Dr. Mary Kesler

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Dr. Mary Kesler
Professor of Psychology

Faculty

Dr. Richard Deyo
Dr. Carrie Fried
Dr. John Johanson
Dr. Mary Kesler
Dr. Kristi Lane
Dr. Gloria Marmolejo
Dr. Peter Miene (chair)
Dr. Charles Schreiber
Dr. Susan Sefkow
Dr. Jessica Siebenbruner
Dr. Janette Williams
Dr. Kerry Williams

Faculty office hours

Education

B.M.Ed., Music Therapy, University of Kansas, 1972.
M.A., Psychology, University of Kansas, 1975.
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas, 1978.

Frequently Taught Courses

PSY 210 General Psychology
PSY 420 Abnormal
PSY 421 Cognitive Behavior Therapy
PSY 431 Counseling and Clinical

Scholarly Interests & Expertise

Dr. Kesler is a clinical psychologist, licensed in the state of Minnesota and specializing in adult clinical. She is currently working on a project to set up internships for liberal arts and science students who do not have a departmental internship. She is also a Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Supervisor and is interested in our university and system plans for disasters like pandemic flu.

Student Research Opportunities Offered

Students with an idea for independent research are welcome to propose new projects in areas such as counseling or clinical psychology, the psychology of religion, or psychology and disaster.

Selected Supervised Student Research

Dr. Kesler has recently supervised the following senior theses or research projects:

Sanson, Danica (2006). Child physical and sexual abuse: Who it affects and what it really does. (also presented at Minnesota Undergraduate Conference).

Jensen, Trey (2006). Gender bias in writing evaluations.

Abbott, Ken (2005). Optimism, pessimism, and cognitive biases in undergraduate psychology students.

Lenz, Melissa (2004). Verbroplasty and kyphoplasty study.

McMillan, Emily (2003). Symptom overlap of eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder: Implications for conjunctive treatment of eating disorders.

Community & University Service

Dr. Kesler is in her sixth year of service as Faculty President. There are many pieces that go with this, which include chairing Faculty Senate, as well as Meet and Confer with the President’s office; service on numerous committees and task forces; and travel to St. Paul for IFO Board, Executive Committee meetings, and Meet and Confer with the Chancellor’s office.

She has also served many years with the Winona County Chapter of the American Red Cross, currently as Disaster Mental Health Supervisor.

Awards, Grants & Other Honors

Outstanding Contributions to the InterFaculty Organization, 2002.

Personal Interests

Dr. Kesler has traveled to many countries (usually with her husband), including Germany, Czechoslovakia, China, England, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Cayman Islands (the last four on a cruise). She and her husband also took a cruise to Alaska in the summer of 2006.
She also enjoys singing, gardening (perennials and herbs), dancing, reading, and photography.

Family

Dr. Kesler's husband, David, is also a faculty member at WSU in the Department of Economics and Finance. They have two grown daughters, Christel, who is finishing a Ph.D. in sociology, specializing in European immigration, at UC-Berkeley, and Alyssa, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has received a Fulbright student scholarship to teach English as a foreign language in Germany.

Joined WSU Psychology Department

1994 (She joined the WSU Counseling Center 1987).

Office: 231J Phelps Hall
Office phone: 507-457-5859
E-mail: MKesler (at winona.edu)

Additional Information:

WSU students in Dr. Kesler's courses may be able to access course materials or information online through the Desire2Learn system.

Dr. Kesler with husband, David, in front of the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska

Dr. Kesler with daughter, Christel, in San Francisco

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