{"id":58,"date":"2012-02-06T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:24:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"plain style1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/08\/Screen-shot-head-shot-August-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-288 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/08\/Screen-shot-head-shot-August-2023-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"plain style1\">Dana Gross, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at St. Olaf College and the (2021-2024) Paul and Mildred Hardy Distinguished Professor of Science. In teaching, research, and scholarship, Dana is fascinated by the interplay of nature and nurture, cross-cultural variations in beliefs and practices, practical applications of research findings, and policy considerations. Incorporating study abroad and global learning into the psychology curriculum is a major theme in Dana\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>She has led January-term courses for St. Olaf students in India, China, and Norway. With support from St. Olaf College and FaCE grants from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, she has co-organized faculty workshops, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.edu\/professional_development\/project\/83\/making-the-most-of-immersion\"><em>Making the Most of Immersion: Engaging Faculty to Maximize the Impact of Off-Campus Experiential Learning<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"plain style1\">Dana is a contributing author and co-editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2015-39955-000\"><em>Internationalizing the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum: Practical Lessons Learned at Home and Abroad<\/em> <\/a>(APA Books, 2016). She is also a co-author and co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulcrum.org\/concern\/monographs\/gb19f7872?locale=en\">Faculty as Global Learners: Off-Campus Study at Liberal Arts Colleges<\/a> <\/em>(Lever Press, 2020). The book&#8217;s accompanying <span style=\"color: #000000;\">podcasting series is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1106303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1106303&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593784049248000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEwwaMZ2fVp3uL0m_2nNfF_QChEQ\">&#8220;Postcard Pedagogy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dana is author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/infancy-9781538167267\/\"><em>Infancy: Development from Birth to Age 3<\/em> <\/a>(4\/e, Rowman &amp; Littlefield\/Bloomsbury, 2024) and creator of the book&#8217;s ancillary materials (Instructor&#8217;s Manual, PowerPoint slides, and Test Bank).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/9781538167250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-280 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/9781538167250-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2020\/07\/Final-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/APA-Cover-for-Gross-Abrams-Enns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-167 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/APA-Cover-for-Gross-Abrams-Enns-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"APA Cover for Gross Abrams Enns\" width=\"147\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/grossd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}