Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.

Department Chair

Angela Sabates

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology | a-sabates@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003

Dr. Sabates' research interests are broadly related to social perception with regard to both individuals and inter-group relations. She is interested in how religious (Christian) groups distinguish themselves in academia with regard to undergraduate psychology curriculum. Her current research focuses on the possible connections between hyper-masculinity bias and endorsement of extremist ideology and how evangelical churches maintain positive multi-faith engagement in their communities. She. . . read more.

Faculty

Rachel Anderson

Assistant Professor of Psychology | rma32278@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Nicole Centanni

Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | n-centanni@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014

Adjunct Instructor of Psychology

Sherryse Corrow

Professor of Psychology | shc62369@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017

Dr. Corrow received her bachelors degree in psychology from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in child psychology and cognitive neuroscience from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She developed and taught undergraduate courses, both in the classroom and online, in her areas of expertise while completing her degrees. The past few years she has been doing postdoctoral work in neurology/ophthalmology and visual sciences a. . . read more.

Joel Frederickson

Professor of Psychology | frejoe@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996

Frederickson's research interests include the psychological impact of apologies and how students change over four years from participating in college. This includes changes in cognition, beliefs, and spirituality.

Linde Getahun

Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita | getlin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1994

Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita

Ryan Hovis

Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | ryan-hovis@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016

Adjunct Instructor of Psychology

Andy Johnson

Associate Professor of Psychology | ajohnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995

Dr. Andy Johnson's research interests include religion and gender violence. He edited the volume "Religion and Men's Violence Against Women."

Lucie Johnson

Professor of Psychology Emerita | johluc@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980

Professor of Psychology Emerita

James Koch

Professor of Psychology Emeritus | je-koch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984

Professor of Psychology Emeritus

Jason Li

Professor of Psychology | j-li@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985

Li focuses his research on cross-cultural and multi-cultural competence in counseling. He also has a passion for exploring the integration of psychological and Christian perspectives in counseling.

Steven McNeel

Professor of Psychology Emeritus | mcnste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978

Professor of Psychology Emeritus

Ruth Nelson

Professor of Psychology | rnelson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001

Nelson's research interests include adoption and academic achievement, faith integration with disability studies, academic support services for English Language Learners, and developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Katherine Nevins

Professor of Psychology Emerita | k-nevins@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1981

Nevins focuses her research on college student development, women's lives and choices, strategies for improving teaching and learning, and conflict resolution.

Michelle Steffenhagen

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology | allmica@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015

College Student Development, Crisis Intervention, Conflict Management, Wellbeing

Gretchen Wrobel

University Professor of Psychology | g-wrobel@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988

Wrobel conducts research on curiosity as it affects relationships in adoption, including the adopted person, adoptive parents, and birth parents.

Carole Young

Dean of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology Emerita | youcar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1990

Young focuses her research on the processes of retrieving knowledge from semantic memory. Specifically, she looks at what retrieval strategies people use and how metacognitive factors influence the choice of strategies.