Lawrence Burns
Professor - Personality/Clinical Psychology
- B.S. California Maritime Academy
- M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York - Stonybrook
Outstanding University Service Award 2010
Pew Teaching Excellence Award 2000
Office: 2219 Au Sable Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2862
Email: burnsl@gvsu.edu
Awards
Pew Teaching Excellence Award 2000
Outstanding University Service Award 2010
Specialization
Clinical/Personality Psychology, Scholarship of Teaching
Courses Taught
PSY 303 - Psychopathology
PSY 311 - SWS Controversial Issues Psych
PSY 405 - History and Systems
PSY 492 - Advanced General: The Capstone
Research Interests
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Recent Publications
Hinterman, C., Burns, L. R., Hopwood, D., & Rogers, W. (2012). Mindfulness: Seeking a more perfect approach to coping with life's challenges. Mindfulness, 3(4), 275-281.
Andrews, D. M., Burns, L. R. & Dueling, J. K. (2014) Positive perfectionism: Seeking the healthy "Should", or should we? Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2, 27-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2014.28005
Burns, L. (2016). Perfection and the pursuit of happiness. In Leo Bormans (Ed.), The World Book of Happiness: Happiness 2.0 (vol. pp.). Tielt: Lannoo Uitgeverij.
Burns, L.R., Stephenson, P. L., & Bellamy, K.. (2016). The Socratic method: Empirical assessment of a Psychology Capstone course. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 15(3), 370-383. doi: 10.1177/1475725716671824
Dueling, J. K. & Burns, L. R. (2017). Perfectionism and the work-family conflict. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 326-330.
Plominski, A. & Burns, L. R. (2018). Troubled Minds of the Gifted: An Investigation of the Psychological Well-Being of Grand Valley State Honors Students. Journal of Advanced Academics, 29(1), 5-28.