Wygant Takes Research Inside the Mind Nowhere on a college campus is research as interesting as it is in the psychology realm. Dr. Dustin Wygant, Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology department, is one of Eastern Kentucky University’s faculty members who is making a difference through his research. Wygant’s research explores various personality disorders, with an emphasis on psychopathy.
opportunity to work in a court psychiatric clinic and found it fascinating. “You never know what you’re going to get,” said Wygant. “I fell in love with it.” In addition to teaching at EKU, Wygant has his own Forensic Psychology practice. Students usually accompany Wygant to his forensic evaluations. They go to the jail for interviews and to the courtroom when he testifies about his findings. “I try to not only do this for myself but to train the next generation of forensic and clinical psychologists.”
Wygant first garnered interest in the study of personality disorders during his graduate program at Kent State University. He was given the
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