Lauren Seifert, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Chair and Coordinator, Research Participants Protection Program/Institutional Review Board
About Lauren Seifert
With expertise in cognitive-experimental psychology, aging, psychobiology, psycholinguistics, and empirical aesthetics, Lauren Seifert has more than 125 publications, posters, and presentations and has served in governance in national and international organizations. Some of her favorite moments are spent with students in conversations to help them discern calling and vocation.
She leads the Health Co-Inquiry Team, which received grant funding to study stakeholder communication and support related to chronic health and mental health conditions. In addition, her research includes Alzheimer’s diseases, memory and cognition, empirical aesthetics, and online communication.
She and her husband have a prayer ministry, beginning each day praying about praises and challenges about which they know.
Education
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University
- M.A., The Ohio State University
- B.A., The University of Akron
AWARDS
- 2022 Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship/Creative Expression; 2002 Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship/Creative Expression
Classes I Teach
- Marketing Research
- Honors Thesis
- Introduction to Psychology
- Methods in Behavioral Research
- Psychology of Learning
- Adulthood and Aging
- Abnormal Psychology
- Internship
- Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
Signature Experiences
- Chair and Coordinator, Research Participants Protection Program/Institutional Review Board, Malone University
- 1994-1997; 1999-present, Professor of Psychology, Malone University
- Associate Professor, Psychology, Malone College
- Assistant Professor, Psychology, Malone College
- Assistant Professor, Psychology, The University of Akron
- Assistant Professor, Psychology, Malone College
- Faculty Lecturer, Psychology, Capital University
- Faculty Lecturer, Psychology, The Ohio State University
- Instructor, The Ohio State University
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Seifert, L.S., Ray, A., & Kaelber, K., Nguyen, A.T., & McWhirter, K. Chronic pain online: Use of the Internet to support healing among those with pain-related conditions. Applied Psychology Readings: Selected Papers from the Singapore Conference in Applied Psychology – 2024. [In press.]
Kaelber, K., Seifert, L. S., Nguyen, A. T. H., & McWhirter, K. (2024). Anxiety on the internet: Describing person, provider, and organization online posts. The Journal of General Psychology, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2024.2349765
Baucke, C.L., & Seifert, L.S. (2022, June). Reflective practice and faith integration: An example from psychology that can be applied across disciplines. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. 74(2), 67-76.
Baucke, C., Seifert, L.S., Kaelber, K. (2021, Nov. 29). Health Co-Inquiry in migraine: Online participation and stakeholder experiences. PLOSONE, 16(11): e0260376.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260376
Seifert, L.S, Kaelber, K., K. Flaherty, K., & Bowman, T. (2020). Experiences in Alzheimer’s disease: What do stakeholders post on the Internet? Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2020-3-XXXX
Seifert, L.S., Flaherty, K., Kaelber, K., & Kromer-Edwards, C. (2019) Using Online Resources in Health Co-Inquiry: A Bifurcated Method for Analyzing Stakeholder Narratives. Current Psychology. 38(27). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00474-9
Seifert, L.S., Flaherty, K., Kaelber, K., & Kromer-Edwards, C. (2019) Using Online Resources in Health Co-Inquiry: A Bifurcated Method for Analyzing Stakeholder Narratives. Current Psychology. 38(27). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00474-9
Tengler, A., & Seifert, L.S. (2017). Beginning high school: Christian Students’ perceptions and choices. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 26(2), 105-123.
Seifert, L.S. (2017). Suffering and love. [Invited review of the film: Everything, everything by Stella Meghie, Dr., Produced by Alloy Entertainment, 2017]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(46) Article 10.
Seifert, L.S. (2017). Cultivating mutuality from loneliness and grief. [Invited review of the film: This beautiful fantastic by Simon Aboud, Wr./Dr., Produced by Ipso Facto, 2016]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(42), Article 10.
Seifert, L.S. (2017). Being oneself: The meanings of age and aging. [Invited review of the book: The Palgrave handbook of the philosophy of aging by G. Scarre, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2016]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(26), Article 3.
Seifert, L.S. (2017). Splitting the geode: Analyzing strategy use in cognitive aging. [Invited review of the book: Cognitive aging: The role of strategies by P. Lemaire. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(3), Article 4.
Seifert, L.S. (Invited Panel Discussant). (2013, October). Got IRB? What to know when planning human subject research projects. In M. Eddy (Chair), [Session of the same name.]. The Annual Conference of the Academic Library Association of Ohio, North Canton, OH, USA.