Kevin Simpson
Professor of Psychology
Contact Information
Psychology Department
Office: GRW 315B
Email: ksimpson@cu-portland.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Denver, 1999
M.S., University of North Texas, 1993
B.S., John Brown University, 1989
Background
Dr. Kevin Simpson has served as Professor of Psychology in the Psychology Department since 2000. Prior to arriving in Portland, he taught in the wilds of rural Utah immediately after completing graduate school in counseling psychology at the University of Denver. His background and training in psychotherapy also required a full year clinical internship at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He holds memberships in the American Psychological Association and Division 2 of the APA, the Teaching of Psychology.
In addition to his teaching duties in social and personality psychology, Dr. Simpson has served as a sport psychology consultant to the Concordia University men's soccer team.
His most recent publications have been in the areas of genius and creativity, the use of classic and modern propaganda in the teaching of social psychology, and the application of visualization and imagery principles in sport psychology to outdoor pursuits. His other professional interest areas include teaching the Holocaust and comparative genocide, eating disordered behavior in sport, HIV/AIDS outreach, and international education. Dr. Simpson has also presented at international conferences for teachers of psychology, national conferences of the American Psychological Association, and various regional and local conferences in college student psychotherapy.
Recently, Dr. Simpson served as a guest faculty in a summer college preparatory program at Yale University where he taught a seminar entitled "Beautiful Minds": Psychology revealed through exceptional lives. This seminar has also been regularly presented at Concordia and offered as part of a faculty-in-residence experience in a study abroad program in London, England. But his true passions in life include his wife, Stefanie, and two children, Grace and Eli, and the ongoing successes of Manchester United football club.