Francis T. "Frank" McAndrew (b. January 27, 1953 –
Augsburg
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, Germany) is an American
social psychologist
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and the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at
Knox College in
Galesburg, Illinois
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is northwest of Peoria. At the 2010 census, its population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County and the principal city of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical ...
.
[Biography of Frank McAndrew at Knox College]
/ref> At Knox, he founded the environmental studies program and chaired the psychology department for a decade. McAndrew is an elected fellow of numerous professional organizations, including the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the Midwestern Psychological Association (Charter Fellow). He received a B.S. in psychology from King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom:
*King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge
*King's College London, a constituent of the University of London
It ca ...
in Pennsylvania and also a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifie ...
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Early in his career, McAndrew specialized in the study of ]environmental psychology
Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that explores the relationship between humans and the external world. It examines the way in which the natural environment and our built environments shape us as individuals. Environmental Psychol ...
and nonverbal communication
Nonverbal communication (NVC) is the transmission of messages or signals through a nonverbal platform such as eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and body language. It includes the use of social cues, kinesics, distance (proxemi ...
. He is the author of one of the classic texts in the field, ''Environmental Psychology''. In mid-career, he moved into the study of evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evolv ...
where he became best known for his pioneering work on gossip, creepiness, and the psychology of mass shootings.
In recent years, McAndrew has become an essayist and purveyor of psychological science to lay audiences. He has published in dozens of well-known popular media outlets such as ''Time'', CNN, ''The Guardian'', and ''Scientific American''. He is also a blogger for ''Psychology Today'' Magazine.
McAndrew grew up in the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbo ...
towns of Scranton
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and Dallas
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. He is married and has a son, a daughter, and a granddaughter. He was a wrestler in high school and college, and he coached the Knox College wrestling team for almost 30 years, with twelve years as the head coach.Watkins, Sam (23 September 2015). Article in ''The Knox Student''
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References
External links
Professional website
Knox College faculty profile
Social Psychology Network profile
The Conversation profile
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1953 births
Living people
People from Galesburg, Illinois
Knox College (Illinois) faculty
21st-century American psychologists
University of Maine alumni
Social psychologists
King's College (Pennsylvania) alumni
20th-century American psychologists