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Academic Advisor Profiles

Deborah Meyers	Deborah Meyers completed an M.A. and pursued doctoral studies in clinical psychology at New York University after completing her A.B. degree in history from Harvard University. She worked as a Clinical Psychologist at the Warren-Washington County Mental Health Clinic and taught courses in psychology at New York University and Adirondack Community College. She has longstanding interests in personality theory, developmental psychology and the psychology of women.
Sarah Stebbins	Sarah Stebbins has a BA, MA, and PhD in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley. She has taught at Rutgers University, Columbia University, University of Bielefeld, Empire State College and Skidmore. She has also published in a number of areas, including logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. Recent UWW courses include the seminars "Convention, Cooperation, and Conflict and Strategic Thinking," co-taught with Christopher Whann, and the seminar "Justice and Social Choice." Current research projects include a book on mental content.
Christopher Whann	Christopher Whann is an Academic Advisor at the University Without Walls and a lecturer in the Department of Government. He has a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Delaware, and a Ph.D. in Political Science and African Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he studied Lesotho-South African relations during the apartheid period. He teaches Skidmore UWW and residential students in the areas of African studies, international affairs, political economy and environmental studies. His research focuses on the politics of development in poorer countries. He continues to study comparative public policy, especially labor migration in the mining industry, and the politics of water transfer projects.