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Randall E. Osborne, Ph.D.
Southwestern Vice-President
Department of Psychology
Texas State University - San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512) 245-8236
Psi Chi Regional Southwestern Vice-President (2004-08)
Dr. Randall E. Osborne is a professor of psychology at Texas State University–San Marcos. He received his PhD in social psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He successfully defended his dissertation in the fall of 1989 while serving as a visiting assistant professor at Luther College in Decorah, IA. After serving two years as an assistant professor at Phillips University (OK), Dr. Osborne joined the faculty at Indiana University East in 1992 and was tenured and promoted to an associate professor in 1997. In 2005, Dr. Osborne was promoted to full professor at Texas State University–San Marcos. His background is in social psychology, but his teaching interests range from introductory psychology to forensic psychology.
For almost three years, Dr. Osborne served as chair of the Behavioral and Social Science Division at Indiana University East and the Psychology Department at Texas State from fall 2001 to 2005. His colleagues describe him as endlessly enthusiastic. He himself lives by the motto, “take your job seriously and yourself lightly.”
Dr. Osborne has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, teaching journals, and applied journals. In addition, his more than 20 books include textbooks, resource manuals for faculty, study guides for students, a humor book about nerds and self-esteem, and two fantasy adventure novels. Dr. Osborne has served as a regional coordinator for the Midwestern Region and then as president of the National Council of Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology. He has been a Psi Chi advisor for over 15 years and helped establish the Psi Chi Chapter at Indiana University East.