Dan B. Dydek, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Austin Community College

Department Chair/ Behavioral Sciences

 

Courses Taught at Austin Community College

I am currently specializing in PSYC 2301, Introduction to Psychology.  I have taught this course at Austin Community College for the past 26 years. Here is a link to my Teaching Philosophy. I have also taught Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Research Methods, Psychology of Adjustment and Developmental Psychology at ACC. In the Fall of 2009 I am teaching two sections at Rio Grande and one section at Riverside. In the Spring of 2010, I will teach three sections of Introduction to Psychology at the Rio Grande Campus on Monday & Wednesday.

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Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin -- 1971
Ph.D. in Human Experimental Psychology from U.T. Austin -- 1976
     (Specialty:  Human Learning & Memory)


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Professional Interests

The Teaching of Psychology and General Psychology are my main interests.
Secondary interests include:  Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences,
Research Methods, and Instructional Technology.

Psychology of Consciousness, Existentialism, Human Rights, Music, Photography, Cinema, Motorcycling, Automotive Sports, Health Psychology & Fitness, Birding, Animal Rights,  & Environmental Psychology.

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• American Psychological Association
  (Division I -- General Psychology;  Division II -- The Teaching of Psychology; Division 45 -- Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues)
• Association for Psychological Science
• American Educational Research Association 
• American Association of University Professors

• Past President of Full-Time Faculty Senate for FY10
• Academic & Campus Affairs Council
• The Shared Governance Review Council
• College-Wide Textbook Committee
• Course Web Page for Introduction to Psychology
• WWW Learning Links for Web Page and in-class presentations
• Multi-Media Software review and adoption for presentation in Psyc. 2301
• Fourteenth Year of Individual Wellness Program

Austin Community College
Rio Grande Campus, 1212 Rio Grande St., Austin, Texas, 78701

Phone Numbers:
(512) 223-3284 (Office & Voice Mail)
(512) 223-3777 (Fax)


dydek@austincc.edu
 

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