  {"id":2924,"date":"2023-11-28T16:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2023-11-28T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:24:14","slug":"first-generation-professor-makes-ub-welcoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/first-generation-professor-makes-ub-welcoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Purpose: First-Generation Professor Elise Fles Makes UB Welcoming for All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few years ago, the chair of the Psychology department, professor Elise Fles, was a first-generation college student. \u201cI never even thought about getting a Ph.D.,\u201d she says. \u201cI was basically an alien to my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2927\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/first-generation-professor-makes-ub-welcoming\/elise-teaching\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching-scaled.jpg?fit=5480%2C3720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5480,3720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695683092&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;52&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;720&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Elise Teaching\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching-scaled.jpg?fit=720%2C489&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2927 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching.jpg?resize=468%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Professor giving a lecture gesture to a graph displayed on a whiteboard\" width=\"468\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C695&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elise-Teaching.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fles grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, once a booming manufacturing town. \u201cIt\u2019s a very similar town to Bridgeport,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd one thing that I noticed early on, when I was young, was that there were a lot of problematic views, for example, about race or gender,\u201d she continues. \u201cI was always critical of that and was interested in psychology, especially social psychology, because I think it helped me understand people and why they thought the way they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Fles found that using the scientific method to explore and determine psychological processes helped her gain a greater understanding of implicit bias, which led to an interest in how these biases affect legal policies. She earned her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology and soon after took the opportunity to begin a teaching career at 越南直播. \u201cI defended my doctoral dissertation and within two weeks I was here at UB,\u201d says Fles. \u201cWithin six months we were dealing with the pandemic, and then less than a year after that I was chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a lot for a young professor to handle, but Fles has maintained her focus on student success while exploring and developing new ways to convey complicated concepts in statistics and research methods in Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, she has reorganized the program curriculum, helped rework the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/academics\/programs\/psychology-bs\/\">Psychology<\/a> site labs, and created materials to help graduate assistants. \u201cThese labs are great for reinforcing information that the students learned in the classroom, but in a more engaging way,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019ve created them specifically for the students here at UB, who are largely first-generation college students, to get that extra support to make sure that they\u2019re successful.\u201d She recalls her own first statistics class and the troubles she had with it. \u201cI didn\u2019t have anybody to talk to who knew what to do,\u201d she explains. \u201cI want to make sure our students never have that problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/first-generation-professor-makes-ub-welcoming\/screenshot_11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?fit=1099%2C662&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1099,662\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?fit=720%2C434&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2929\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?resize=476%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Professor poses in her office on the shelf if a sign that says, \u201cpsychology opens minds and doors.\u201d\" width=\"476\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?resize=1024%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_11.png?w=1099&amp;ssl=1 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cPsychology opens minds and doors.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs chair, Dr. Fles has done incredible work not only building resources for her students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/academics\/programs\/psychology-programs\/\">Psychology<\/a> degree, but also developing strategies to help other faculty do the same,\u201d says Amy Nawrocki, Dean of the College of Science and Society. \u201cShe\u2019s a fantastic teacher, dedicated advisor, and an ideal member of the faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fles has also worked outside of the University to build connections and partnerships with organizations that can offer real-world experience for UB students. This outreach includes places like Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, which offers pilot internships in which students are able to follow on clinical rounds, shadow group sessions, and run mindfulness sessions for patients. Some of her Psychology graduates go on to 越南直播\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/academics\/programs\/psychology-programs\/\">Counseling Program<\/a>, some go on to get their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/academics\/programs\/psychology-programs\/\">master\u2019s in Nursing<\/a>, and other head straight into jobs at places like Silver Hill. \u201cIn the future, I want to create more opportunities for students to engage with the Bridgeport community,\u201d she says. \u201cPart of the college process is finding out what you like, and what you don\u2019t like. So, I want our undergraduates to have these experiences so that they know what they really want to do with the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to watch Elise\u2019s intentional interactions with her Psychology students,\u201d says her colleague professor Donna Oropall, the chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/academics\/programs\/psychology-programs\/\">Human Services<\/a>. \u201cHer commitment to research and generosity of soul pervades the campus. Plus, she provides limitless coffee pods for her colleagues and students!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coffee might help, but Dr. Elise Fles\u2019 incredible drive to make UB a more welcoming place for all is what really keeps her going. It has allowed her to navigate her first few years as a professor at the university and provide for students who are historically underrepresented in higher education. \u201cWe\u2019re so eclectic at UB. That\u2019s a really huge asset,\u201d she says. \u201cI just happened to come here, but I\u2019m staying here on purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dr. Fles received her Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN, in August 2019. Her research very broadly focuses on implicit biases. Her dissertation explored the effects of priming White identity on outgroup dehumanization, the results of which suggest that attitudes consistent with White Supremacy may be implicit as well as explicit. Other research projects she has spearheaded involve the role of implicit bias in the interpretation of legal policies, such as the right to free speech. Dr. Fles is passionate about teaching and is very excited about her role as the chair of psychology at the 越南直播, where she focuses on student success and developing new ways to convey complicated concepts in statistics and research methods.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few years ago, the chair of the Psychology department, professor Elise Fles, was a first-generation college student. \u201cI never even thought about getting a Ph.D.,\u201d she says. \u201cI was basically an alien to my family.\u201d Fles grew up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeport.edu\/news\/first-generation-professor-makes-ub-welcoming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finding Purpose: First-Generation Professor Elise Fles Makes UB Welcoming for All<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":2928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[2,33,71],"class_list":{"0":"post-2924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-first-gen","10":"tag-psychology","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First-Generation Student Turned Professor| 越南直播<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Only a few years ago, the chair of the Psychology department, professor Elise Fles, was a first-generation college student. 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