Lawrence Burns
Professor - Personality/Clinical Psychology
- B.S. California Maritime Academy
- M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York - Stonybrook
Outstanding University Service Award 2010
Pew Teaching Excellence Award 2000
Office: 2219 Au Sable Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2862
Email: [email protected]
Awards
Pew Teaching Excellence Award 2000
Outstanding University Service Award 2010
Specialization
Clinical/Personality Psychology, Scholarship of Teaching
Courses Taught
PSY 303 - Psychopathology
PSY 311 - SWS Controversial Issues Psych
PSY 405 - History and Systems
PSY 492 - Advanced General: The Capstone
Research Interests
****coming soon****
Recent Publications
Plominski, A. & Burns, L. R. (2018). Troubled Minds of the Gifted: An Investigation of the Psychological Well-Being of Grand Valley State Honors Students. Journal of Advanced Academics, 29(1), 5-28.
Sederlund, A., Burns, L., & Rogers, W. (2020). Perfectionism and procrastination: Seeking determinants of both. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 5099.
Meadows, A., Rose, M., Burns, L., & Bellamy, K. (2021). Using discussion to teach Capstone courses in Psychology. Creative Education, 12(1), 122-139 DOI: 10.4236/ce.2021.121009.
Phillips, N., Carpenter, R., Mangan, E., & Burns, L. (2022). Predictors of relationship satisfaction: What’s perfection got to do with it? Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science, 10(1), 39-56.
Carpenter, R., Wheeler, M., Burns, L., Dueling, J., & Rogers, W. (2023). EFA, CFA, convergent and discriminant validity of the PNP-SF. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 13(1).