Faculty
Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.
Department Chair
Angela Sabates
Professor of Psychology | a-sabates@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003
Dr. Sabates' research interests are broadly related to social perception and inter-group relations. For example, her research has focused on the possible connections between hyper-masculinity bias and endorsement of negative social attitudes, factors related to some Christians' anti-Muslim attitudes, the relationship between self-perception and degree of religious affiliation, and differing moral preferences of college majors. She is also interested in how Christian perspectives are relate. . . read more.
Faculty
Rachel Anderson
Associate Professor of Psychology | rm-anderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019
Associate Professor of Psychology
Sherryse Corrow
Professor of Psychology | shc62369@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Dr. Corrow received her bachelors degree in psychology from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in child psychology with an emphasis in cognitive neuroscience from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She also completed four years of postdoctoral training in neuroscience (emphasis in neurology/ophthalmology and visual sciences) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Sherryse teaches courses pertaining to cognitiv. . . read more.
Joel Frederickson
Professor of Psychology | frejoe@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996
Frederickson's research interests include the psychological impact of apologies and how students change over four years from participating in college. This includes changes in cognition, beliefs, and spirituality.
Ruth Nelson
Professor of Psychology | rnelson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Nelson's research interests include adoption and academic achievement, faith integration with disability studies, academic support services for English Language Learners, and developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Gretchen Wrobel
University Professor of Psychology | g-wrobel@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Wrobel conducts research on curiosity as it affects relationships in adoption, including the adopted person, adoptive parents, and birth parents.
Adjunct Faculty
Ryan Hovis
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | ryan-hovis@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016
Teaching Partner of Counseling
Brenna Keefe
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services | brk83329@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Human Services
Amy Bianchi-Ross
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | amb94568@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Nicole Centanni
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | n-centanni@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005
Nicole is an experienced career coach with a focus on positive psychology, design thinking and wellbeing.
Kasey Erickson
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | kasey-erickson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2024
Kasey Erickson is a practicing mental health therapist in the Twin Cities. Special interest areas include trauma, rest and renewal, and the intersection between theology and mental health.
Krystal Humphreys
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | k-d-humphreys@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
Research Includes: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; Non-Suicidal Self-Injury; and Children and Adolescents in Military families.
Alicia Ochs
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | a-ochs@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2023
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Kathlene Scholljegerdes
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | k-scholl@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998
Dr. Scholljegerdes completed her masters degree in counseling psychology from Bethel and then graduated from the University of St. Thomas with a doctorate in counseling psychology. After working at Bethel for over 16 years, she was a staff psychologist at two Veterans Affairs hospitals. She provided psychotherapy for patients, focusing on trauma, and facilitated training for medical staff. Prior to working at the VA, she had an extensive background in career development and worked in human . . . read more.
Susan Schwope
Adjunct Teaching Partner Instructor of Psychology | s-tag@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001
Psychology Mental Health Special Education
Bailey Thompson
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology | bailey-a-thompson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022
Adjunct Instructor of Psychology
Emeritus/Emerita Faculty
Linde Getahun
Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita | getlin@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1994
Associate Professor of Psychology Emerita
Andy Johnson
Associate Professor of Psychology Emeritus | ajohnson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1995
Dr. Andy Johnson's research interests include religion and gender violence. He edited the volume "Religion and Men's Violence Against Women."
Lucie Johnson
Professor of Psychology Emerita | johluc@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1980
Professor of Psychology Emerita
James Koch
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | je-koch@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1984
Professor of Psychology Emeritus
Jason Li
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | j-li@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1985
Li focuses his research on cross-cultural and multi-cultural competence in counseling. He also has a passion for exploring the integration of psychological and Christian perspectives in counseling.
Steven McNeel
Professor of Psychology Emeritus | mcnste@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1978
Professor of Psychology Emeritus
Katherine Nevins
Professor of Psychology Emerita | k-nevins@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1981
Nevins focuses her research on college student development, women's lives and choices, strategies for improving teaching and learning, and conflict resolution.
Carole Young
Dean of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology Emerita | youcar@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1990
Young focuses her research on the processes of retrieving knowledge from semantic memory. Specifically, she looks at what retrieval strategies people use and how metacognitive factors influence the choice of strategies.
Ben K Lim
Professor of Marital and Family Therapy Emeritus | b-lim@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Dr. Lim's teaching, writing, and specializations include systemic relational therapy, premarital counseling, marriage enrichment, parenting, multicultural therapy, spiritual issues, missionaries, and pastoral self-care, trauma, grief, and loss issues. In addition to training therapists, he also teaches pastoral care classes for ministers of the Gospel. An ordained minister, Ben has pastored for many years in different churches in Malaysia, Singapore, Texas, and California. Ben is a Clinical. . . read more.