Christopher Stanzione

Senior Academic Professional | Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Education

Ph.D. (2014) Educational Psychology, Georgia State University 

About

Dr. Christopher Stanzione is a Senior Academic Professional and serves as the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Psychology. Dr. Stanzione is a trained Educational Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in higher education. He is a well-respected teacher having received several teaching awards during his tenure (Undergraduate Educator Award, 2018; Eric R. Immel Award, 2018; Geoffrey G. Eichholz Teaching Excellence Award, 2024). His research area includes studying language and cognitive development in both at-risk and deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Furthermore, Dr. Stanzione and his colleague Dr.  Babcock have led efforts to reduce the financial burden of textbooks by implementing a grant-funded pilot program using Open Educational Resources in General Psychology. As an administrator, Dr. Stanzione has worked with a team of likeminded faculty to identify new degree opportunities for students. For example, he received the GT-AMP grant to begin a new internal internship program, helped to implement two minor programs in Mental Health & Well-Being and Computation & Cognition, and created a 5-year BSMS program.

Selected Publications

• Fletcher, K. A. & Stanzione, C. M. (2021). A mixed-methods approach to understanding laptop-free zones in college classrooms. Computers & Education, 172, 1-11.
• Yu, C., Stanzione, C. M., Wellman, H. W., & Lederberg, A. R. (2021). Theory-of-mind development in young deaf children with early hearing provisions. Psychological Science, 32(1), 109-119.
• Reuben, K. E., Stanzione, C. M., & Singleton, J. L. (2021). Interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic stress in autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood, 3(3), 247-256.
• Stanzione, C. M. & Schick, B. (2014). Environmental language factors in theory of mind development: Evidence from children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing or who have specific language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 34, 296-312.
• Stanzione, C. M., Perez, S. M., & Lederberg, A. R. (2013). Assessing aspects of creativity in deaf and hearing high school students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(2), 228-241.