UAF Department of Psychology Contact Information
Please Note
All UAF College of Liberal Arts (CLA) administrative assistants are off contract through
the summer and will not return until Monday, August 10th, 2026.
If you need any assistance this summer, please contact Isabel Norris in the CLA Dean's
Office by phone at (907) 474-7231 or via email at uaf-cla@alaska.edu.
Faculty
Kristy Bowen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 824
Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2024
Research Interests: culture, social cognition, theory of mind, child development, indigenous peoples, housing insecurity, program evaluation
Courses: Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Community Psychology
Christine Kindler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 818
Office Hours
By appointment
please schedule or email Dr. Kindler to schedule.
Jen Peterson, Ph.D.
Department Chair & Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology
Remote
Ph.D. Texas Christian University
Research Interests
Age-related Changes in the Flexibility of Cognition & Behavior
Office Hours
By appointment.
Please email Dr. Peterson to arrange a time.
Inna Rivkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 814
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
Research Interests
Social Psychology
Adaptation in a social and cultural context
Community based participatory research
Digital storytelling to promote wellness and intergenerational connections in rural
Indigenous communities
Office Hours
Zoom or in person by appointment only.
Please email Dr. Rivkin to arrange a time.
Daní K. Sheppard, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 816
Ph.D. George Mason University, 1996
Research Interests
Role of the natural environment on behaviors and health in northern latitudes
Cardiac arrest survival and reporting in Alaska
Factors of success in quality online learning
Kevin Walters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 822
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Research Interests
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Office Hours
Virtually by appointment
Please email Dr. Walters to arrange a time.
Adjunct Faculty
Andrea Greenberg
Adjunct Faculty
Office Hours
By appointment via phone or online only.
Please email Professor Greenberg to set up an appointment.
Staff
Emeritus Faculty
Ellen D.S. Lopez, MPH, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Psychology & Director, Student/Scholar Core ~ Biomedical & Student Training (BLaST)
Psychology
GRUE 820
MPH University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill