Dr. Michael T. McKay

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Randolph-Macon College

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Contact Information:

Office:     Copley Science Building, Room 129

E-mail:    mmckay@rmc.edu (Emails to Dr. Mike McKay are being temporarily redirected to Dr. Kelly Lambert, Chair of the R-MC Psychology Department).

Office:     (804) 752-7236

Fax:         (804) 752-4724

Mailing Address:

Department of Psychology

Randolph-Macon College

P.O. Box 5005

Ashland, VA 23005-5505

Office Hours during Fall Term 2007:                                              

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Monday and Wednesday

  1:00 p.m. -   2:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday

                            or by appointment

A Little History:

• Born 1959 in Denver, Colorado
• Enjoyed 18 glorious years in Colorado ... (God's Country)
• Enlisted in the Navy - 1977
• Married my lovely bride, Cathy - 1981
• B.S. in Behavioral Science from the University of La Verne - 1987
• M.A. in General Psychology from the University of West Florida - 1993
• Retired from the Navy as a Master Chief Radioman (Surface Warfare Specialist/Master Training Specialist) - 2000
• Ph.D. in Cognitive and Sensory Processes from the University of Florida - 2004
• Began what thus far has been a wonderful career as a professor at Randolph-Macon College - 2004

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Courses Currently Taught

Courses Currently Taught PSYC 130 - Psychology of Persuasive Communication PSYC 200 - General Psychology PSYC 433 - Systems and Contemporary Theories of Psychology

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Courses previously taught

Courses Previously Taught FYEC 131 - Totally Mental: Where the Known Intersects the Unknown in Psychology PSYC 202 - Success Strategies PSYC 290 - Psychology of Learning PSYC 311 - Neurocognition PSYC 313 - Psychology of Learning PSYC 313 - Human Psychophysiology PSYC 319 - Neurocognition RATS

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Future courses I plan to teach at RMC

Course #	Title	Projected to be taught
PSYC 130	The Psychology of Persuasive Presentations	Fall '07, J-Term '09
PSYC 155	Psychology of Language and Communication	J-Term '08
PSYC 200	General Psychology	Fall '07
PSYC 202	Success Strategies in Psychology	TBD
PSYC 310	Cognitive Psychology	TBD
PSYC 311	Neurocognition	Fall '09
PSYC 312	Sensation and Perception	Spring '08
PSYC 313	Psychology of Learning	Spring '08
PSYC 319	Neurocognition: Research Applications and Theoretical Systems (RATS)	Spring '09
PSYC 323	Human Psychophysiology	Spring '08
PSYC 380 Series	Special Topics in Psychology	TBD
PSYC 433	Systems and Contemporary Theories in Psychology	Fall '07, Spring '09
PSYC 496-498	Senior Project	As Requested

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This page was last updated on December 10, 2007 .