Beverly Roskos, PhD
(Ross-kuss)
Associate Professor Emerita
Primary Concentration:
Cognitive Psychology
Contact Information:
Office: NA
PY Dept Phone: (205) 348-5083
E-Mail: broskos@ua.edu
Secondary Concentration:
Developmental Psychology
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Education
Johnson High School, St. Paul, MN
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
BS in Psychology, 1983
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
PhD in Cognitive Psychology, 1989
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Post-doctoral research fellowship in Cognitive Sciences, 1989-1991
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
PY 211 – Elementary Statistics
PY 491 – Seminar: Environmental Psych
Graduate
PY 650 – Cognition and Learning
PY 670 – Perception and Action
PY 655 – Seminar: Visual-Spatial Cognition
PY 655 – Seminar: Cognition and Creative Writing
Research Interests
Wayfinding
Sex differences in spatial ability
Media comprehension
Visual creativity
Environmental psychology
Professional Service
Editorial Board, Traffic Psychology (2025)
Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Psychology
Reviewer, Sustainability
Reviewer, Behavioral Sciences
Reviewer, Frontiers in Psychology