Susan McFadden, Ph.D.
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mcfadden@uwosh.edu
Susan McFadden, Professor of Psychology, has taught at UW Oshkosh since 1985. Her main interests are in the area of adult development and aging and the psychology 
of religion. She has combined these interests in a number of research projects and scholarly articles that address the role of religion and spirituality in adjustment to the aging process. Dr. McFadden also works with people with advanced dementia. She is interested in their expressions of creativity, emotion, and sociability, as well as the effects of their living environments on their behavior.
Dr. McFadden has many years of teaching experience. She taught high school psychology for one year while she worked on her Master's degree. After earning that degree, she taught psychology at a large community college in New Jersey before she moved to Wisconsin in 1983 and completed her doctoral work in 1984. It has been exciting for her to observe the many changes and developments in psychology since she received her Bachelor's degree from Bucknell University in 1970. She enjoys working with students, especially when they ask good questions and get involved in conducting research.
Dr. McFadden received her Ph.D. from Drew University in Madison, NJ. Along the way, from her B.A. to her Ph.D., two children, Kate and Colin, entered her life. She hasn't had much time to develop hobbies through these busy years, although she does love to putter in her flower garden, take long walks, and, of course, read, read, read. She and her husband have a tiny cabin in the Upper Peninsula near Munising where they go for hammock-sitting and eagle-watching, as well as kayaking on Lake Superior.
