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Charlotte V.O. Witvliet, professor of psychology, has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1997. Her teaching responsibilities have included: 

• Introductory Psychology
• Positive Psychology
• Behavior Disorders
• Clinical Psychology
• Internships
• Advanced Research Lab

She loves teaching and mentoring students with a vision to cultivate their competence with compassion so students are prepared for effective and faithful service and leadership in a diverse world.

Prof. Witvliet adopts a bio-psych-social-spiritual approach to study mental health, emotion and virtues (e.g., forgiveness, gratitude, hope, accountability). She has mentored students to become co-authors on a fifth of her 100 publications and over half of the 165 professional conference presentations from her lab. Her student research teams have won 14 Psi Chi Regional Research Awards, and several of her lab students are now psychology professors who mentor their students. 

She has been principal investigator on six external research grants from the Templeton Religion Trust, John Templeton Foundation and the Fetzer Institute. She has been a member of national, multi-year, interdisciplinary work groups on the pursuit of happiness, leading from the soul and living accountably.

Prof. Witvliet has conducted over 150 media interviews about virtues, especially forgiveness, with her research featured in venues such as Time, Newsweek, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, ABC, CBS, Michigan Radio, The Science of Happiness with Public Radio International, and international newspapers. Her research is referenced in blogs and books, including The Book of Joy, co-authored by Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, and The Science of the Virtues: Why Positive Psychology Matters to the Church by Mark McMinn. She has been interviewed for the podcasts such as The Science of Happiness, BioLogos and Hidden Brain.

Areas of expertise

Professor Witvliet亚洲色吧檚 primary research contributions have focused on forgiveness and its emotional and physiological side effects. Her team's experiments have tested compassionate and benefit-focused reappraisal strategies that facilitate granting forgiveness.

Additionally, Professor Witvliet has conducted research in trauma, mental health, emotion and psychophysiology. Her lab studies empathy, self-regulation, forgiveness, repentance, self-forgiveness, gratitude, humility, hope and accountability.

Education

Prof. Witvliet was awarded the Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University in 1997. After training as a scientist-practitioner, Prof. Witvliet completed her American Psychological Association predoctoral internship at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center affiliated with Duke University, focusing on trauma and associated disorders, neuropsychological assessment, behavioral medicine, inpatient and outpatient care. 

Honors, grants and awards

• Lavern 亚洲色吧�39 and Betty DePree 亚洲色吧�41 VanKley endowed professor, 2019亚洲色吧�2023
• Midwestern Psychological Association Fellow, 2021
• John H. and Jeanne M. Jacobson endowed professor, 2011亚洲色吧�2015
• Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award, 2008
• Towsley Research Scholar Award, 2000亚洲色吧�2004
• Fourteen Psi Chi Regional Research Awards received by student research teams

Professor Witvliet has involved students in all of her external grant-funded research from:

• Templeton Religion Trust
• John Templeton Foundation
• Fetzer Institute
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Selected publications 

• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with A. Hayden*, K. Beltz*, & G. Griffin, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2023.
  
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with S.J. Jang, B.R. Johnson, C.S. Evans, J.W. Berry, A. Torrance, R.C. Roberts, J. Peteet, J. Leman, and M. Bradshaw, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2023.
  
• 亚洲色吧溠侵奚�吧� with S.J. Jang, B.M. Brown, J. Leman, B.R. Johnson, and M. Bradshaw, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2023. (.)
  
