Skip to Global Navigation Skip to Local Site Navigation Skip to Main Content

Erin Foster

Vice Provost, Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of Online Psychology

Erin Foster
Erin Foster

Erin Foster, Ph.D., joined the Psychology faculty at Loyola University New Orleans in August 2008. In the Provost's Office, Dr. Foster oversees several offices including the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning; Women's Resource Center; Office of Community Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship; and Upward Bound. She also directs the University's dual enrollment program. 

As an active member of the teaching faculty, her courses (listed below) often involve an engagement assignment, such as service learning. Her students have volunteered for organizations such as the Hope Lodge, Hagar's House, Anna's Art for Kids, Animal Rescue League, Habitat for Humanity, and the St. Bernard Rebuild Project. In 2012, she received the University Senate Award for Community Service. In 2016, Dr. Foster received the Excellence in Community Engaged Teaching Award from Loyola University. In 2012, she received the Loyola University Senate Community Service Award and in 2010, she received the Humanities and Natural Sciences Excellence in Community Service Award. 

Dr. Foster (formerly 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. 

 

Areas of Expertise

Sexual Assault

Social Cognition

Prejudice and Discrimination

Recent Publications

  • Foster, T., & Dupuis, E.C. (2020). Understanding holistic wellness from a midlife perspective: A factor analytic study. Journal of Positive Psychology & Wellbeing, 4, 105-116.
  • Dupuis, E.C. (2017). Acquaintance rape. In K.L. Nadal, S.L. Mazzula, & D.P. Rivera (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
  • Dupuis, E.C., & Clay, J.A. (2013). The role of race and respectability in attributions of responsibility for acquaintance rape. Violence & Victims, 28, 1085-1095.
  • Dupuis, E.C., Phillips, C., & Petitfils, B. (2011). Improving perceived control in homeless men by increasing computer literacy. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 20, 177- 194. (Also listed on The Homeless Resource Center)
  • Dupuis, E.C., & Ramsey, M.A. (2011). The relation of social support to depression in massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41(10), 2479-2491.

Degrees

Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of New Hampshire, 2008; M.S.T., College Teaching, University of New Hampshire, 2008; B.A., Psychology, New England College, 2003

Classes Taught

  • Introduction to Psychology (online and on campus)

  • Social Psychology (online and on campus)

  • Statistics and Methods (online and on campus)

  • Theories of Personality (online and on campus)

  • Brain and Behavior

  • Psychology and the Law (online and on campus)

  • Psychology of Women and Gender (online and on campus)

  • Introduction to Research

  • Models of Human Behavior

  • Science of Good and Evil (online and on campus)

  • Science of Hate (online and on campus)

Areas of Expertise

Sexual Assault, Social Cognition, Prejudice and Discrimination

Contact Information

Office Location
304 Marquette Hall
Mailing Address

Loyola University New Orleans
Department of Psychology
6363 St Charles Ave
Campus Box 194
New Orleans, LA 70118

Direct Phone
(504) 865-3134
Fax Number
(504) 865-3970
Email Address
edupuis@loyno.edu

Curriculum Vitae »