Lenoir-Rhyne University has appointed longtime psychology professor Amy Hedrick to serve as interim dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Hedrick has been a faculty member since 2010 and has served in several leadership roles, including coordinating the psychology program for five years and serving as chair of the former School of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2016 to 2018.
After earning her B.A. in psychology at Elon University, Hedrick completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology at Loyola University in Chicago. She received a National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for postdoctoral research at the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focused on childhood cognitive skills in social contexts.