• 亚洲色吧溠侵奚�吧� with Jang, S. J., Bradshaw, M., Kim, Y-I., Johnson, B. R., & Leman, J.  Review of Religious Research, 2023.
• 亚洲色吧溠侵奚�吧� with J.R. Peteet, G. Glas, and B.W. Frush, Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2023.
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with S.J. Jang, B.R. Johnson, C.S. Evans, J.W. Berry, J. Leman, R.C. Roberts, J. Peteet, A. Torrance, A.N. Hayden, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2022.
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with J.R. Peteet and C.S. Evans, Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, 2022.
• 亚洲色吧溠侵奚�吧� with J.R. Peteet and C.S. Evans, Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, 2022.
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with S.L. Blank* and A.J. Gall, Frontiers in Psychology, Emotion Science, Community Series: Expanding the Science of Compassion 亚洲色吧� Volume II, 2022
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with M.E.L. Hall, J. Exline, D.C. Wang, L.M. Root Luna, D.R. Van Tongeren, D.G. Myers, A.D. Abernethy, and J.D. Witvliet, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 2022.
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with S. A. Schnitker, J. M. Currier, A. D. Abernethy, J. D. Foster, L. M. Root Luna, K. VanHarn and J. Carter, Journal of Personality, 2021
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with G. Park, J. A. Barraza and B. U. Marsh, Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 2021
• 亚洲色吧淔orgiveness, embodiment, and relational accountability: Victim and transgressor psychophysiology research,亚洲色吧� in E. L. Worthington, Jr. and N. Wade (Eds.), Handbook of Forgiveness, second edition, pp. 167亚洲色吧�177. Brunner-Routledge, 2020
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with L.M. Root Luna, E. L. Worthington, Jr. and J-A Tsang. Frontiers Psychology: Emotion Science, 2020
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with N. G. Wade, E. L. Worthington, Jr., L. M. Root Luna, D. R. Van Tongeren, J. W. Berry and J-A.Tsang, Journal of Psychology and Theology, 2020
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with L.M. Root Luna, J.L. VanderStoep, T. Gonzalez and G.D. Griffin, Journal of Positive Psychology, 2019
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with L.M. Root Luna, R.D. Vlisides-Henry and G.D. Griffin, Journal of Positive Psychology, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淧atient patients: Increased patience associated with decreased depressive symptoms in psychiatric treatment,亚洲色吧� with S.A. Schnitker, D.B. Ro, J.D. Foster, A.D. Abernethy, J.M. Currier, L.M. Root Luna, K.M. Putman, K. Van Harn and J. Carter, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淪piritual struggles and mental health outcomes in a spiritually integrated inpatient program,亚洲色吧� with J.M. Currier, J. Foster, A. Abernethy, L.M. Root Luna, S. Schnitker, K. Van Harn and J. Carter, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淯nderstanding the role of religious comfort and strain on depressive symptoms in an inpatient psychiatric setting,亚洲色吧� with A.D. Abernethy, J.M. Currier, S.A. Schnitker, K.M. Putman, L.M. Root Luna, J.D. Foster, A. Spencer, H. Jones, K. VanHarn and J. Carter, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2019
• &苍产蝉辫;亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with L.M. Root Luna, J.V. VanderStoep, R.D. Vlisides-Henry, T. Gonzalez and G.D. Griffin, Journal of Positive Psychology, 2018
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with F.J. Richie, L.M. Root Luna and D.R. Van Tongeren, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2018
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with L. Root Luna and D.R. Van Tongeren, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9, 2017
• 亚洲色吧淏ody esteem and appearance-based self-worth: A test of religious moderators in men and women,亚洲色吧� with M. Inman, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 36, 2017
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with J.C. Baker, J.K. Williams and P.C. Hill, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 2017
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with S.P da Silva and B. Riek, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 2017
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with A.J. Hofelich Mohr, N.G. Hinman and R.W. Knoll, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10, 2015
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with N.J. DeYoung, A.J. Hofelich and P.A. DeYoung, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 2011
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with N.G. Hinman, J.J. Exline and T. Brandt, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 30, 2011
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with R.W. Knoll, N.G. Hinman and P.A. DeYoung, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 2010
• 亚洲色吧溠侵奚�吧� with J.J. Exline, R.F. Baumeister, A.L. Zell and A.J. Kraft, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 2008
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with E.L. Worthington Jr., L.M. Root, A.F. Sato, T.E. Ludwig and J.J. Exline, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 2008
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with K.A. Phipps, M.E. Feldman and J.C. Beckham, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17, 2004
• 亚洲色吧�,亚洲色吧� with T.E. Ludwig and K.L. Vander Laan, Psychological Science, 12, 2001

Outside the college

Professor Witvliet enjoys connecting with people as they discern their vocations 亚洲色吧� the ways in which they can use their God-given gifts and opportunities to meet real needs in this world. Witvliet亚洲色吧檚 multi-faceted sense of vocation includes co-parenting four children with her husband, John. They love cross-country meets and concerts.