Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D.

Catherine Sanderson is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Amherst College. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. Catherine's research examines how personality and social variables influence health-related behaviors such as safer sex and disordered eating, the development of persuasive messages and interventions to prevent unhealthy behavior, and the predictors of relationship satisfaction. This research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Dr. Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to a college textbook (Health Psychology) and a popular press book on parenting (Slow and Steady Parenting). In her "spare time," Catherine serves on the Amherst School Committee, teaches step aerobics, and watches Grey's Anatomy. She is married to Bart Hollander, and is the mother of Andrew (age 10), Robert (age 7), and Caroline (age 4).