KAM MAJER, Ph.D.
Residential Faculty, Assistant Department Chair

Address:
Department of Psychology
6000 West Olive Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85302

Education

• Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• M.S., Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• M.A., Applied Behavioral Science, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
• B.A., Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  

Courses Taught

• PSY101 Introduction to Psychology
  • Syllabi: Sections 34097, 34102, 34410, 34417
• PSY250 Social Psychology
  • Syllabus
• PSY277 Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • Syllabus

Philosophy of Education

• The key words for me are "fun and demanding/caring." I like my student to have fun in my classes, but I am sort of a demanding instructor. I want my students to do their best, to learn, understand, and remember the material from the course. Some people consider this demanding, I consider it caring about my students. My classes focus on individual and group activities, student/instructor interaction and projects. Some of my classes are taught using a "multiple intelligences/learning for understanding" approach.

Professional Interests

• Mentoring part-time faculty members in the department, revising and updating curriculum in my courses as well as developing new classes, developing cooperative learning activities, making presentations at professional meetings, increasing my own personal knowledge base, working as a departmental liaison with other academic institutions and staying as far away as possible from administrative duties which include getting up early, budgets, and boring meetings.

Personal Interests

• Spending more time having fun than working each week which could include running and playing with my dog, Sedona (pictured above), biking and hiking with friends, cooking wonderful things to eat or going to my favorite restaurants or finding new, exciting ethnic restaurants, reading fiction, going to movies, shopping, traveling, sending e-mails to my friends, sharing time with Sami, my Siamese cat, and drinking dry white wine!

Teacher's Pets: Sedona the dog and Sami the cat