Alan Searleman
Professor of Psychology

“I absolutely love teaching at St. Lawrence and having the opportunity to turn students on to the science of psychology,” says Alan Searleman. “What especially gives me joy is working with students on joint research projects. One of the highlights for me each spring is coordinating a bus trip to a major psychology conference to which many of our best psychology majors are invited. This is a terrific experience for them and it allows for wonderful interactions between the students and the four or five faculty who also usually go.”

Searleman’s contributions to the field of psychology have been numerous. “I’m probably best known for the work I have done in exploring left-handedness, in particular the fascinating relationships my colleagues and I have discovered involving various handedness patterns and health issues, language skills, reasoning ability, and levels of intelligence,” he says. He also has done extensive work on human memory and has published, most notably, a book on memory improvement techniques and a college textbook on memory which is widely used both in the United States and abroad.

Since joining the faculty in 1978, Searleman has chaired the psychology department for eight years and been elected several times to both Faculty Council and the Professional Standards Committee. He has also been a faculty representative to the Board of Trustees.