JOHN TESKE, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
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Degrees:
B.A., Indiana University, 1974
M.A., Clark University, 1978
Ph.D., Clark University, 1981
Interests:
Dr. Teske is our specialist in personality and social psychology. He has conducted research on nonverbal behavior, environmental psychology, and social cognition. He also has interests in evolutionary psychology, philosophical psychology, and the science-religion dialogue. His work has been published in multiple specialties: Social-environmental, developmental, and philosophical, as well as in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. He is currently serving as President of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. He was recently named as one of the 50 most-cited authors of Blackwell Publications.
Dr. Teske was recently featured in the in the video series, “Matter and Beyond,” which focuses on workers in science and religion. The 30 minute segment can be viewed through this link.
Sample Citations:
Teske, J.A. (2007). Bindings of Will: The Neuropsychology of Subdoxastic Faith. Studies in Science and Theology, Vol. 12.
Teske, J.A. (2006). Neuromythology: Brains and Stories. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 41 (March): 173-200.
Teske, J.A. (2005). Boundaries and spirit: Subject/object, self/other, and internal/external in science, religion,and culture. Studies in Science and Theology, 10, 55-73
Teske, J.A. (2005). A Janus Face upon Religion from Scientific Materialism, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, 40, 289-297.
Courses:
105 General Psychology
209 Psyche and Film
235 Social Psychology
371 Neuromythology
321 Theories of Personality
Office:
260C Esbenshade
Department of Psychology
Elizabethtown College
One Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 361-1332
(717) 361-1176 (fax)
teskeja@etown.edu
