Associate Professor of Psychology Cathy Crosby-Currie thinks the college years are "a time when your mind explodes."

She means that in a good way.

Crosby-Currie says her time as an undergraduate at Hamilton College made her realize she loved psychology and wanted to teach it in the future at a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. After earning both her law and doctorate degrees, she now focuses her teaching responsibilities primarily on family and public policy.

The author of several articles about the relationship between psychological and constitutional issues involving families and children, Crosby-Currie also works with St. Lawrence economics professor Steve Horwitz researching economics and psychology. She has also worked with the St. Lawrence Wellness Initiative to promote healthy life choices by St. Lawrence students.

Crosby-Currie says, “A friend once referred to college as a time when your mind explodes,” adding that her own undergraduate experience made her realize she wanted to work in a similar environment. She comments, “I have grown more and more sure of that decision as I have grown more and more fond of my students and my colleagues here."

In 2001, she received the Louis and Frances Maslow Award, which goes to the faculty member who has shown "the most interest in and understanding of the education and welfare of the student body as a whole." A member of the faculty since 1996, she earned her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law and the Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.