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Trina Kershaw

faculty

Trina Kershaw, PhD

Professor

Psychology

Contact

508-999-8346

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Spruce Hall 0180

Education

2006University of Illinois at ChicagoPhD
2002University of Illinois at ChicagoMA
1998Widener UniversityBA

Teaching

  • Cognitive Processes
  • Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychology of Individual Differences
  • Psychology of Learning

Programs

Courses

A survey of learning principles from simple conditioning to complex creative behavior.

A history of cognitive science as a discipline. Topics such as human learning, memory, perception, language, and attention are reviewed. Theories and research on mental processes underlying these behaviors and biological underpinnings and real-life application of these topics are studied.

Fundamentals of research methodology in psychological research including literature review, hypothesis generation, design, measurement, statistical analysis, ethics and APA format writing style. Emphasis on the selected cognate content area of cognitive psychology.

Research

Research interests

  • Transfer in educational settings
  • Creativity in engineering design
  • Insight problem solving
  • Individual differences
  • Skill learning and transfer

Select publications

  • Kershaw, T.C. (2026).
    Practice Still Makes Proficient: A Replication of Kershaw et al.(2018, 2023; Kershaw & Gordon, 2024) Using an Alternate Form of the Journal Article Comprehension Assessment
    Teaching of Psychology, 53, 12-17.
  • Kershaw, T.C., & Gordon, L.T. (2024).
    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 10, 536-551.
  • Kershaw, T.C., Clifford, R.D., Khatib, F., & El-Nasan, A. (2024).
    Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 18, 510-522.
  • Kershaw, T.C., Fugate, J.M.B., & O'Hare, A.J. (2023).
    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 92, 216-233.
  • Kershaw, T.C., Bhowmick, S., Seepersad, C.C., & Hölttä-Otto, K. (2019).
    Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 32.

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