 Dr.
David U. Byrne
Professor of Psychology
Phone: (830) 792-7415
email:
DByrne@schreiner.edu
Dr. Byrne's website
EDUCATION
B.A., University of Illinois Ph.D., University of Connecticut
BRIEF BIO
Dr. David Byrne has been at Schreiner since 1987, and previously
taught in Corpus Christi, and at schools in Ohio and New York. His
son, Matthew, just graduated from college in 2007, and “grew up” in
Schreiner campus housing from ages 3 to 9. Dr. Byrne concentrated
his graduate studies in the areas of social/personality and
developmental psychology. He has written or co-written scholarly
articles about social reinforcement of children, learned
helplessness and success-failure, the effectiveness of juvenile
probation treatment, and the treatment of attention –deficit
disorder. Currently, he is working on a project to investigate
whether a positive sense of humor is related to workplace
advancement.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Effects of Humor in the Workplace; Personality Traits as Predictors
of Student Success.
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 Dr.
Gary A. Biel
Associate Professor of Psychology
Phone: (830) 792-7453
email:
GABiel@schreiner.edu
Dr. Biel's website
EDUCATION
B.A. in Psychology (1987), University of Central Oklahoma
M.A. in Experimental Psychology, Human Perception and Performance
(1991), University of Louisville
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Human Perception and Performance
(1993), University of Louisville
BRIEF BIO
Dr. Gary Biel is a lifelong musician with an interest in studying
the effect of music on various aspects of human behavior including
memory, emotion, motivation, and physical and cognitive performance.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Auditory versus Visual Memory for Melody Stimulus-Response
Compatibility for Musical Notation Systems Music as a Modifier of
the Stress Reaction Gender Differences in Circadian Effects on
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 Dr.
Jude Gallik
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Director of Learning Support Services
Phone:
(830) 792-7258
email:
JGallik@schreiner.edu
Dr. Gallik's website
EDUCATION
B.S. Lake Erie College
M.A. University of Texas at San Antonio
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
BRIEF BIO
Before coming to Schreiner University in 1992, Dr. Gallik was
Director of the Hill Country Community Needs Council, a social
service agency in Fredericksburg, Texas. She also taught psychology
part-time for Howard County Community College. Her hobbies include
home improvement projects, reading, gardening, sharing lengthy
articles with her colleagues in the Psychology department, hiking
and billiards.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Learning Theory; College Student Beliefs, Behavior and
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