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Lisa Hagan

Professor of Psychological Sciences

Psychological Sciences

Office Hours

Monday - [12:30 to 02:00]
Wednesday - [12:30 to 02:00]
Friday - [12:00 to 02:00]

Biography

Born in St. Louis Missouri. Attended college at Kenyon College. Obtained Masters and Ph.D. at St. Louis University. Moved to Denver to work at MSU Denver. Live with my two children, husband, and cat.

Research Interests

    Pedogogy within Higher Education, Constructivism, Children's Risk Taking

Teaching Interests

    Child Development, Cognitive Development and Learning, Developmental Research Methods, Psychology of Human Development, Introductory Psychology, Infancy

Education

PhD in Psychology

St. Louis University

MS in Psychology

St. Louis University

BA in Psychology

Kenyon College

Published Works

    List, E., Hagan, K. L. (2019). Preconvention service project: Engaging effectively at RMPA. Eye on Psi Chi, https://doi.org/10.24839/2164-9812.Eye24.2.44 Hagan, K. L. (2016). History of Developmental Psychology. (pp 155-165). Electronic book: Society for the Teaching of Psychology.. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/psychspec Hagan, K. L., Richmond, S. A. (2012). Teaching constructivism constructively: What a novel idea. The Researcher, 24(2), 85-94. http://www.nrmera.org/PDF/Researcher/Researchv24n2Kindleberger.pdf. Richmond, A., Hagan, K. L. (2011). Promoting Higher Level Thinking in Psychology : Is Active Learning the Answer?. Teaching of Psychology, 38(2), 102-105. . Richmond, S. A., Hagan, K. L. (2011). How engaging are you? A review of teaching methods to engage students in developmental psychology. (2). Society of Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/Resources/Documents/ebooks/pse2011vol2.pdf Hagan, K. L., Kuebli, J. (2007). Mothers’ and fathers’ socialization of preschoolers' physical risk taking. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 28(1), 2-14. www.sciencedirect.com. Claus, R., Hagan, K. L. (2002). Engaging substance abusers after centralized assessment: Predictors of treatment entry and dropout. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Hagan, K. L. (2002). Risk Factors for attrition in a longitudinal study of substance abusers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,