Dr. Paula J. Martasian, formerly of Greensburg, PA, joined the psychology department in 1999. Dr. Martasian, who is a native Rhode Islander, obtained her B.A. (1981) Summa cum laude in psychology, and her M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1989) in experimental psychology, all from the University of Rhode Island. She taught at the University of Rhode Island, St. Lawrence University in New York, the University of the Redlands in southern California, and, prior to joining us, at California University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Martasian has published widely on topics related to learning and cognition, social psychology, on the use of dream analysis in the teaching of the history of psychology, on perceptual stereotypes of male and female animal researchers, and other interesting topics.

Professor Martasian has been a regular presenter of her teaching research at the National Institute on Teaching of Psychology. She loves teaching Introduction to Psychology and other teaching favorites include Cognitive Psychology and Motivation. Dr. Martasian received a Faculty Teaching Award from California University of Pennsylvania in 1998, A Faculty Teaching Award from Salve Regina University in 2002, and a Freshman Advocate Award from Salve Regina University in 2003. She loves teaching Salve students and is an advocate of the First Year Experience Program. Dr. Martasian and her husband, Barry, have two children, Andrew(15) and Samantha(11).

This page is not an official page of Salve Regina University. It was created--and is still maintained-- for the Department of Psychology by Anthony A. Walsh to be a part of a larger web site devoted to psychology and other matters that he first put on line in January, 1996. These redesigned pages went on line November 5th, 1999.