Barbara Hofer
Professor of Psychology
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 275
Phone: 802.443.2534
Email: bhofer@middlebury.edu
Topics she can discuss include: - The "electronic tether" of technology between college Students and their parents
- Technology's effects on the transition to adulthood
- Cultural, educational and developmental psychology
Media Links:
Electronic Tether, Interview on Vermont Public Radio, http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/78361/
Barbara Hofer is an associate professor of psychology at Middlebury College. She joined the faculty in 1998. She teaches courses on adolescent development, educational psychology and cultural psychology.
Her current research focuses on two areas: 1) how frequent contact between college students and their parents influences the development of self-regulation and autonomy, and 2) personal epistemology—individual beliefs about knowledge and knowing—and how it interacts with learning and academic performance. She has worked on cross-national studies of academic achievement and schooling.
Recent publications include an article titled "Motivation in the College Classroom" and an edited book titled "Personal Epistemology: The Psychology of Beliefs about Knowledge and Knowing."
Hofer graduated from University of South Florida, and received her masters from Harvard University and doctorate from University of Michigan.