The Psychology Department welcomed two new professors for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Nora Balboa
Professor Nora Balboa has joined the psychology program as an assistant professor of practice after earning B.A and B.S degrees from Drake University, as well as an M.S and Ph.D. in social cognition from Kansas State University. Balboa is now in the psychology department as a social psychologist. She teaches General Psychology, Forensic Psychology, and Psychology of Sexual Behavior and aims to start some projects involving how people decide to make risky choices. Balboa is also excited to encourage student research in the department focusing on sexual education, decision making, and social interactions with others.
Seth Davis
Professor Seth Davis has joined Saint Anselm College as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology with a B.S. degree from Linfield College, a M.S. degree from Western Illinois University, and his Ph.D. from Washington State University. Davis worked as a postdoc at the University of New England where he got into his current line of work.
Davis expresses particular interest in how neonatal pain influences later-life behavior. Further, Davis hopes to explore the role of the amygdala and the CRF system in modulating later-life dysfunction. Davis plans to continue this area of research here at Saint Anselm as well as learn other mechanisms such as behavioral and pharmacological that can help to reduce problems with early exposure to painful stimuli.