Raina Isaacs, Ph.D.

Instructor of Psychology

Office: Carnegie Hall 202

Email: raisaacs@mckendree.edu

 

Education

 

Ph.D., University of Louisville (2025)

M.S., Illinois State University (2021)

B.A., McKendree University (2019)

A.A., SouthWestern Illinois College (2017)

 

Teaching Interests

 

Introduction to Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Human Memory

 

Publications

 

DeCaro, M. S., Isaacs, R. A., Bego, C. R., & Chastain, R. J. (2023). Bringing exploratory learning online: Problem-solving before instruction improves remote undergraduate physics learning. Frontiers in Education, 8. https://doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1215975

Boysen, G. A., Isaacs, R. A., Chicosky, R. L., & Delmore, E. E. (2023). Intense dislike of students: Frequency, causes, effects, and management among college teachers. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 9(2), 133-149. https://doi:10.1037/stl0000200

Boysen, G. A., & Isaacs, R. A. (2022). Perceptions of people with mental illness as sexually exploitable. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16(1), 38-52. https://doi:10.1037/ebs0000194

Boysen, G. A., Isaacs, R., Tretter, L., & Markowski, S. (2021). Trigger warning efficacy: The impact of warnings on affect, attitudes, and learning. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 7(1), 39-52. https://doi:10.1037/stl0000150

Boysen, G. A., Isaacs, R., Tretter, L., & Markowski, S. (2020). Evidence for blatant dehumanization of mental illness and its relation to stigma. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(3), 346-356. https://doi:10.1080/00224545.2019.1671301

 

Organizations and Memberships:

 

National Association for Research in Science Teaching

American Educational Research Association

Midwestern Psychological Association

Society for the Teaching of Psychology

American Psychological Association