Draft:Edwin Gantt

Edwin E. Gantt
Edwin E. Gantt (born Month XX, XXXX) is a psychologist and currently holds the position of Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Brigham Young University.

Biography
Gantt was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on September 8th, 1965.

Education
Gantt earned his B.S. from Brigham Young University, (1992) with a major in Psychology and a minor in History. He received honors and made the Dean's List in the Family, Home, and Social Sciences in 1989. His dissertation was titled "Struggling to Empathize: A Theoretical Reflection on the Meaning of Human Empathy". He then earned his M.A. and later his Ph.D from Duquesne University, (1998) with an emphasis on Existential-Phenomenological Psychology. Edwin Gantt was given the professional position of full Professor of Psychology in 2018 at Brigham Young University. He is also a Research Fellow a the Wheatley Institution starting in 2018.

Research Interests
Gantt's research interests focus on critically analyzing naturalistic accounts of human action in contemporary psychology. He aims to identify hidden philosophical assumptions in mainstream psychological theories such as materialism, determinism, reductionism, and egoism. Gantt examines the implications of these assumptions for psychological theory and practice, while also articulating alternative approaches that preserve moral agency, human responsibility, and meaning. He critically evaluates evolutionary psychological accounts of religion and religious phenomena, explores the interface between religion and science, and seeks avenues to re-conceptualize psychological science, human action, and religious experience. Additionally, Gantt has a specific interest in articulating a distinctly Christian/Latter-day Saint perspective on the psychological study of human behavior, relationships, marriage, and family.

Teaching
Gantt's teaching interests cover a range of courses within psychology. He enjoys teaching subjects like the History of Psychology, Psychology of Religion, LDS Perspectives on Psychology, Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, and Critical Issues in Psychology (including philosophy of psychology). Gantt also dedicates himself to working closely with undergraduate students interested in pursuing a teaching profession in psychology at the university level.

Achievements
Gantt's contributions to the field of psychology have been recognized through various academic honors and awards, including a Certificate of Recognition from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in 2018, the Students' Choice Award for Teacher of the Year from Psi Chi, BYU Chapter, in 2009, The Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology from Division 24 of the American Psychology Association in 2002, and the Teacher of Honor Award from the Brigham Young University Student Honor Association in 2002.

Hockey
Gantt served as the head coach for the BYU hockecy team from 2015-2021. Prior to that he served as an assistant coach from 1998-2008.

Books

 * Who is truth? Reframing our questions for a richer faith (2019)
 * On hijacking science: Exploring the nature and consequences of overreach in psychology (2018)
 * Responding to the New Atheism: Scientific and Religious Perspectives (2011)
 * Psychology-for-the-Other: Levinas, Ethics, and the Practice of Psychology (2002)

Book Chapters

 * Reductive naturalism and evolutionary psychology’s empty ethics of enhancement: A phenomenological alternative (2022). In The Routledge International Handbook of *Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 209-229.
 * Preserving agency as a human phenomenon (2022). In The Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 370-388.
 * Science, scientism, and psychology (2018). In On Hijacking Science: Exploring the Nature and Consequences of Overreach in Psychology, 1-12.
 * Explanation versus understanding in psychology: A human science approach (2016). In The Qualitative Vision for Psychology: An Invitation to the Human Science Approach, 31-48.

Textbooks

 * Taking sides: Clashing views on psychological issues (21st Ed., 2019).
 * Taking sides: Clashing views on psychological issues (20th Ed., 2017).
 * Taking sides: Clashing views on psychological issues (19th Ed., Expanded, 2015).
 * Taking sides: Clashing views on psychological issues (19th Ed., 2014).