Contact Information
Academic:
aswan[at]eureka.edu
General:
alexbswan[at]gmail.com
Office
Burgess Hall 106B
Corner Office
Mailing Address
Psychology
Science and Mathematics Division
Eureka College
300 E. College Avenue
Eureka, IL 61530
Find Me Online
Access my social media, academic profiles, podcast, YouTube channel, and other online projects.
Schedule a Meeting
Students and colleagues can schedule an in-person office meeting or virtual meeting through Teams or Zoom.
About Me
I am an Associate Professor of Psychology at Eureka College. My academic work focuses on cognitive psychology, memory, reasoning, bias, psychological science, and the use of film and media to teach psychology.
My path into psychology began at Los Angeles Valley College before I transferred to California State University, Northridge, where I completed my bachelor’s degree in Psychology. I later earned my MA in Experimental Psychology at CSUN and my Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Across teaching, research, and public communication, I am especially interested in helping people think more clearly about evidence, belief, memory, scientific claims, and the ways psychology appears in everyday life and popular media.
Outside of teaching and research, I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids, traveling, watching films (perhaps unsurprisingly), TV shows, and sports, and exploring new technology.