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Lauren Littlefield

Faculty
Department of Psychology
  • Dr. Carol C. Culp Professor of Psychology • Coordinator of Credit-Bearing Psychology Internships 

Lauren Littlefield

Campus Service
  • Psychology Wellness Program Faculty Advisor
  • Wellness Committee/
    Working Group
  • Faculty Council
  • Appeals Committee

Lauren Littlefield

 

Office Hours

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Lauren M. Littlefield, a practicing clinical neuropsychologist, serves as professor and coordinator of the Clinical/Counseling and Psychology Internship programs at Washington College. Publishing in the areas of multi‐tasking, self‐regulation, and working memory capabilities, her primary research interest involves understanding, assessing, and building executive functioning skills.

Education

  • Ph.D./M.S., Clinical Neuropsychology, Drexel University
  • B.A., Psychology major & Sociology minor, Washington College

Academic Expertise

  • Learning disorders/disabilities
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Self-regulation (emotional, behavioral, and cognitive)
  • Executive functioning skills 
  • Wellness and well-being 
  • Verbal working memory

Littlefield enjoys teaching a variety of practical, clinically-oriented courses such as Psychological Testing, Child Assessment, Medical & Developmental Disorders, Group Processes, Psychology Internship, and Human Neuropsychology. She loves advising students and matching them with opportunities in their areas of purpose and passion. She has supervised over 200 Senior Capstone Experience projects and student research teams, culminating in well over 100 peer-reviewed, co-authored paper and poster presentations at regional conferences with students, 12 of which have won regional research awards.

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Additional Information

September 1997 - September 1998. Clinical Neuropsychology & Rehabilitation Fellow for the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. Conducted inpatient and outpatient assessment and intervention with traumatic brain injury, stroke, and learning disordered populations.

  • Littlefield, L. M. (2020). Assessment of self-regulation (Ch. 114; pp. 255-259). In B. J. Carducci & C. S. Nave (Eds.) The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences: Models and Theories. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118970843.ch114
  • Stuebing, M. D., Lorenz, H., & Littlefield, L. M. (2019). Literacy-free 12 step expressive arts curriculum enhances engagement and treatment outcomes for dually diagnosed substance use and mental health disorders. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/07347324.2019.1681331
  • Littlefield, L. M. & Gjertsen, A. (2018). Teaching 21st century brains: Activating working memory in the online world (Ch. 2; pp. 26-37). In R. J. Harnish, K. R. Bridges, D. N. Sattler, M. L. Signorella, & M. Munson (Eds.). The Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning. Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/useoftech
  • Littlefield, L. M. & Siudzinski, R. (2013).  Education reform strategies for student self-regulation and community engagement (Ch. 9; pp.125-148). In A. M. Culp (Ed.) Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps between Research, Practice, and Policy. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology Series. Springer Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-7456-2_9
  • Littlefield, L. M. & Klein, E. (2005). Examining visual-verbal associations in children with and without reading disorder.  Reading Psychology: An International Journal, 26, 363-385.  doi: 10.1080/02702710500285706
  • Washington College President’s Distinguished Service Award (February 19, 2016)
  • Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (April 15, 2008)
  • Maryland Undergraduate Psychological Teacher of the Year 2007 granted by the Maryland Psychological Association (October 26, 2007)
  • Washington College Alumni Association’s Award for Distinguished Teaching (May 16, 2004)
  • Drexel University Neuropsychology Research Award for the top research project (Spring 1996)

I challenge myself to engage students and get them excited about the topics I teach. Some of my favorite courses are:

  • Human Neuropsychology with lab
  • Child Assessment with lab
  • Medical and Developmental Disorders