{"id":1081,"date":"2012-06-11T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2015-07-25T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T17:10:07","slug":"shes-psyched-and-her-students-are-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2012\/06\/11\/shes-psyched-and-her-students-are-too\/","title":{"rendered":"She&#8217;s Psyched (and Her Students are Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/37247391\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Miriam Liss\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSaying <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.umw.edu\/mediaresourceguide\/faculty\/mlissumw-edu\/\">Miriam Liss<\/a> likes psychology would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>Liss, a licensed clinical psychologist and one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/04\/03\/seven-umw-professors-named-to-princeton-reviews-best-300-list\/\">Princeton Review\u2019s 300 Best Professors<\/a>, is known for her energy in the classroom and her ability to engage with students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Liss-Video-101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/liss-video-101\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Liss-Video-101.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,541\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1328058721&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Liss Video 10[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Miriam Liss, associate professor of psychology, leads her classes in role play exercises&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Liss-Video-101-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Liss-Video-101.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1111\" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/06\/Liss-Video-101-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miriam Liss, associate professor of psychology, leads her classes in role play exercises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI love getting students up out of their seats and getting them engaged with the material,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in her personality class she has students role play Erikson\u2019s stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents may forget a lecture about Erikson, but they will never forget the interpretative dance used to illustrate autonomy versus shame and doubt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her work in the classroom, Liss is passionate about the independent research projects of her students. She has published more than 10 articles with student co-authors in peer-reviewed journals and has presented with numerous students at national conferences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents can get such a unique experience with our faculty,\u201d she said of UMW\u2019s emphasis on undergraduate research.<\/p>\n<p>Liss and colleague <a href=\"http:\/\/publications.umw.edu\/mediaresourceguide\/faculty\/merchullumw-edu\/\">Mindy Erchull<\/a>, associate professor of psychology, recently released findings of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/annanorth\/study-feminists-more-likely-than-non-feminists-to\">compelling new study<\/a> of their own. The research, published in the journal Sex Roles, delves into the link between feminist mothers and attachment-parenting techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saying Miriam Liss likes psychology would be an understatement. 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