The following is the letter from the chair that appeared in the Fall 2007 edition of Psychology Now
Letter from the Chair
Greetings from Laramie! After seven years of service as chair of the
Psychology Department, Narina Nunez has stepped down and is enjoying
being a regular faculty member again. I will be doing my best to follow
in her footsteps. Although I've been a faculty member here for five
years, I realize that most of you do not know me. I look forward to
meeting many of you over the next few years. Here's a little bit about
me.
I'm originally from a small town in Michigan and had my first
experience with the school colors of Brown and Gold as an undergrad at
Western Michigan University. I went to graduate school at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook, completed a postdoc at the
University of Michigan Medical Center, and was a faculty member for
five years at Binghamton University in upstate New York before moving
to Laramie in 2002. I am a clinical psychologist and my research is on
interpersonal and behavioral processes in mood variation and
depression.
At the beginning of every semester, I always introduce myself to new
classes as Dr. Pepper, just like the soft drink. It's fun to have a
name that's a registered trade mark, as at least people are likely to
remember it. Well, last week I got a call from the Fox Business News
Channel. Two delivery workers, one from Pepsi and one from Coke, got
into a fist fight in a Walmart parking lot. They thought it would be
fun to consult with Dr. Pepper on this incident! You can check out the
interview on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pdk1ZluxR8.
Dr. Carolyn Pepper
Associate Professor and Chair
