About

Academic Background

• 2008 - Ph.D. in Social Psychology, University of Maryland

• 2005 - M.S. in Social Psychology, University of Maryland

• 2000 - B.S. in Psychology, Denison University

Teaching

In addition to this undergraduate course on the Psychology of Evil, I have taught:

• Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 100)

• Social Psychology (PSYC 221)

• The Psychology of Unethical Conduct (PSYC 111)

• The Psychology of Communication & Persuasion (PSYC 424)

I have also taught graduate-level courses on Social Psychology (604) and on University Teaching & Learning (PSYC 798B, UNIV 798, TLTC 798).

You are welcome to read my teaching philosophy statement, written as a letter that I share with my students before a course starts.

Media & Selected Presentations

• Diamondback: Student Learns Life Lessons from Meal with Homeless Man

• College of Behavior & Social Science: Psychology Class Aims to Understand Evil, Be the Solution

• UMD PSYC E-News: PSYC Major Does Good for Evil

• Roberts, S.P. (June, 2017). The Psychology of Evil (and the good it did).  Presented at the Lilly East Conference on College and University Teaching, Bethesda, MD.

• Roberts, S.P. (February, 2014). Can learning about evil make you a good person?  Accepted for the Ashoka U Exchange, College Park, MD.

Contact

You can reach me by email at evil@umd.edu