--- title: "The G-W Blog: Health & Physical Education | Catherine Sanderson" description: Catherine is the Poler Family Professor of Psychology at Amherst College She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. 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