Jordan Vosmik

I studied the psychology of cognitive and social-emotional development throughout my college career at University of Florida and Arizona State University. I earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Florida in 1998 and earned a master's degree and then a doctorate in psychology from Arizona State University in 2005. I have taught at the college level for 22 years and have published research. I have also worked in administration as a Psychology Department Chair and as Dean of Academics at two universities. Although I’ve studied many areas of psychology, my focus is Cognitive Development--how thinking and learning changes across the lifespan. Given my interest in learning, it is not surprising that I discovered during graduate school that I have a passion for teaching.  

I have become enamored with online education in the past five years, as the use of that tool increases. I’ve taught many psychology courses online and act as a subject matter reviewer of online courses. I’ve enjoyed teaching a graduate level course in Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior for three years now. Research finding links between emotion and cognition is currently a hot area and very interesting work is emerging. I feel that students who aspire to apply their understanding of psychology to intervene in the emotional and cognitive lives of other people need this information as a foundation.