Rate My Professor Wendy Wolfe

Wendy L. Wolfe, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and serves as Interim Co-Associate Chair and Internship Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at Georgia Southern University, where she has been a faculty member since 2006. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University. Her academic career includes prior roles at Armstrong Atlantic State University, which merged into Georgia Southern University. Wolfe's research focuses on clinical psychology, with specializations in eating disorders, body image, social media effects, substance use and addiction, gratitude, and mindfulness. She utilizes both experimental and non-experimental research methodologies to investigate these topics, particularly their implications for college students' mental health and well-being.

Wolfe has authored several key publications, including 'I’ll See Your Beautified Photo and Raise You One: An Experimental Investigation of Facebook Self-Presentation and Envy Among Emerging Adults' (2023), 'Dispositional Gratitude Affects College Student Stress and Depression from COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation through Coping' (2021), 'Self-Focus Mediates the Relationship between Body Dissatisfaction, Depression, and Disordered Eating Behaviors' (2019), and 'Negative Judgments About Beautiful Women's Sex Lives and Self-Esteem' (2023). She received the Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Students through the Armstrong Leadership Awards. As a dedicated mentor, Wolfe chairs and serves on committees for numerous master's theses and undergraduate honors projects, covering areas such as gratitude interventions for pain tolerance and burnout, Dungeons & Dragons as a mental health intervention, and the relation between disordered eating and perceived stress. She also contributes to campus resources, providing guided relaxation and stress management audio recordings for the university Counseling Center. Her work enhances student training in clinical psychology and promotes psychological resilience in academic environments.