MICHAEL W PASSER
Michael Passer coordinates the introductory psychology program
at the University of Washington, which enrolls about
2500 students per year, and also is the faculty coordinator of
training for new teaching assistants. He received his bachelor’s
degree from the University of Rochester and his PhD
in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles,
with a specialisation in social psychology. Dr Passer has
been a faculty member at the University of Washington since
1977. A former Danforth Foundation Fellow and University
of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award fi nalist,
Dr Passer has had a career-long love of teaching. Each academic
year he teaches introductory psychology twice and a
required course in research methods. Dr Passer developed
and teaches a graduate course on the Teaching of Psychology,
which prepares students for careers in the academic classroom
and also has taught courses in social psychology and
attribution theory. He has published more than 20 scientifi c
articles and chapters, primarily in the areas of attribution,
stress and anxiety, and has taught the introductory psychology
course for over 20 years. RONALD E SMITH Ronald E Smith is Professor of Psychology and Director of
Clinical Psychology Training at the University of Washington,
where he also has served as Area Head of the Social
Psychology and Personality area. He received his bachelor’s
degree from Marquette University and his PhD from Southern
Illinois University, where he had dual specialisations in
clinical and physiological psychology. His major research
interests are in anxiety, stress and coping, and in performance
enhancement research and intervention. Dr Smith
is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He
received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCLA
Neuropsychiatric Institute for his contributions to the fi eld
of mental health. He has published more than 200 scientifi c
articles and book chapters in his areas of interest and has authored
or co-authored 29 books on introductory psychology,
human performance enhancement and personality, including
Introduction to Personality: Toward an Integration, with Walter
Mischel and Yuichi Shoda (Wiley, 2004). An award-winning
teacher, he has more than 15 years of experience in teaching
the introductory psychology course. |