Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Westminster College Department of Psychology will host Dr. Brian P. Meier for its fall colloquium Friday, Nov. 6, at 11:40 a.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall of Hoyt Science Resources Center.
Meier, an assistant professor at Gettysburg College, will present "A Metaphor-Enriched Psychology."
Meier is a social psychologist who studies how people use metaphors to understand abstract concepts such as God, the devil, time, and emotion.
The program is free and open to the public.
Contact Dr. Mandy Medvin, professor and chair of Westminster's Department of Psychology, at (724) 946-7360 or e-mail medvinm@westminster.edu for additional information.