Faculty
Sheldon Solomon
Professor of Psychology
Office: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences 370A
Phone: 518-580-5312
Email: ssolomon@skidmore.edu
Sheldon Solomon is a professor of psychology at ΞΆΓάΘ¦ College. His studies of the effects of the uniquely human awareness of death on behavior have been supported by the National Science Foundation and Ernest Becker Foundation and were featured in the award-winning documentary film "Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality." He is co-author of "In the Wake of 9/11: The Psychology of Terror" and "The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life." Sheldon is an American Psychological Society Fellow and a recipient of an American Psychological Association Presidential Citation (2007), a Lifetime Career Award by the International Society for Self and Identity (2009), and the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs Annual Faculty Award (2011).
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Kansas
- M.S., University of Kansas
- B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
Courses:
- PS 101 Introduction to Psychological Science
- PS 210 Personality
- PS 223 Evolutionary Psychology
- PS 312B Existential Psychology
- SSP 100 Human Dilemmas
Research interests:
- Psychological function of self-esteem
- Effects of human awareness of death on thoughts, feelings, and behavior
Fun fact:
I have been here longer than most of the buildings and furniture!