Tara Woolfolk

Tara Woolfolk
Instructor of Psychology
Department of Psychology

About the Speaker

Tara Woolfolk regularly teaches such courses as Intro to Psychology; Stats for Social Science; Psychology of Adjustment; and Psychology of Minority Groups.  Her research examines adult identity development and psychology in film and mass media.

Areas of Expertise

• Identity and marginality among African Americans
• Gender and identity
• Psychology of marketing and advertising
• Mass media images and psychology
• Life span development
• Crisis and coping
• Adolescents, parents, and risk factors for all parts of the adolescent’s family ecosystem
• Women’s issues