Faculty List

Marc B Setterlund, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology
Joined Alma College Faculty in 1997
SAC B-27
(989) 463-7176
Office Hours: MWF 2:30-4

Education

  • Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University (1993)
  • M.A. The Johns Hopkins University (1991)
  • B.A. Gustavus Adolphus College (1989)

Research Interests

Self-concept, Self-esteem, Emotion and Cognition, Human Sexuality

Directed Student Presentations and Achievements

Selected Articles

  • Marc B Setterlund, Ph.D. Jessica Camp.  "Similarity to Sexually Active or Abstinant Others Interacts with Self-Esteem to Predict Sexual Permissiveness."  Journal of Sex Research.  2006, 43, 1, 9  February 1, 2006.

Recent Presentations

  • "Safer Sex Practices are Predicted by Attributional Style."  World Association of Sexual Health.  Gothenburg Sweden.  June 2009.
  • Joy Bailey.  "Anxiety and self-esteem predict use of prototype matching to choose social situations.."  Society for Personality and Social Psychology.  Memphis.
  • Gildersleeve, Kelly.  "Love at first sniff: Testosterone and olfactory cues of attraction."  Society for Personality and Social Psychology.  Memphis.
  • Bronwen Pardes.  "Attributional style predicts sex without condoms."  Association for Psychological Science.  New York.  May 2006.
  • Marc Setterlund & Jessica Camp.  "Similarity to sexually active or abstinent others, interacts with self-esteem to predict sexual permissiveness."  World Congress of Sexology.  Montreal, Canada.

Professional Memberships

  • European Association for Personality Psychology
  • American Psychological Society
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

Service to the College

  • Associate Provost
  • Associate Provost
  • Student Affairs Committee
  • Educational Technology Committee
  • Faculty Personnel Committee

Service to the Profession

  • Consulting Editor for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Reviewer for Self and Identity
  • Consulting Editor for Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Reviewer for The European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Reviewer for National Science Foundation

 

Alma College boasts a 13-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education, 33 academic majors, self-designed programs of emphasis, pre-professional programs in law and medicine, and an intensive Spring Term that provides opportunities for innovative courses, travel classes, research and internships.

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Graduate Profile

Julie Bolitho-Lee

Julie Bolitho-Lee
Graduation: 2006
Major: English

Since graduating from Alma College in 2006, Julie Bolitho-Lee has gotten married, finished a master’s degree, earned status as a dual citizen, published poetry, adopted two dogs and a cat, and traveled to more than 15 different countries.

Yet not once has Bolitho-Lee forgotten the incredible support she received from the English faculty when she was a student at Alma.

“I have always loved English—reading and writing,” she says. “I knew it would be my major before I even went to Alma, but the faculty in the English department fed and indulged my passions in unexpected and beautiful ways.”

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