The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n." John Milton
 

LYNDA L. CRANE, Ph.D.

Department of Behavioral Sciences
College of Mount St. Joseph
5701 Delhi Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45233

EDUCATION (I'm going to be *how* old when I finish?)

B.S. Wright State University, 1981; Summa Cum Laude

Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1987, Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (My life before MSJ)

2007-Present: Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233

1998-2007: Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233

1996-1998: Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233

1994-1996: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

1988-1994: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

1987-88: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatrics

1986-87: SPSS, Inc., Training Consultant, Seminars in Program Operation

1982-85: National Institute of Mental Health: Research Assistant Project under direction of Stanley Greenspan: Longitudinal study of the influence of maternal psychiatric illness on children's cognitive and emotional development.

1982—84: Howard County Board of Mental Retardation: Development and implementation of behavioral programs for women in a group home.

COURSES (Here's what you might expect from me.)

Adult Development and Aging     
Capstone 

Child Development

Introduction to Psychology

Humanistic Psychology

Theories of Motivation

 

                                      


Major Publication:

Textbook in Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation: A Community Integration Approach
Published:  2002

 

OTHER INTERESTS (My life beyond MSJ)

My family: Three children: Sherri, Patricia, Anna Nicole; Three grandchildren:  Tyler (6), Tricia (4), Austin (4) Pet:  Miniature Poodle Muttsy (an only pup)

Quilting; Organic gardening; Renewable, sustainable technology; Photography; Bicycling.

 

It is the theory which decides what can be observed.

Albert Einstein