Richard Medlin

Professor of Psychology

Richard Medlin grew up in DeLand and attended Stetson University as an undergraduate, majoring in psychology and participating in the honors program. He graduated summa cum laude and received the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award in 1975. After earning a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he returned to Stetson and has been teaching in the Psychology Department since 1981.

  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • BA, Stetson University

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Richard Medlin

Biography

It is possible that I have a longer association with Stetson than any other living person. I have been teaching here since 1981. I attended Stetson as an undergraduate from 1971-1975. My wife (also a Stetson student) and I got married during spring break of our sophomore year. My father was a professor of math and computer science here, and I grew up in a former fraternity house that was actually on the Stetson campus, where the Lynn Business Center is now. We moved into that house in 1958. My childhood was spent roller-skating on campus sidewalks, playing football in the Forest of Arden (all parking lots now, unfortunately), and playing basketball in every gym and on every outdoor court that Stetson ever had.

Richard Medlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Children’s cognitive and social development
  • Behavior disorders in children
  • Homeschooling

Course Sampling

  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Childhood Behavior Disorders

  • Cognitive and social development of homeschooled children

  • Medlin, R. G. (in press). Homeschooling: Beyond academic achievement. Peabody Journal of Education.
  • Medlin, R. G. (2013). "Homeschooling and the question of socialization revisited." Peabody Journal of Education, 88 (3), 284-297.
  • Sharick, H. M. and Medlin, R. G. (2012). "Compliance in homeschooled children." Home School Researcher, 26 (3), 1-10.
  • Medlin, R. G. (2010). "Learning style and academic achievement in homeschooled children." Home School Researcher, 25 (4), 1-9.
  • Medlin, R. G. (2007). "Homeschooled children's social skills." Home School Researcher, 17 (1), 1-8.
  • Kingston, S. T. and Medlin, R. G. (2006). "Empathy, altruism, and moral development in homeschooled children." Home School Researcher, 16 (4), 1-10.
  • Medlin, R. G. and Blackmer, R. E. (2000). "Academic intrinsic motivation in homeschooled children." Home School Researcher, 14 (2), 1-6.
  • Medlin, R. G. (2000). "Homeschooling and the question of socialization." Peabody Journal of Education, 75 (1,2), 107-123.