Dr. Leigh A. Shaw

Brady Presidential
Distinguished Professor

Department Adviser

Director of General Education, Undergraduate Studies

Research Interests

  • Narrative processes in social development

  • Growth through adversity in the adolescent personality

  • Social Cognition; Social and Moral Development

  • Risk-taking and Adolescence

  • Tolerance and Diversity in Development

Courses

  • Child Psychology (3000)

  • Adolescent Psychology (3140)

  • Capstone: Psychology in the Media (4100)

  • Capstone: Theories of Development (PSY 4905)

  • Individualized instruction: Research (4800), Directed Readings (4830), Teaching Practicum (4380)

  • Seminars (4900) on Moral Development and The Development of Attachment