Bryce Van Vleet

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Psychology

LocationRoselawn Academic 311

Phone(540) 432-4427

E-Mailbryce.vanvleet@emu.edu

Education

BA, Seattle Pacfic University
MS, North Dakota State University
PHD, North Dakota State University

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Biography

Dr. Bryce Van Vleet earned a PhD from North Dakota State University in Developmental Science under the direction of Dr. Heather R. Fuller in 2025. He is an assistant professor of psychology at Eastern Mennonite University where he directs the Rural T.R.U.S.T lab, a social science research lab that seeks to understand well-being, resiliency, and trust in science across rural America. His current projects investigate queer well-being in rural America, advocate for empathy towards vaccine hesitancy in adulthood, and models how rural parents impart coping skills to their children. He is a member of the Gerontological Society of America and specializes in adult development, rurality, and qualitative methodology. Prior to his doctoral work, Bryce earned a BA degree in psychology from Seattle Pacific University, a leading faith-based liberal arts university, and a MS from North Dakota State.

A recent convert to Anabaptism, Bryce looks for ways to incorporate faith into his scholarship and teaching. He encourages scholars from all walks of faith to bring their full selves into their work. Additionally, as a community-engaged scholar, he encourages curious members of the Shenandoah Valley to inquire about how research can investigate the topics of interest to them.

Mission Statement

Publications

	Citation	Pub. Date
2019	Van Vleet, B., Fuller, H. R., Huseth-Zosel, A., & Giddens, A. (2026). "This is not any of your business so stop your bulls*t": An abductive thematic analysis of antagonism towards others in a vaccination study. Patient Education and Counseling, 143*, 109417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2025.109417	2026
2020	McGeorge, C. R., Kinkade, E., Van Vleet, B., Kho, C., & Mullet, N. (2025). State of families brief report: North Dakota (2023). Marriage & Family Review, 1-26. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2025.2464567	2025
2021	Van Vleet, B., Fuller, H. R. & Huseth-Zosel, A. (2024). “There’s a lot of factors”: Researcher reflections on using I-Poetry to empathetically understand vaccine hesitant older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 1(4), 100100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100100.	2024
2022	Van Vleet, B., Fuller, H.R., Hoffmann, B., & Huseth-Zosel, A. (2024) Older adults’ future perspectives and attitudes amid uncertainty: Shifts across 2 years of COVID-19. Journal of Adult Development, 32, 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-024-09486-7	2024
2023	Van Vleet, B., Fuller, H. R., Kinkade, E. E., & Huseth-Zosel, A. (2024). Lacking family ties during COVID-19: A longitudinal small-scale qualitative analysis of fictive kin and friendship in older adulthood. Personal Relationships, 31(2), 379-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12538	2024
2024	Fuller, H. R., Huseth-Zosel, A., Van Vleet, B., & Carson, P. J. (2024). Barriers to vaccination among older adults: Demographic variation and links to vaccine acceptance. Aging and Health Research, 4(1), Article 100176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2023.100176	2024
2025	Fuller, H. R., Huseth-Zosel, A., Kinkade, E. E., Van Vleet, B, & Hajdar, M. (2023). “Stronger than I thought I was”: Older adults’ coping across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gerontologist, 64(7), gnad164. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad164	2023
2026	Van Vleet, B., Fuller, H.R., Hofmann, B., & Huseth-Zosel, A. (2022). Untapped insight: A longitudinal qualitative analysis of older adults’ advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Innovation in Aging, 6(7), 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac071	2022

Professional Memberships

Gerontological Society of America

New Courses Taught

PSYC385 Adult Development and Aging

PATH 413 The Art and Psychology of Horror Movies

Courses Taught

PSYC 101 General Psychology

PSYC 202 Developmental Psychology

PSYC 342/BMS 572 Cognitive Psychology

PSYC 472 Research in Psychology

PSYC 473 Research in Psychology Applied

Attached CV

https://appsrv.emu.edu/personnel/personnel/cv/bav2338/CV_2025-11-25.pdf

Updated 11/25/2025