Ethics in Psychological Science: There's more than meets the IRB

Daniel P. Corts, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience

Augustana College

Daniel Corts earned a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Tennessee and has taught at Augustana College for 19 years. Dan’s work in supervising independent research, mentoring senior capstones, and bringing students into his lab has led to a number of publications and over 100 conference presentations to date. In addition to his research, Daniel works as a methodology consultant which has allowed him and his students to work with applied grants in fields such as education and mental health, and has led to publications in diverse fields ranging from linguistics to audiology. Corts is an active member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and recently completed his term as President of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. Dan is coauthor of Psychological Science: Modeling Scientific Literacy (Pearson) with Mark Krause, and An Introduction to Psychological Science (Pearson Canada) with Mark Krause and Steven Smith. His most recent book, Ethics in Psychological Science, with Holly Tatum, explores the values and ethics of psychological science with a particular focus on what ethics mean in the context of student research. After a day of musing about methodology and ethics with his students, he likes to spend time with his kids, Jonah and Sophie, who have proclaimed such topics off-limits.