Kim Epting
Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology
Department: Psychology
Email: lepting@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5595
Professional Expertise
Brief Biography
Education
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Auburn University
M.A., General/Experimental Psychology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
B.A., Psychology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Courses Taught
Psychology of Learning (PSY 3320)
Introduction to Psychology (PSY 1000)
Cognitive Psychology (PSY 2300)
Psychology of Language (PSY 3310)
Empirical Research Senior Seminar (PSY 4970)
Sex and Gender (WGS 1100)
Elon College Fellows sophomore & junior seminars (ECF 2130 & ECF 3130)
Mentoring and supervision of undergraduate research projects
Leadership Positions
Within Elon University
Chair, Elon College Fellows Advisory Committee, 2019 - 2023
Center for Writing Excellence Faculty Fellow, 2017 - 2018
Director, Social Sciences, Elon College Fellows, 2016 - 2024
Coordinator, Women's, Gender, & Sexualities Studies, Interdisciplinary Minor Program, 2013 - 2017
Vice Chair, Elon Institutional Review Board (IRB), 2010 - 2013
Research
Psychological science of language and behavior interests:
- connection between language and thought
- factors that influence self-editing/revision in writing
- student perceptions of writing and language
- linguistic framing (e.g., how it affects charitible donations, feminism, etc.)
- behavioral principles in language
- scholarship of teaching and learning
- human-nonhuman interaction and learning
- behavioral principles underlying concept formation
WGSS-related interests:
- Science of cognitive sex differences and/or cognitive gender differences (real, perceive, or purported)
- Gender differences in perceptions of literacy, academics, and intellectualism