Kevin Wilson

Address
McCreary Hall Room 321
300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400

Phone
(717) 337-6177

Campus Box 0407

Contact

Joseph Nathalie Goubet
Chairperson/Professor, Psychology

Emily Benson
Academic Administrative Assistant, Psychology

Kevin Wilson

Associate Professor

Psychology

Contact

Email

kwilson@gettysburg.edu

Phone

(717) 337 - 6186

Box

Campus Box 0407

Address

McCreary Hall
Room 315
300 N. Washington Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400

Website

Dr. Wilson's Website
Kevin Wilson

Education

BA Swarthmore College, 1992
MA The University of Pennsylvania, 1996
PhD The University of Pennsylvania, 1999

Academic Focus

Cognitive Neuroscience

Dr. Wilson completed his PhD in Experimental Psychology with Dr. Martha J. Farah at the University of Pennsylvania and a post-doctoral research fellowship with Dr. George R. Mangun at Duke University before coming to Gettysburg College in 2004. His research combines non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) with eye-tracking and behavioral measures to study higher level social and cognitive processes, including attention, memory, and emotional regulation. Dr. Wilson serves as co-chair of the Neuroscience program.

Courses Taught

Our distinguished faculty’s publications

Professor Wilson presented research at the Association for Psychological Science’s conference in Washington, D.C. The research focused on the replication and extension of the effect of reductive explanations in science.


Professor McCall and his students presented research at the Association for Psychological Science’s conference in Washington, D.C. The research focused on the emotional and social significance of odors for college students.


Professor Russell created a new podcast (Humainity) about being human in the age of AI.

Be inquisitive inside and outside the lab with Gettysburg’s Psychology Department

With a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, you gain insight into how the human brain works, allowing you to apply the knowledge gained from your research to situations in your career. The coursework and undergraduate research opportunities within the psychology major encompass a wide range of multidisciplinary perspectives, requiring an empirical approach to the interpretation of data.

Students in the Psychology Department at Gettysburg emerge equipped with the breadth and depth of knowledge and enduring skills to conduct analytical and interpretive analysis on whichever problems come their way within the field they work.