Biography
Jacob S. Sawyer
Degrees
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Columbia University, 2017
Courses Taught
- PSYCH 100: Introductory Psychology
- PSYCH 221: Introduction to Social Psychology
- PSYCH 270: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
- PSYCH 432: Multicultural Psychology in America (U.S.)
- PSYCH 441: Health Psychology
- PSYCH 470: Abnormal Psychology
- HDFS 411: The Helping Relationship
- HDFS 414: Resolving Human Development and Family Problems
Faculty Scholarly Activities
- Sawyer, J. S., Brewster, M. E., & Ertl, M. M. (2019). Death anxiety and death acceptance in atheists and other nonbelievers. Death Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1648339
- Sawyer, J. S., & Brewster, M. E. (2018). Assessing posttraumatic growth, complicated grief, and psychological distress in bereaved atheists and believers. Death Studies. doi:10.1080/07481187.2018.1446061
- Brewster, M. E., Hammer, J., Sawyer, J. S., Eklund, A., & Palamore, J. (2016). Perceived experiences of atheist discrimination: Instrument development and evaluation. Journal of Counseling Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000156
Research Interests
Death, dying, and bereavement; experiences of nonreligious and atheist individuals; college student mental health
Publications
Evidence-based Peer Health Education: New Paradigms and Opportunities - 2018
LGBTQ Health - 2018
Assessing posttraumatic growth, complicated grief, and psychological distress in bereaved atheists and believers, Death Studies - 2018
Ethics in Gender Research - 2017
Gender Socialization in Men - 2017
A Content Analysis of Scholarship on Consensual Nonmonogamies: Methodological Roadmaps, Current Themes, and Directions for Future Research, COUPLE AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH AND PRACTICE - 2017
Perceived Experiences of Atheist Discrimination: Instrument Development and Evaluation, JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY - 2016
Atheism and the American Family - 2014
Education
Ph D, Counseling Psychology, Columbia University
M Phil, Counseling Psychology, Columbia University
BS, Psychology, Central Michigan University