Amanda Robinson

Psychology Program Administrator

Psychology

Contact Info

402.552.9539

Amanda Robinson is a social scientist working in higher education with experience in research design, curriculum development, community outreach, and program administration. She joined Clarkson College in 2022 as the Psychology Program Administrator. She has experience as a professor with a heavy focus on student-centered learning in higher education and student advising. Her research focus is based in maternal child welfare topics such as: breastfeeding, birth, child nutrition, medicine, biomedical systems, alternative medicine, and holistic medicine use.

Education and Professional Experience

Ms. Robinson earned her Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Anthropology, with a minor in Psychology, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Since starting her teaching career in higher education, she has taught courses such as: Introduction to Sociology, Health Psychology, Introduction to Anthropology, Social Psychology, Applied Social Sciences, Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Minorities and Cultural Diversity, Cults, Clans and Communities, Marriage and Family, Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and the Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence.

Awards and Honors

Leadership Fellow, New Leaders Council Omaha, 2022
Teaching Fellowship in Sociology, Midland University, 2017 - 2018
Sharon Hudson Departmental Service Award, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2014 - 2015
Peter K. New Award, Second Place Awardee, Society for Applied Anthropology, 2013
Preparing Future Faculty Certificate, Midwest Sociological Society, 2012
Commencement Student Marshal, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2012
President of Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Honors Society, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2012
President of Student Anthropological Society, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2011, 2013 - 2015
Sociology Departmental Honoree, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2011 - 2012
College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s List, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2010 - 2012
Chancellor’s List, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2010 - 2012
Regent Scholar, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2008 - 2012

Courses Taught

PSY 230: Professional Seminar
PSY 320: Health Psychology
GEN 300: Research Methods for Health and Social Sciences
PSY 450: Fieldwork
PSY 460: Capstone

Scholarly Works and Publications

Overgaard, Amanda L. (2015). Mama Knows Best: Breastfeeding Knowledge and Duration in a Social Network. Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, March 2015.
Overgaard, Amanda L. (2015). Mama Knows Best: Breastfeeding Knowledge and Duration in a Social Network. Presented at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Student Research and Creative Activity Fair in Omaha, NE, March 2015.
Barone, T. Lynne and Amanda L. Overgaard (2014). The Master Bedroom: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Gender, Power and Sleep. Presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., December 2014.
Barone, T. Lynne and Amanda L. Overgaard (2014). Dangerous Destination: A Biocultural Examination of Cross-Cultural Beliefs about Sleep. Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, March 2014.
Barone, T. Lynne, Amanda L. Overgaard, Laura Hughes and Lucy Kaplan (2012). Who sleeps with whom? A cross-cultural examination of the social act of sleeping. Presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, November 2012.
Overgaard, Amanda L. (2012). Breast or Bottle: Perceptions of Breastfeeding and Their Influence on Breastfeeding Rates in the United States. Presented at the Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium in Lincoln, NE, October 2012.

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