Kenneth Locke
Professor
Student Health Center 208
Department of Psychology & Communication
University of Idaho MS 3043
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3043
Kenneth Locke's teaching focuses on personality psychology and human sexuality, and his research focuses on the assessment and modeling of interpersonal and social perceptions, dispositions, and dynamics.
- Ph.D., Psychology, Stanford University, 1989
- B.S., Psychology, University of Maryland, 1984
Courses
- PSYC 310: Psychology of Personality
- PSYC 330: Human Sexuality
After receiving his doctorate from Stanford University in 1989, Ken Locke held a variety of teaching, research, and clinical positions before joining the University of Idaho in 1996. Locke was promoted to full professor in 2004 and served as department chair from 2007-2012. Locke regularly teaches undergraduate courses on personality psychology and human sexuality. He is the primary author or a co-author on over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters on topics spanning personality, social, clinical, organizational, and cross-cultural psychology. Locke is also a Licensed Psychologist with current interests in the assessment of social dispositions and neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Assessing/modeling interpersonal dispositions
- Interpersonal perception
- Social comparison