Archives: Staff Members

Education
Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Master of Community Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
B.S. in Psychology, Michigan State University

Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
Dr. Culley teaches a number of courses in psychology, including Introduction to General Psychology, Psychology of Adjustment, Community Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Psychology of Women, Ethics & Professional Issues in Psychology, and Program Development & Grant-Writing. Dr. Culley’s program of research is focused on individual, community, organizational, and institutional responses to environmental hazards. She specializes in citizen participation in environmental decision-making and the links between individual transformation and larger community and social change processes. In particular, she investigates psychosocial responses to environmental disputes, how citizen participation processes are shaped by power dynamics, and how community psychologists can inform change efforts aimed at the human-caused environmental crises related to global climate change. She has also written about the history and content of the scholarly literature of community psychology. Dr. Culley has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, regularly presents her work in scholarly venues, and has supervised numerous students’ undergraduate research and service learning projects in partnership with community partners. She has also mentored several students in the honors program.

Education
Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
Ph.M. Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
ED.M. Developmental, Educational, and Cognitive Psychology, Columbia University
M.A. Developmental Psychology, Columbia University
B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
Dr. Bluhm aims to help students complete each course successfully with rigor and support to do their best work. Overall, she embraces both traditional and emergent technology along with other high-impact practices, such as writing and service learning, to engage students in their learning of course material. She developed the country of Portugal for the University System of Georgia Goes Global program that supports the high-impact practice of study abroad for USG students. Her program puts her in Porto for two weeks in the summers to live amongst and help integrate USG student learners in other cultures’ language, music, environment, and people, as they engage in taking 6 academic credits. Dr. Bluhm’s scholarship is usually something she shares with students, and she has presented with students at both the American Psychological Association and Southeastern Psychological Association. As the founder of the College of Coastal Georgia Psychology Club (in 2010) and Ukulele Club (2024), she has worked to support student activities and gotten to know students more informally.