Graduate Programs

Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Head-On

Preparing students for leadership roles in a wide range of diverse fields often means crossing the boundaries between traditional areas of study in order to equip them to take on the most critical challenges of the day.

The world-class graduate programs offered through SSPS take full advantage of interdisciplinary learning and empower students to identify and develop innovative solutions for issues facing contemporary society.

Note: Systems Dynamics programs are administered through WPI’s Corporate and Professional Education (CPE) division. Learn more... 

 
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  • ess-doyle-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: James Kevin Doyle
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Department Head and Associate Professor

    Professor Doyle's research and teaching interests include applied social and cognitive psychology; system dynamics; and judgment and decision making.

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  • ssps-baker-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Ryan S.J.d. Baker
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Assistant Professor

    Professor Baker develops methods for mining data in order to better understand how students respond to educational software, and how these responses impact learning.

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  • ssps-gobert-formal

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Janice Gobert
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Associate Professor

    Professor Gobert and her team are working towards developing an intelligent tutoring system that will assess students and tutor them in real time as they learn science.

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  • ssps-john-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Melissa-Sue John
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Assistant Professor

    Professor John’s teaching philosophy is that students learn best when they are engaged, believe the professor genuinely cares for them, and when the material is relevant.

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  • ssps-pavlov-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Oleg V. Pavlov
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Associate Professor

    Professor Pavlov’s research examines the interests of stakeholders and takes a system-wide view that combines relevant technological, psychological, social, and economic factors.

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  • ssps-radzicki-formal

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Michael Radzicki
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Associate Professor

    In 1990 Professor Radzicki created WPI’s program in system dynamics and most recently he and Professor Hossein Hakim created WPI's program in trading system development.

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  • ssps-skorinko-formal

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Jeanine Skorinko
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Assistant Professor

    Professor Skorinko’s research program attempts to understand how factors in our social environment, especially those we are unaware of, influence decisions and interpersonal interactions.

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  • ssps-smith-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: Alexander D. Smith
    Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
    Title: Assistant Professor

    Professor Smith is especially interested in learning how behavior relates to beliefs about the actions of others and how psychology can be used for promoting pro-social behavior.

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  • ssps-wilkes-profile

    Faculty Profile

    Name: John McCamy Wilkes
    Department: Society, Technology & Policy
    Title: Associate Professor

    Professor Wilkes applies work drawn from creativity and personality research in psychology to the questions of scientific accomplishment at the individual, team, and disciplinary level.

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