Hello!

My name is Christopher J. Schmank, PhD and I am an Assistant Professor and the Statistics Consultant for the Department of Psychology at Saint Louis University. Since joining Saint Louis University in 2023 I have taught ungergraduate courses in Cognitive Psychology (PSY 3120) and graduate courses in Psychometric Theory (PSY 5090), Applied Univariate (PSY 5790) and Multivariate Statistics (PSY 6500).

I am currently preparing to teach Applications of Research Methods and Statistics (PSY 4060) this Fall (2025) and Advanced Research Methods and Statistics (PSY 4960) next Spring (2026).

My primary research interests include:

1. How does regulating psychosocial stress impact language production and other cognitive abilities?
2. How does regulating emotion impact processing speed and other cognitive abilities?
3. How does healthy cognitive aging impact the experience of psychosocial stress and/or emotional regulation AND does this change the impact on cognition?

Please contact me if you have any questions about my research or teaching experience!

A secondary research interest of mine is:

User eXperience (UX) research, strategy, and design!

During my Ph.D. I completed an internship focusing on UX related research with Hit Point Studios in Los Angeles, CA. This experience paved the way for several other consulting positions which involved competitive analyses and briefs, application quality assurance testing, in-person user experience interviews and other forms of UX data collection.

I also served as a graduate teaching assistant for the UX courses offered through the Applied Cognitive Psychology program at Claremont Graduate University (i.e., Strategy and Design, PSY 350UX; Usability Testing and Interaction Design, PSY 350UT; and User Experience Research Methodology, PSY 350UR).

Check out my UX Portfolio: CLICK HERE!