Dr. Lexie Harrison is a developmental psychologist who teaches courses in lifespan development, developmental psychology, and research methods.
She earned her BS in Psychology with a minor in child maltreatment and advocacy studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She then worked as a Post-Graduate Research Associate at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where she assisted in creating a developmental assessment for emotion regulation strategy selection. Dr. Harrison completed her MA and PhD with a statistics minor at the University of Alabama, where her research examined how prior and current political influences, white supremacist and authoritarian beliefs, and psychopathic traits are linked to willingness to engage in racial out-group aggression.
Professor Harrison is passionate about inclusive education and personalized student mentorship. She views human variation as one of development's most fascinating aspects and encourages students to approach diversity with curiosity and empathy. Outside the classroom, she enjoys crafting, baking, hiking, community organizing, reading folklore, learning about moral panics and conspiracy theories, watching horror movies, attending concerts, and spending time with her three wonderful cats.
Education
- PhD, Psychology (Developmental; Minor in Statistics), The University of Alabama (2025)
- MA, Psychology (Developmental), The University of Alabama (2023)
- BS, Psychology (Minor in Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies), The Pennsylvania State University (2018)
Courses
PSYC 237N Lifespan Development
Publications
Remmel, R. J., Glenn, A. L., & Harrison, A. P. (2024). Effects of psychopathic traits on preferential recall and recognition of emotionally evocative photos. Memory, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2357146.
Willner, C. J., Hoffmann, J. D., Bailey, C. S., Harrison, A. P., Garcia, B., Ng, Z. J., ... & Brackett, M. A. (2022). The development of cognitive reappraisal from early childhood through adolescence: A systematic review and methodological recommendations. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.875964.
Remmel, R. J., Glenn A. L., Harrison, A. P. (2022). Relationship between psychopathic traits and performance on the Mini Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment in incarcerated males. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61(3), 867-874.
Harrison, A. P. & Willner, C. J. (November, 2019). Creating assessments for educators, with educators. The American Educational Research Association’s Social-Emotional Learning Newsletter SIG, 13(1), 13-14.
Presentations
Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2024, November). Profiles of biased beliefs, psychopathy, and violent behavioral intentions amongst a white, american sample. Oral presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2024, May). The role of psychopathy in The relationships between racist attitudes, sociopolitical beliefs, and biased aggression. Poster Presentation at the 10th biennial meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy in Paphos, Cyprus.
Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2023, November). The role of psychopathy in The relationships between racist attitudes, sociopolitical beliefs, and biased aggression. Oral presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2023, May) Psychopathic traits moderate relationships between anti-Black attitudes & aggression. Poster Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Early Career Event (virtual conference).
Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2022, November) Investigating relationships between overt and relational aggression, and cortisol reactivity in adolescents. Oral presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
Zuluaga, J., Harrison, A. P., & Glenn, A. L. (2022, November) Psychopathic traits moderate association between explicit sexual prejudice & instrumental aggression. Poster Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
Harrison, A. P., Remmel, R. J., & Glenn, A. L. (2022, March & April). Relationship between psychopathic traits & performance on the Mini-SEA in incarcerated males. Poster presented at the Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium (virtual conference).
Lamoureux, V., & Harrison, A. P. (2021, November). The dark side of the lightnet: A qualitative content analysis of unmoderated social media content. Poster Presentation at the APA Technology Mind, & Society Conference (virtual conference).
Mannweiler, M. D., Willner, C. J., Harrison, A. P., Ng, Z., Hoffman, J. D., Bailey, C. S., Cipriano, C., Brackett, M. A. (2021). Age-related differences in students’ emotion regulation strategy endorsement patterns. Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (virtual conference).
Harrison, A. P., Willner C. J., & Gatzke-Kopp, L. M. (2020, April). Emotion identification errors and aggression in young children. Poster presentation at the Society for Affective Science (virtual conference).
Willner, C. J., Hoffmann, J. D., Bailey, C. S., Harrison, A. P., Garcia, B., & Brackett, M. A. (2020, April). Developing an assessment of students’ cognitive emotion regulation skills for use in elementary school through high school. Panel Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (virtual conference).
Harrison, A. P., Willner, C. J., Hoffmann, J. D., Bailey, C. S., & Brackett, M. A. (2019, August) Educators’ perceptions of students’ emotional experiences in school. Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association Convention in Chicago, IL.
Harrison, A. P., Stoop, T. B., Wolf, R., McGovern, L. & Cole, P. M. (2018, March) Emotion & speaker familiarity as factors in young children's accurate recognition of affective prosody. Poster presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
Harrison, A. P., McGovern, L., Miller, J., & Cole, P. M. (2017, April) How does iEar capture the emotional environment of a young child? Poster presentation at the Penn State Psi Chi conference in State College, PA.