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Matthew Phelps
Phone: 330.471.8370
Email: mphelps@malone.edu
Hello. I'm Dr. Matthew Phelps. Thanks for visiting my web page. Below is some information about my current position, educational background, courses, scholarship, and personal life. If you are a current or potential Malone College student please do not hesitate to contact me by email (mphelps@malone.edu), by phone (330.471.8370), or in person (Cattell Library 404, top floor, above the stacks). My current office hours are MTWR 9:00-10:00 a.m. & MW 2:00-3:00 p.m.; and by appointment.
Current Position
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Malone College
Educational Background
M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognitive Psychology), The Pennsylvania State University, graduate minor requirement in philosophy; B.S. (summa cum laude), The Bowling Green State University
Courses I Teach
Human Memory & Cognition (with laboratory), Sensation & Perception, Senior Seminar, Foundations of Psychology, Introduction to Statistics
Professional Highlights
My area of expertise is human episodic memory (i.e., autobiographical memory for events experienced at a particular place and time). Over the past few years, I've become focused on developing a cognitive approach to Christian anthropology by exploring relations between cognitive limitations (e.g., forgetting, selective attention) and theological concepts, such as human creatureliness and finitude. I'm also interested in the ideas, character traits, and practices that make Christian higher education distinctively Christian. I am a member of the Society for Christian Psychology (SCP) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Below are some representative publications.
Moroney, S. K., Phelps, M. P., & Waalkes, S. (2007). Cultivating humility in students: Teaching practices rooted in Christian anthropology. In D. V. Henry & M. Beaty (Eds.), The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation and American Higher Education. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press.
Phelps, M. P. (2004). Imago Dei and limited creature: High and low views of human beings in Christianity and cognitive psychology. Christian Scholar?s Review, 33, 345-366.
Bayen, U. J., & Phelps, M. P., & Spaniol, J. (2000). Age-related differences in the use of contextual information in recognition memory: A global matching approach. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 55B, P131-P141.
Murnane, K., Phelps, M. P., & Malmberg, K. (1999). Context-dependent recognition memory: The ICE theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 128, 403-415.
Personal Highlights
I live in Canton, Ohio with my wife, June, our 8-year-old daughter, Rayna, and our 5-year-old daughter, Ana. We are members of First Mennonite Church. June and I met in graduate school at The Pennsylvania State University, where she earned a Ph.D. in child-clinical psychology. June writes grants for The Lighthouse (an after-school program associated with our church) and for the Ohio Conference of Mennonite Church USA.
We enjoy service and fellowship in our congregation, quiet times at home, evenings in the company of friends, cooking, reading, family games, watching films, hiking, and one-day adventures. Some of my favorite things are deep conversation, Indian cuisine, coffee, and ice cream.
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