Personnel

Research Advisors: Jerusha and Brian Detweiler-Bedell

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell

Jerusha received her B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University in 1995 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Yale University in 2001. Her research interests lie at the intersection of clinical and health psychology. Specifically, she studies how to motivate people to protect their physical and mental health. Jerusha is an avid reader of fiction, loves travel, and can’t get enough of time spent with good friends, her husband (Brian), their children Rory, Roan, & Coriander and dog (Dori). She believes that every student is capable of becoming a collaborator in the exploration of psychological theory, research, and practice, and co-created the BHS Lab to fulfill those aims.

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Brian Detweiler-Bedell

Brian received his B.A. in Social Psychology at Stanford University in May 1994, his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University in 2001, and a lot of other degrees in between. He was hired in 2002 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology by Lewis & Clark College along with his wife, Jerusha.

Brian is a coffee addict, and now goes to bed early because of his children, Rory, Roan and Coriander.

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Environmental Decision Making Team

Steph Schwartz, ‘12

Steph is a senior psychology major and gender studies minor from St. Paul, Minnesota. She knew that she wanted to be a psychology major before ever coming to Lewis & Clark. She misses her cats and the Minnesota snow and will never be happy with the Portland rain. Besides her involvement in the psychology department Steph is also on the Ultimate Frisbee team, the women’s varsity golf team and a team leader for the Lewis & Clark SOLT tutoring program. Steph enjoys riding her bike and cleaning her room in her free
time.

 

Ashley Beck, ‘12

Associate

 

Pete Fisher, ‘13

Associate

Pete Fisher is a junior Psychology/Hispanic Studies double major from Mercer Island, Washington.  He enjoys learning about how people view and interpret the world and plans to pursue a PHD in social psychology or cognitive neuroscience.  Pete has worked as a research assistant in the Early Childhood CognitionLaboratory at the University of Washington and plans to study abroad in Valparaiso, Chile in the Spring.  Besides his interests in Spanish language & literature and psychology, Pete also runs on the Lewis & Clark Cross Country and Track teams.  Pete enjoys electronic music, detective noir novels, running, kittens, Raisin Bran Crunch, nature, and justice. 

 

 

 

Corinne Innes, ‘12  

Consulting Member

Corinne is a senior from Bloomington, Indiana. She is a Biology major, but thoroughly enjoys her work in Psychology. She is captain of the cross country and track teams, and road bikes recreationally.  Corinne also enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, and loves exploring everything exciting the northwest has to offer. She studied abroad in Chile last year to help achieve her life-long goal of becoming fluent in Spanish.

 

Health Decision Making Team

Dmitri Ian Alvarado, ‘12

Team Leader

Dmitri is fourth-years Psychology Major. He is a complicated being that doesn’t like to intimidate people. He enjoys well-rounding himself by learning about reading, riting(sic), and ‘rithmatic (although not as much as reading nor riting). His favorite thing to do is have fun. He is able to accomplish this by playing sports then listening to music then playing more sports. If it was possible he would spend 168 hours a week having fun.  Also if you ever see him around please speak some Spanish or German to him. One thing he doesn’t like is when people get all lachrymose on him. His super power is that he can outstare babies and dogs.  His goal in life is to get a Ph.D. in social psychology so he can legally subject people to his experiments. Dmirtri currently plays for the Lewis & Clark varsity men’s golf team.

 

 

Claire Beatus, ‘12

Associate

Claire is a Senior Psychology major and Gender Studies minor. She grew up in Chicago, IL, but is loving the Northwest.  When not working in the BHS lab, Claire enjoys crocheting, hiking, running, making up factoids, and cooking.  Claire also loves food and is never one to turn down chocolate. She is also especially passionate about women’s health care and and spends her free time volunteering at the Portland Women’s Crisis Line as a support group leader and sexual assault response advocate.  On the weekends, she hangs out with her fluffy cat, Phoebe.

 

                 

Azalea Lewis, ‘12

Associate

   

 

 

 

Lab Managers:

Steph Schwartz & Dmitri Alvarado

Lab Managers

 

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