board of the Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology (FRP) and a former member of APA’s Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP). He was recently elected to the APA’s Board of Educational Affairs (BEA; 2017-2019). The author of over 160 articles, chapters, and book reviews, Dunn writes about the teaching of psychology, the social psychology of disability, and liberal education. He is the author or editor of over 30 books and writes a blog on the teaching psychology called “Head of the Class” for Psychology Today. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Bibliographies (OB): Psychology. His recent books include The Social Psychology of Disability (Oxford, 2015), The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education (Oxford, 2015), Pursuing Human Strengths: A Positive Psychology Guide (Worth/Macmillan, 2016), with Jane S. Halonen, The Psychology Major Companion: Everything You Need to Know to Get Where You Want to Go (Worth, 2017), and, with Bridgette Martin Hard, the editor of Thematic Approaches for Teaching Introductory Psychology (Cengage, 2018).

Robert Brill received his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Bob's most recent research efforts have been in the areas of employment practices impacting workers with disabilities, pedagogical issues, and sports psychology. Bob recently served as Research Director for a grant funded by the Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiatives, and as the co-researcher on a 2014 state-wide study on Best Practices in the Selection and Retention of Persons with Disabilities, funded by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council.  A member of the Society for Industrial / Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS), he has conducted training in the areas of communication, stress management, and employee well-being at a variety of organizations; and in collaboration with his students implemented a multi-rater feedback system as a service learning project with Community Services for Children.  Bob teaches a variety of courses in the areas of work psychology, research and statistics, contemporary work-life challenges, and sports psychology.  He is the LaSalle University (his undergraduate alma mater) Psychology Department’s 2016 Dondero Award recipient.

Aleena Hay received her B.A. from Skidmore College and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yale University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the May Institute, where she focused on empirically supported outpatient treatment for children, adolescents, and adults with complex psychopathology. Dr. Hay completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). At Moravian University, Dr. Hay teaches a number of courses, including Abnormal Psychology / Psychopathology, Emotion, and Experimental Methods and Data Analysis I and II.

Sarah K. Johnson received her B.A. from Bucknell University and her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology with a neuroscience focus from Temple University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oregon. Dr. Johnson is the faculty advisor to the Moravian University Undergraduate Research Club  and a member of the Lehigh Valley Society for Neuroscience chapter. She is the director of Moravian's Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR), a summer undergraduate research fellowship program. She is a councilor in the Psychology Division of the Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) and is chair of the oversight committee for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

Dr. Michelle E. Schmidt earned her BA from Drew University and her MA and PhD in applied developmental psychology from George Mason University. Dr. Schmidt’s publications examine precursors and consequences of attachment relationships and the protective benefits of high quality friendships across the lifespan, as well as service-learning and community-based research as effective pedagogies. Dr. Schmidt is the Faculty Ombudsperson for Moravian University, serves as the faculty advisor to Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, and she is the faculty mentor to Moravian’s women’s basketball team. Outside of Moravian, Dr. Schmidt serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for Communities in Schools of Eastern PA, and she is a board member for Lehigh Valley Summerbridge. Dr. Schmidt won the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Breidegam Faculty Service Award, the Board Chair’s Award, and a Vice President’s Impact Award.

Stacey Zaremba received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Fordham University. Dr. Zaremba is the Director of Moravian's Women's Studies program. Her research focuses on measuring feminist attitudes and the relationship between feminist attitudes and attitudes toward menstruation. Dr. Zaremba is also very interested in the use of feminist pedagogy in the classroom, animal memory work and faculty development issues. Drs. Zaremba and Dunn run a comprehensive faculty orientation program for first-year faculty members. Dr. Zaremba received the Bridegam faculty Service Award in May 1991, 1993 and 2004, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1991 and the ODK Golden Apple Leadership and Teaching Award in 2004.