Psychology Department

Pamela Landau

Lecturer
Wayne State University
M.S., Eastern Michigan University
B.A., Eastern Michigan University

341E Science Complex
734.487.0407
plandau@emich.edu
734.487.6553 fax
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Biography
Clinical practice since 1980; EMU faculty since 1982. Areas of interest include affective disorders, human sexuality, psychopathology and integrating therapeutic treatments.

Pamela Landau is a full time lecturer with a degree in Clinical Psychology. She is an AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists) certified Sexuality Educator and teaches one of EMU’s most popular courses, the Psychology of Sex (PSY240). In 2005 she was elected "Best Professor" in the Eastern Echo student poll, and her course, the Psychology of Sex was elected "Best Course".

Her candor and expertise in the classroom have earned her numerous nominations and teaching awards from the University, colleagues and students. She often speaks in residence halls around campus as well as venues in the community and is a faculty member of the Sexual Health Certificate Program at the University of Michigan.
Courses
PSY 101 General Psychology
PSY 240 Psychology of Sex Part 1
PSY 360 Abnormal Psychology
PSY479 & PSY592 The Pleasures of Life: The Psychology of Food and Sex

Teaching Interests
General Psychology (Intro)
Psychology of Sex
Abnormal Psychology

Research Interests
Human sexuality
Interpersonal Communications
Affective Disorders

Recent Publications
Knapp, J. R., Jackson, D.E. & Landau, P. (2010) Texting while driving: nearly everyone’s doing it. A poster presented at the 22nd Annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science. May, Boston.

Jackson, D. E., Knapp, J. R. & Landau, P. (2009) Your candidates say stupider things than my candidates. A poster presented at the 21sst Annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science. May. San Francisco.

Jackson, D. E., Knapp, J. R. & Landau, P. (2007) Gender effects in the evaluation of scenarios depicting unethical behavior. A poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, D. C