Department Faculty - Lisa D. Bendixen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Psychology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 453003
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3003

Office Phone: (702) 895-4632
Office Fax: (702) 895-1658
Room: CEB 223-C
Email: lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu
Website: http://www.unlv.edu/faculty2/bendixen/

Dr. Lisa D. Bendixen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1998. She joined the UNLV faculty in 1999. Her research interests involve the personal epistemology (i.e., beliefs about knowledge and knowing) of students and teachers and how these beliefs influence learning, teaching, and the use of technology. Currently, she is focusing on the personal epistemology of children and its measurement.

Dr. Bendixen is an active member of AERA and APA. She is currently president-elect of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE), serves on the editorial board of Contemporary Educational Psychology, and is the editor of the APA Division 15 :Educational Psychology Newsletter

Specialties

Personal Epistemology & Development