Kansas State University




Rick J. Scheidt

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Title/Academic Rank:

Professor, School of Family Studies and Human Services

Departments & Academic Units:

Contact Info:

315 Justin Hall
(785) 532-1483

Areas of Specialization:

  • Adult development and aging
  • Life-span human development
  • Research methods
  • Aging in the cinema
  • Environment-aging relations
  • Rural aging

Education:

  • B.S. in psychology, California State University at Fresno (1967)
  • M.S. in psychology, California State University at Fresno (1969)
  • Ph.D. in social psychology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (1973)
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California (1975-1976)

Short Biography:

I grew up near Clovis, California, where I fell in love with psychology in high school. To earn my way through college, I taught martial arts and almost abandoned psychology for a life in karate. I like amateur archeology, am a member of the Skeptics Society, and continue my daily quest to distinguish human aging from fatigue.