Hunter Gehlbach

Assistant Professor of Education
(On Leave Spring 2010)

Profile

Hunter Gehlbach is an educational psychologist with an affinity for social psychology. His interests lie in improving educational settings through enhancing the social interactions of teachers and students. His specific interests within social psychology focus on social perspective taking, i.e., how people discern the thoughts and feelings of others within the classroom. For examples of how social psychology might be used to improve teaching and learning, please visit his APS funded website. In addition to this substantive interest, he is also interested in helping social scientists to design effective questionnaires. He teaches classes in each of these areas as well as a section of the core course for incoming doctoral students. Currently, he serves as a member of the Spencer Foundation’s task force on developing high quality educational researchers. After graduating with a B.A. from Swarthmore College in psychology and education, Gehlbach taught high school social studies before returning to school for an M.Ed. in school counseling from the University of Massachussets-Amherst and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Stanford University