Psychology

Regan A. R. Gurung is a social psychologist by training with research encompassing social, health, and pedagogical psychology.  Over 100 of his articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals and he has co-authored/co-edited 15 books. He is currently working on A Complete Guide to a Teaching Focused Career (with Pam Ansburg and Mark Basham), and Studying Like a Champion: Applying Cognitive Science to Everyday Life (with John Dunlosky). He was a founding co-editor of APA's journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. He co-chairs the APA General Psychology Initiative and is current past president of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology.

Dr. Gurung taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for twenty years before moving to Corvallis in 2019.

Selected Honors and Awards

• Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Career in Teaching Psychology, American Psychological Foundation
• Wisconsin Professor of the Year, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
• Regent’s Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin System
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Carleton College Alumni Association (2016)
• Fellow, American Psychological Association
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
• Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association

Selected and Recent Publications (See CV for full listing)
(† indicates undergraduate student)

Schwartz, E., Landrum, R. E., & Gurung, R. A. R. (in press). An EasyGuide to APA style and format (4th ed.). SAGE.

Gurung, R. A. R, †Stoa, R., †Livingston, N., & †Mather, H. (2020). Diffusing prejudice of African American athletes. Journal of Social Psychology.

Gurung, R. A. R. (2019). Health psychology: Well-being in a diverse world (4th ed.). SAGE.

Gurung, R. A. R., & †Stoa, R. (In press). Teaching research methods: A national study of instructors and students. Teaching of Psychology.

Gurung, R. A. R. & Burns, K. (2019). Putting evidence-based claims to the test: A multi-site classroom study of retrieval practice and spaced practice. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Gurung, R. A. R., Richmond, A. S., Drouin, M., Landrum, R. E., & Christopher, A. (2019). The state of the scholarship of teaching and learning in psychology and beyond: A 10-year report card. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Landrum, R. E., Gurung, R. A. R., & Amsel, E. (2019). The importance of taking psychology: A comparison of three levels of exposure. Teaching of Psychology.

Revenson, T. A., & Gurung, R. A. R. (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of health psychology. Routledge.

Gurung, R. A. R. (Ed.). (2018). Latino health. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Chew, S., Halonen, J., McCarthy, M., Gurung, R. A. R., McEntarfer, R., & Landrum, R. E.(2018). Practicing what we teach: Improving teaching and learning in psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 45(3), 239-245. doi:10.1177/0098628318779264

Gurung, R. A. R. (Ed.). (2017). Mexican American health: Social, cultural, and clinical perspectives. Praeger.

Gurung, R. A. R., Hackathorn, J., Enns, C., Frantz, S., Cacioppo, J. T., Loop, T., & Freeman, J. (2016). Strengthening introductory psychology: A new model for teaching intro psych. American Psychologist, 71(2),112-124. doi:10.1037/a0040012

Richmond, A., Boysen, G., & Gurung, R. A. R. (2016). An evidence-based guide to college and university teaching: Model teaching competencies. Routledge.

Gurung, R. A. R., & Wilson, J. H. (Eds.). (2013). Doing the scholarship of teaching and learning: Measuring systematic changes to teaching and improvements in learning. Jossey-Bass.

Gurung, R. A. R., Chick, N., & Haynie, A. (Eds.). (2009). Exploring signature pedagogies: Approaches to teaching disciplinary habits of mind. Stylus.