Department of Psychology

Lewis Barker received his BA in psychology from Occidental College in Los Angeles and an MA and Ph.D. from Florida State University. He taught for 28 years at Baylor University in Texas where he was Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. He chaired the Department of Psychology at Auburn from 2000-02 where he is currently Professor of Psychology. He is Coordinator of the Human Odyssey Program in the Honors College and Coordinator of Human Odyssey in Europe, '09.

Over his career he has taught 18 different undergraduate courses, 9 graduate courses, and 5 labs. Introduction to Biopsychology, first taught in 1974, was among the earliest freshman-level course offering in evolutionary and physiological psychology in the U.S. He has numerous publications and book chapters, two edited books in the general area of human and animal learning, a textbook in learning, a textbook in general psychology, one unpublished screenplay, and one unpublished novel. Barker is married, has three adult daughters and two grandchildren.

• 1972, Ph.D., Psychobiology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• 1970, M.A., Psychology, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• 1964, A.B., Psychology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California

• Using Yes-No Recognition Tests to Assess Student Memory for Course Content. Teaching of Psychology (in press)
• Biological Psychology. In 21st Century Psychology, A Reference Handbook. Los Angeles: Sage Publications
• Teaching evolutionary psychology: An interview with David M. Buss. Teaching of Psychology, 33, 69-76.
• Learning and Behavior: Biological, Psychological, and Sociocultural Perspectives. (Reprint 3rd Edition( Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Custom Publishing
• Psychology (2nd Edition), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Custom Publishing.

• PSYC2010, Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC2017, Honors Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC3510, Behavioral Neuroscience
• PSYC3520, Psychology of Learning
• PSYC3950, Sports Psychology
• PSYC3970, Consciousness
• UNIV2710, Human Odyssey I
• UNIV2720, Human Odyssey II
• UNIV2717, Honors Human Odyssey I
• UNIV2727, Honors Human Odyssey II