ABOUT US
Conference Co-Founder and Organizer
Bridgette Martin Hard, PhD
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Bridgette Martin Hard co-founded the Psychology One Conference in 2012 (with James Gross from Stanford University) and has directed it every year since. Bridgette is currently an Associate Professor of the Practice in Duke University's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, where she teaches Introductory Psychology, as well as courses in teaching, classroom research, and the psychology of "student success". She is also the director of BRITElab (Behavioral Research Informing Teaching Excellence). Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, Bridgette managed the Psychology One Program at Stanford. In 2012, her work with the Psychology One Program earned her Stanford's Lloyd L. Dinkelspiel Award for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education.
Bridgette received her BS in Psychology from Furman University where she studied with Charles Brewer (namesake of APA's Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award) and then completed her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford University in 2006. She was the recipient of a National Research Service Award to pursue postdoctoral research in Developmental Psychology at the University of Oregon. |
2022-23 Steering Committee
Benjamin White, MA
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Benjamin White is currently a Lecturer at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he teaches General and Social Psychology with an emphasis on assisting students in developing practical applications of material to their individual lives. Previously, he has worked for over 10 years at the community college level teaching various psychology courses. In addition, Benjamin has served as the Faculty Fellow for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Blinn College in Bryan, TX, developing and presenting workshops on a variety of topics concerning pedagogy, andragogy, teaching methods, and student success with a goal to provide faculty with different perspectives and methodologies to promote success for themselves and their students inside and outside of the classroom. In 2019 he was invited to give an TEDx talk on motorcycling and anxiety for the Blinn College TEDx event. He currently serves as an early career mentor for STP, helping instructors who are new to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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