Dr. Erik Tracy received his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Buffalo in 2000 and his PhD in Cognitive / Experimental from the Ohio State University in 2006.  After graduating, Dr. Tracy was a lecturer at Ohio State until joining the UNCP faculty in 2011.  Presently, teaches Introduction to Psychology, the History and Systems of Psychology, and Sensation and Perception.  

 

Dr. Tracy also serves as the Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and is actively engaged in research.  Specifically, Dr. Tracy is interested in speech perception and how we perceive personal characteristics about talkers.  For example, upon hearing a talker's voice, how would a listener perceive the sexual orientation of the talker?   What information, within the speech signal, is the listener using?  More recently, Dr. Tracy has also investigated which personality traits listeners associate with gay and heterosexual talkers.

 

In his free time, Dr. Tracy enjoys spending time with his family, going to the gym, watching movies, and collecting action figures.