Faculty Profile
Marie Helweg-Larsen
Professor of Psychology; Glen E. & Mary Line Todd Chair in the Social Sciences; Director, Norwich Sciences Program in England, 2019-21 (2002)
Contact Information
http://blogs.dickinson.edu/helwegm/
Bio
Professor Helweg-Larsen’s research is in the areas of social psychology, health psychology and cross-cultural psychology – specifically why smart people do dumb thing and how to make them stop. She is currently examining in the US and Denmark how smokers react to being stigmatized.
Education
- B.A., California State University - Northridge, 1989
- M.A., University of California - Los Angeles, 1990
- Ph.D., 1994
Awards
- Dickinson Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2015-16
2019-2020 Academic Year
Spring 2020
SCIE 258 The History of Science
The nature of science as a major aspect of Western civilization. Examines science and the scientific enterprise by devoting particular attention to the following: the structuring of basic assumptions about nature and method; social, cultural, and religious dimensions of scientific change and discovery; noted developments in the physical and life sciences. Topics vary and will be announced each term. Recent topics have included: The Scientific Revolution, History of the Physical Sciences, Development of Cosmology, Science and Religion, Light in Science and Art, and Ethnoastronomy.
