Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, ADJUST is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today's learners. ADJUST employs balanced psychological research coverage, engaging applications, and current examples to help readers understand themselves and the world.
Dunn, Dana: - Dana S. Dunn is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is author or editor of over 35 books and more than 200 journal articles, chapters and book reviews. His scholarship examines teaching, learning and liberal education as well as the social psychology of disability. Dr. Dunn writes "Head of the Class", a Psychology Today blog on teaching. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, he served as president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) in 2010 and Rehabilitation Psychology (APA Division 22) in 2019. In 2013, Dr. Dunn received the APF Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Oxford Bibliographies (OB): Psychology. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Virginia.
Hammer, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Yost Hammer is the Kellogg Professor in Teaching in the psychology department and director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Her work as director includes organizing pedagogical workshops and faculty development initiatives. A fellow of Division 2 of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Hammer is a past president of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology and has served as treasurer for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also served as chief reader for Advanced Placement Psychology. Dr. Hammer is a co-author on MYER'S PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE AP COURSE, 4th edition, and the author of the teacher's edition. Passionate about teaching, she has published and presented on collaborative learning, mentoring students and inclusive pedagogy. In 2021, she received the APF Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology. She, her husband and their two rescue dogs work, play and, when necessary, self-isolate in New Orleans. She earned her B.S. in psychology from Troy University and received her Ph.D. in experimental social psychology from Tulane University.
Weiten, Wayne: - Wayne Weiten is a graduate of Bradley University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He currently teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he runs a seminar on teaching and mentors new instructors. He has received distinguished teaching awards from Division Two of APA and from the College of DuPage, where he taught until 1991. He is a Fellow of Divisions One and Two of APA. In 1991, he helped chair the APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology and in 1996-1997 he served as President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. He served as President of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association in 2012-2013. In 2006, one of the five national teaching awards given annually by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology was named in his honor. Weiten has conducted research on a wide range of topics. He is the author of Psychology: Themes & Variations, Psychology Applied to Modern Life (with Dana Dunn and Elizabeth Yost Hammer) and PsykTrek: A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology.
