Maya Rookard-McPherson

Associate Professor of Psychology

Founders Hall at FVSU

College of Arts and Sciences

Maya Rookard-McPherson

Maya Rookard-McPherson

Associate Professor of Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences

    • Bond Building
    • 1005 State University Dr.
    • Fort Valley, GA, 31030
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Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences

MAYA ROOKARD-McPHERSON, PH.D.


EDUCATION


Ph.D., Mercer University, 2019.


M.S., Troy University, 2009.


B.S., Columbia College, 2006.


RESEARCH INTERESTS


Collaborative Learning Pedagogy, Abnormal Psychology & Psychological Care, Race & Gender Relations in Psychology, Critical Thinking and Mental Development.



MAYA ROOKARD-McPHERSON, PH.D.


Dr. Rookard-McPherson, a United States Air Force veteran and native of South Carolina with 15 years of experience in the field, is a Psychological Anthropologist whose work to date has focused on research, education, and acute psychology. Her doctoral research and writing was centered in the self-perceived stress/well-being of Correctional Officers within the State Correctional System.