Psychology: A Concise Introduction

Sherri L. Jackson is Vice-Provost of Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychology at Jacksonville University. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. During her 31 years at Jacksonville University, she has won numerous faculty awards, including Professor of the Year, University Woman of the Year, University awards for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Professional Activity, and Service. She was also a recipient of a Jacksonville Business Journal Woman of Influence Award. Her service contributions to Jacksonville University are numerous, but most significantly, she has served as Chair of the Faculty, Vice-Chair of the Faculty, Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts, and Chair of the Division of Social Sciences and is presently serving as Vice Provost of Academic Affairs. She is the author of four textbooks that have been adopted at colleges and universities nationally and internationally—Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach, now in its 5th edition, Statistics: Plain and Simple now in its 4th edition, Research Methods: A Modular Approach now in its 3rd edition, and the final textbook in her tetralogy, A Concise Guide to Statistical Analyses Using Excel, SPSS, and the Ti84 Calculator. She has edited or authored four teaching resource books, 16 textbook supplements, and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, including 19 in the Teaching of Psychology.