Dawn-Marie Wood

Professor Wood is an assistant teaching professor of psychology with a background in behavioral neuroscience. She specializes in scientific writing, diversity studies, and the psychology of gender. Teaching a variety of foundational as well as upper-division courses for BYU's Psychology Department, she has oriented hundreds of students to the major and has served as a designated faculty mentor to dozens of undergraduates throughout their experiential-learning and senior-capstone experiences. In addition to speaking at forums and participating as a panelist at campus-wide events, she is a co-investigator in ongoing research studying the effects of mindfulness training among marginalized groups of BYU students and has also examined the effects of psychology of gender courses on religiosity, views of gender roles, and perspectives on homosexuality in the campus community. Professor Wood was the 2018-19 recipient of the FHSS "Martin B. Hickman Excellence in Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty" Award, served as a research associate and an audience-specific content editor for the Utah Women & Leadership Project, and currently contributes as a member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and as co-chair of the faculty and student-led Diversity & Inclusion Committees. Leading in this latter capacity, Professor Wood directs the Psychology Research Program (which places dozens of underrepresented students in mentored research labs each academic year) and oversees the planning and implementation of campus events and training initiatives structured specifically to enhance belonging in BYU's Department of Psychology.