Guy Boysen, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Office: Carnegie Hall 201
Phone: (618) 537-6882
Course Blog: Popular Delusions
Education
Ph.D., Iowa State University (2006)
M.S., Iowa State University (2003)
B.A., Saint John’s University, (2000)
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Psychology
Research Methods in Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Senior Thesis
Teaching Philosophy
I seek to actively engage students in the science of psychology. As much as possible
I have students do the real-world tasks of psychologists such as reading journal articles,
diagnosing cases, and evaluating theories. Although these activities can be challenging,
I believe in simultaneously setting high standards and providing students with the
support to meet those standards. During class I tend to be eclectic and use a mixture
of lecture, discussion, and activities. Outside of class I try to use the best practices
in the assessment of learning outcomes and scholarship of teaching.
Teaching Awards
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology's 2020 Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award
McKendree University’s 2019 William Norman Grandy Faculty Award
McKendree University’s 2017 United Methodist Exemplary Teacher Award
Speaking About the Profession
Recent Books and Book Chapters
Chew, S. L., Boysen, G. A., Naufel, K. Z., Wickes, K., & Rudmann, J. (2022). The successful psychology course: Transformative skills in introductory psychology. In R. A. R. Gurung & G. Neufeld (Eds.), Transforming introductory psychology: Expert advice on teacher training, course design, and student success. (pp. 139–170). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000260-007
Richmond, A. S., Gurung, R. A. R.. & Boysen, G. A. (2021). A pocket guide to online teaching: Translating the evidence-based model teaching criteria. Routledge.
Boysen, G. A. (2021). Student evaluations of teaching: Can teaching social justice negatively affect one’s career? In M. Kite & W. Williams (Eds.), Navigating difficult moments in teaching diversity and social justice (pp. 235-254). American Psychological Association.
Richmond, A. S., Boysen, G. A., & Gurung, R. A. R. (2021). An evidence-based guide for college and university teaching: Developing the model teacher (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Boysen, G. A. (2019). Becoming a psychology professor: Your guide to landing the right academic job. American Psychological Association.
Recent Publications
* Coauthors include undergraduate research collaborators.
Boysen, G. A. (2024). Lessons (not) learned: The troubling similarities between learning styles and universal design for learning. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology , 10(2), 207–221. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000280
Boysen, G. A. (2024). Dissociative identity disorder: A review of research from 2011-2021. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(3), 174-186. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001764
*Boysen, G. A., Osgood, P., & Price, C. (2024). Exploited or exploiter? An exploratory comparison of perceived associations between mental illness and exploitation. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 18(2), 174–191. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000324.
Boysen, G. A., Gurung, R. A. R., & Richmond, A. S. (2023). Stability and intercorrelations among model teaching criteria. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 9(3), 340–345. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000237
Boysen, G. A. (2023). Student evaluations of teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 9(3), 254–263. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000222
*Boysen, G. A., Axtell, E., Kishimoto, A., & Sampo, B. (2023). The racial stereotype about mental illness. The Journal of Social Psychology, 163 (4), 501-514. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.2023086
*Boysen, G. A., Isaacs, R., Chicosky, R. L., & Delmore, E. E. (2023). Intense dislike
of students: Frequency, causes, effects, and management among college teachers.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 9(2), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000200
*Boysen, G. A., Chicosky, R. L., & Delmore, E. E. (2023). Dehumanization of mental illness and the stereotype content model. Stigma and Health, 8(2), 150–158. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000256.
Recent Workshops
Boysen, G. A. (2022, November 17). Student evaluations of teaching: Controversial, consequential, and inescapable. Lily Conference on College Teaching, University of Ohio, Oxford, OH.
Boysen, G. A. (2022, May 18). Intense dislike of students: A teacher’s guide to causes, effects, and management [Workshop]. Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City, NJ.
Recent Presentations
* Coauthors include undergraduate research collaborators.
Boysen, G. A. (2024, October 10-12). A betrayal of what’s right: Moral injury and college teaching [Symposium]. Annual Conference on Teaching, Louisville, KY.
*Boysen, G. A., Luebbers, B., Schmit, P., & Wylie, M. (2024, April 17-20). Affordance management theory and variations in perceived mental illness threat. [Poster]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
*Boysen, G. A., Luebbers, B., Schmit, P., & Wylie, M. (2024, April 17-20). Moral Injury Among College Teachers: Prevalence, Types, and Negative Effects. [Poster]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
*Boysen, G. A., Osgood, P., Barauskas, M., & Nash, S. (2023, April 20-23). The instruction of psychology’s best students: A survey of teachers. [Poster]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
*Boysen, G. A., Osgood, P., Barauskas, M & Nash, S (2023, April 20-23). Affordance management and stereotypes about schizophrenia, sex, and age. [Poster]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Boysen, G. A. (2023, April 20-23). Adapt, don’t adopt: An active-learning pedagogical toolkit. [Invited seminar]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Boysen, G. A. [Chair] (2022, August 4-7). Universal design for learning and the teaching of psychology: Application and evaluation. [Symposium]. American Psychological Association’s Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Professional Activities
Associate Editor, Teaching of Psychology
Consulting Editor, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
Reviewer, Project Syllabus, Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Member, Association for Psychological Science
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, APA Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Member, Midwestern Psychological Association
