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Sue Frantz
Psychology

Highline Community College
2400 S. 240th St., PO Box 98000
Des Moines, WA  98198

sfrantz@highline.edu

Office location: Bldg 11 - Rm 213
Office: (206) 878-3710 ext. 3404
Fax: (206) 870-3767

 

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Thinking about Majoring in Psychology?
The psychology faculty at HCC are able to help you:
  • plan your class schedule so that you get the most out of your education
  • explore psychology-related career options
  • learn what can you do with a degree in psychology

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    Courses

    Fall Quarter 2008
    Right pointing arrow On sabbatical with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.
     
     
     
    Syllabi Not Currently in Use
    Right pointing arrow BEHAV 100: Human Sexuality
    Right pointing arrow PSYCH 100: Introduction to Psychology
    Right pointing arrow PSYCH 220: Abnormal Psychology
    Right pointing arrow PSYCH 250: Research Methods
    Right pointing arrow PSYCH 202: Biopsychology

     
       
    Links
    Psychology Organizations
    Right pointing arrow Association for Psychological  Science (APS)
    Right pointing arrow American Psychological Association (APA)

    Psychology News from APA's PsycPORT 

    We're Only Human... Psychology Blog from APS 

    Psychology-Related Resources
    Right pointing arrow PsychologyMatters.org
    Right pointing arrow Psychology Tutorials
    Right pointing arrow Psych Web
    Right pointing arrow MegaPsych
    Right pointing arrow Internet Resources in Psychology

    Urban Legends & Myth-Breaking
    Right pointing arrow Urban Legends Reference Pages
    Right pointing arrow Urban Legends and Folklore
    Right pointing arrow The Straight Dope
    Right pointing arrow Internet Scambusters
    Right pointing arrow Skeptics Society  & Skeptic Magazine

    For Instructors
    Right pointing arrow TIPS List Members

    		Psychology-Related Podcasts
    Course Podcasts
    Right pointing arrow Kihlstrom's Intro to Psych, UC-Berkeley (Fall 2006)
    Right pointing arrow Ferreira's Intro to Psych, UC-San Diego (Spring 2007)
    Right pointing arrow Kring's Clinical Psych, UC-Berkeley (Fall 2006)
    Right pointing arrow Markson's Developmental Psychology, UC-Berkeley (Fall 2007)
    Right pointing arrow Presti's Drugs & Behavior, UC-Berkeley (Fall 2006)
    Right pointing arrow Chen's Social Psychology, UC-Berkeley (Fall 2006)
    Right pointing arrow Grisham's Behavioral Neuroscience, UCLA (Fall 2006)
       
    General Interest
    Right pointing arrow The Psych Files
    Right pointing arrow All in the Mind (ABC News)
    Right pointing arrow 60-Second Psych (Scientific American)
       
    Speciality Areas
    Right pointing arrow This Week in the History of Psychology
    Right pointing arrow The American Journal of Psychiatry
    Right pointing arrow Institute of Psychiatry
    Right pointing arrow Neuroscience, from NIH (videocasts)

    Succeeding in College

    Right pointing arrow Light, R. J. (2001) Making the most of college: Students speak their minds. Harvard Univ. Press.
    Right pointing arrow Study Strategies from Univ of Minnesota - Duluth
    Right pointing arrow Academic Success Center from George Washington University
    Right pointing arrow Establishing Good Study Habits from Edinboro University
    Right pointing arrow How-to-Study.com
    Right pointing arrow Study Skills from the Homework Center

    APA Writing Style
    Right pointing arrow APA Style Resources

    Thinking about majoring in psychology?
    Right pointing arrow PSYCHOLOGY/ Careers for the 21st Century (APA)
    Right pointing arrow Careers in Psychology
    Right pointing arrow Graduate School and Careers in Psychology
    Right pointing arrow Tipsheets for Psychology Majors
    Right pointing arrow Pursuing Psychology Career Page 
    Right pointing arrow A Student's Guide to Careers in the Helping Professions

    Reference
    Right pointing arrow Dictionary.com
    Right pointing arrow Roget's Thesaurus
    Right pointing arrow Library of Congress
    Right pointing arrow Refdesk.com
    Right pointing arrow How Stuff Works

     

    Biography
    Originally, I am from a small town (population: 226) in western Pennsylvania. I graduated from DuBois Area High School in 1985. That fall, I moved to Indiana, PA where I began college at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Having always been interested in psychology, I, amazingly enough, majored in psychology. With the influence of IUP's psychology department, I found my area of interest: social psychology. Four years later with my BA firmly in hand, I packed up my car and moved to Lawrence, Kansas to begin my graduate work in social psychology at the University of Kansas (KU). After earning my MA (my thesis dealt with stereotyping), I decided that what I really needed was some time away from my studies. 
     
    While at KU, I learned I loved teaching. Over the following 2 years, I taught part-time at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, Washburn University in Topeka, KS, and at the satellite facility of Kansas City Kansas Community College in Leavenworth, KS. When I felt it was time to do this full-time, I began my search. New Mexico State University-Alamogordo advertised their position; I applied and was offered the position. In August, 1994 I moved to southern New Mexico. My partner and I met in 1999.  In 2001, she was offered a job in Seattle that we just couldn't turn down.  Luckily, Highline Community College was seeking a psychology instructor, and here I've been since July, 2001. 

    Photos
    Here are the requisite photos. Smiley Face
      

    Right pointing arrowMy partner Verla and I

       
    Our dogs
    Right pointing arrow Ripley as a puppy
    Right pointing arrow Ripley as an adult
       
    Right pointing arrow Lucky, as a puppy
    Right pointing arrow Lucky as an adult
       
    Right pointing arrow Tanner, who is still a puppy
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    Right pointing arrow Why I left Pennsylvania
    Right pointing arrow Why I left Kansas
    Right pointing arrow Why I went to New Mexico
    Right pointing arrow Why I came to Seattle
     
    Near my hometown in Pennsylvania
    Right pointing arrow Just down the road
    Right pointing arrow Bilger's Rocks, a little further down the road
    Right pointing arrow The ol' swimming hole

     

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    Page updated Monday March 10, 2008

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