Rate My Professor Jennifer Andrews

Dr. Jennifer G. Andrews serves as Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Morehouse College, a position she has held since 2013, following an initial role as Visiting Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2019. Prior to joining Morehouse, she was a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stephens College from 2011 to 2013. Andrews earned her B.A. in English and Art History with Highest Honors from Emory University in 2001, an M.A. in History of Art with Distinction from University College London in 2003, an M.A. in Psychology from Emory University in 2007, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Emory University in 2011. Her doctoral dissertation, "Birth narratives as indicators of psychosocial functioning in adolescents and families," and master's thesis, "The creation of substitutes: Social correlates for psychoaffective decoding of artwork," reflect her interdisciplinary interests bridging psychology and art.

Andrews specializes in personality psychology, art psychology, narrative psychology, and environmental psychology. Her research explores nonverbal communication, cognition, social adjustment, gender differences in birth narratives, compulsive hoarding, autobiographical narratives and well-being in HBCU students, minority representation in STEM, and mental health benefits of birding. Key publications include "Birding Benefits: A Review of Mental Health, Cognitive, Social, and Conservation Impacts" (Ecopsychology, 2025), "Gender differences in adolescent birth narratives" with Fivush et al. (Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2016), "An animal model of compulsive hoarding in humans" with Lilienfeld and Duke (Review of General Psychology, 2013), and "The Place of Psychotherapy" (Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, 2008). She has delivered numerous presentations at conferences such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association on topics including storytelling in African-American HBCU students and psychosocial correlates of narratives. Andrews has received honors including Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma from Emory University (2000 and 1999), Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities (2001), and Psi Chi from Morehouse College (2020). She contributes professionally as an executive board member of the Georgia Psychological Society, editorial board member of Challenge journal, and member of the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science.