Amira "Ami" Rezec Wegenek

Ph.D.   University of California, San Diego, 2003
M.A.    University of California, San Diego, 1998

Dr. Rezec Wegenek joined Saddleback College in September, 2004. Her responsibilities include teaching Research Methods, Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, and Introduction to Psychology. She is also the Faculty Co-Advisor of the Saddleback College chapter of the Psi Beta National Honor Society in Psychology as well as the Psychology Club on campus.

Prior to joining Saddleback College, Dr. Rezec Wegenek worked at the University of California San Diego for over 8 years as a lecturer, researcher, and in student advising.

Dr. Rezec Wegenek recently completed the Laboratory Manual and Virtual Lab CD to accompany Goldstein's "Sensation and Perception" (Cengage) and a Introduction to Psychology as a Major and Career book  (APA Publishing, in press (2010)).

Past and Present Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
- Psychology Teachers at Community 
  Colleges
- Society for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology
- Vision Sciences Society
- Western Psychological Association
- Salk Institue for Biological Studies, La Jolla CA

Honors and Awards
Psi Beta National Honor Society "Rising Star" Award (2007), presented
   at the American Psychogical Association Annual Meeting 2007
Fletcher Jones Dissertation Year Fellowship 2004
   (for leadership and promotion of campus diversity): $30,000

Required Textbooks for her courses fall 2009 courses are:

Psych 1: Huffman, Psychology in Action in Modules*
8th edition
Binder-ready version: ISBN: 978-0-470-72992-2 No access code needed.
(OR there is a paperback version as well, if you can find it used,
ISBN: 047008368)
* be sure to purchase the modules edition
OR There may be a less expensive E-book version of this text available at:
http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471747246,courseCd-SI0100,pageType-techsol,page-16.html

*note: the e-book is organized in Chapters, and the regular one in
Modules. You can obtain a list of which Chapters of the e-book
correspond to which reading modules from your course Blackboard site.

Psych 3: Kalat, Biopsychology 10th edition, No access code needed,
custom Saddleback or regular version (whichever is less expensive)

Psych 37: Abnormal Psychology; Clinical Perspectives on Psychological
Disorders. Halgin and Whitbourne, 6th edition. This book comes with a
free CD that may help you to study, but is not critical or required
for the course.
ISBN: 9780073370699.

**Blackboard course Web-sites will be made available the week before
class begins and course orientations and syllabi will be emailed out
to your Saddleback College email address. Be sure to check your
Saddleback email account if you do not already.**

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SEE FACULTY WEB SITE FOR EXAMPLE SYLLABI