UAF Department of Psychology Contact Information
Faculty
Kristy Bowen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 824
Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2024
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Tuesdays 1:15 PM- 3:00 PM
Please email Dr. Bowen to arrange a time.
Christine Kindler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 818
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Office Hours: By appointment
please schedule or email Dr. Kindler to schedule.
Ellen D.S. Lopez, MPH, PhD
Professor of Psychology & Director, Student/Scholar Core ~ Biomedical & Student Training (BLaST)
Psychology
GRUE 820
MPH University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00, and by appointment (in-person or virtually)
Please email Dr. Lopez to arrange a time.
Jen Peterson, Ph.D.
Department Chair & Term Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology
Remote
Ph.D. Texas Christian University
Research Interests
Age-related Changes in the Flexibility of Cognition & Behavior
Fall 2025 Office Hours
By appointment.
Please email Dr. Peterson to arrange a time.
Inna Rivkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 814
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
Research Interests
Social Psychology
Adaptation in a social and cultural context
Community based participatory research
Digital storytelling to promote wellness and intergenerational connections in rural
Indigenous communities
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Zoom or in person by appointment only.
Please email Dr. Rivkin to arrange a time.
Daní K. Sheppard, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 816
Ph.D. George Mason University, 1996
Research Interests
Role of the natural environment on behaviors and health in northern latitudes
Cardiac arrest survival and reporting in 91Ƶ
Factors of success in quality online learning
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Mondays 9:30am-11am
Please email Dr. Sheppard to arrange a time.
Kevin Walters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Psychology
GRUE 822
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Research Interests
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Virtually by appointment
Please email Dr. Walters to arrange a time.
Adjunct Faculty
Andrea Greenberg
Adjunct Faculty
Fall 2025 Office Hours
By appointment via phone or online only.
Please email Professor Greenberg to set up an appointment.
Staff