Michelle Yarwood

Dr. Michelle Guthrie Yarwood, Ph.D., is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology at Penn State-University Park.  Dr. Guthrie Yarwood received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, with a specialization in social psychology, from Texas Tech University.  Her teaching interests are focused in the area of social and personality psychology, including human emotion, personality psychology, interpersonal relationships, and social psychology generally.  Dr. Guthrie Yarwood continues to conduct research with her undergraduate students in areas that parallel her own research, including on emotions such as nostalgia, missing, schadenfreude, and contempt.