Schedule and Speakers

Webster University

President-Elect of the American Psychological Association

Seton Hall University

Co-Founder of The International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes Project 

Linda M. Woolf is a Professor of Psychology and International Human Rights at Webster University, where she teaches a variety of classes in psychology, from Intro Psych to the Senior Capstone. Woolf also teaches specialty courses such as Holocaust, Genocide, International Psychology, and Ethics. Woolf is currently the President-Elect of the American Psychological Association and will serve as the 2027 APA President. Woolf has an extensive history of publications, presentations, and leadership within APA, showcasing her deep commitment to ethics, education, science, diversity, global issues, and human rights. 

Contact: woolflm@webster.edu

Susan A. Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Seton Hall University. She authors introductory psychology and statistics textbooks and researches psychology curricula and assessment, including as a two-time Fulbright Scholar (Bosnia and Herzegovina; Australia). She also writes on misinformation, including the Misinformation Desk blog for Psychology Today. Susan co-founded the International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes project (icupo.org), which developed foundational psychology competences. She has represented APA at the United Nations and served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Susan is a Fellow of APA and APS, and has received the 2020 Fukuhara Award, a 2025 STP Presidential Citation, and 2026 Psi Chi Distinguished Member honors. 

Contact: Susan.Nolan@shu.edu

Dr. Jamie McMinn is a social psychologist with expertise in small group processes; he joined Westminster College in 2003. He loves teaching the introductory psychology course to new and also first-generation college students. This passion for the introductory course fuels his ongoing participation in the Advanced Placement Psychology program, and he currently serves as the Chief Reader for the psychology exam. He also works with a national accreditor to lead evaluation teams, reinforcing institutional efforts toward continuous improvement in educating students. He soon will join the APA Committee for Associate and Baccalaureate Education, bringing expertise on assessment and students' career readiness. 

Contact: mcminnjg@westminster.edu

Natalie Davies earned her B.A. in Psychology at Columbia University and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology at Northwestern University, and after a very (very) brief stint in the clinical world, moved into education. She currently teaches Psychology at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. She has designed introductory psychology courses at three different independent schools over the past twenty years, always with an emphasis on scientific literacy first. She especially enjoys providing high school students with a taste of what it means to be a social scientist and then hearing later from former students who have decided to study psychology in college. 

Contact: ncd@episcopalhighschool.org

Dr. Jordan Wagge is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri, where she teaches courses in psychological research, cognitive psychology, and scientific thinking. She has recently served a six-year term as the Executive Director for the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP), a project that seeks to involve students in authentic, rigorous, transparent research while helping to address the need for direct replications in the field. She is now serving as CREP’s Teaching Director, focusing on instructional consultation and the development of instructional materials.  

Contact: Jordan.Wagge@avila.edu

Chelsea Robertson received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from East Tennessee State University in 2021. She is currently an assistant professor of psychology at the Community College of Baltimore County, where she teaches introductory and developmental psychology. Her teaching interests include trauma-informed teaching, effective and evidence-based teaching practices in the postsecondary classroom, and creating inclusive learning environments that support diverse student populations. Her professional interests also include the application of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to examine and improve teaching practices and student outcomes. She is particularly interested in helping students develop the skills, confidence, and metacognitive strategies needed to succeed in college.

Contact: crobertson@ccbcmd.edu

Kari Hall, MA, currently serves as the chairperson for APA’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS). Hall is in her 27th year of teaching Psychology and Advanced Placement Psychology at Williston High School in Williston, North Dakota. Passionate about using psychology to foster critical thinking and ethical reasoning, she is dedicated to supporting learning experiences that help students examine human behavior and its enduring impact on themselves as they study psychology. Hall is passionate about educators as lifelong learners and believes meaningful professional development enriches both educators and students. She also teaches dual credit sections of US History and The Holocaust: History & Memory in partnership with Williston State College.   

Contact: kari.hall@willistonschools.org