Erin C. Dupuis

Erin C. Dupuis Ph.D., joined the Psychology faculty at Loyola University New Orleans in August 2008. In her current role as Vice Provost for Teaching, Research, and Learning at Loyola University New Orleans, she supervises multiple departments including the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning (CTRL), the Women’s Resource Center, the Office of Community Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship, and Upward Bound. Her work has enhanced our dual enrollment program, which now partners with multiple area high schools and works with the Louisiana Department of Education for Supplemental Course Academy funding. She developed new curricular programs such as the online Psychology B.A., on-campus Neuroscience B.S., and seven microcredentials. She has also led university-wide policy initiatives focused on artificial intelligence and bias response. She over two decades of experience in higher education and nearly a decade in senior administrative roles. She currently advises all online psychology students. 

Dr. Dupuis has presented and published research in the areas of religious beliefs, illusory judgments of control and prediction, attributions of responsibility for acquaintance rape, perceived social support in massive online gaming, and other social attitudes. She has a chapter in the text Intimate Partner Violence and has published articles including, "The Relation of Social Support to Depression in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games", "In the Eye of the Beholder: Do Behavior, Reputation, and Individual Differences Affect Victim and Perpetrator Responsibility for Acquaintance Rape?" (cited in the Rape Investigation Handbook, 2011) and "The Effect of Paranormal Involvement on Game Strategy". She frequently presents research at conferences for the American Psychological Society, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Southeastern Psychological Association.