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Leadership, Faculty & Staff

Ross DeForrest, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ross DeForrest, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
ross.deforrest@uprovidence.edu

Hometown:  Texas

Education History:  

BS and master’s/doctorate degrees – University of Texas at San Antonio 

BA Psychology, PhD Cognitive Psychology – Texas A&M University

Courses Taught: Personality theory, development, general psych, Abnormal psych, Social psych, Cognitive Science

Areas of Scholarship: Motivation, Cognition, Metacognition

Campus and Community Involvement: St. Mark the Evangelist’s Orthodox Christian Mission

Advice for Students: Being and doing are causally related. The inner work we do brings about changes in behavior and the behaviors we engage in bring about changes in who we are. They are never divorced from each other. One does not be or become without acting in our environment.

Hobbies: Reading the psychological literature with an emphasis on new and emerging theoretical frameworks.

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