Department of psychology

Psychology Faculty with Research Interests

Akamatsu, T. John   Professional issues; gender and minority issues in depression.
Ben-Porath,  Yossef S.   Personality assessment in adolescents and adults.
Ciesla,  Jeffrey A.   Cognitive and behavioral risk for depression, particularly rumination and negative cognitive style.
Crowther, Janis H. Body image disturbance, chronic dieting, and eating disorders.
Delahanty,  Douglas L.   Posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychoneuroimmunology.
Docherty,  Nancy M.  Thought disorder and emotional reactivity in schizophrenia.
Dowd,  E. Thomas   Cognitive-behavior therapy, hypnosis, and hypnotherapy.
Dunlosky,  John   Memory, metamemory, self-regulated learning, comprehension, and cognitive aging.
Folk,  Jocelyn R.   Reading, spelling, and cognitive neuropsychology.
Fountain,  Stephen B.   Psychobiology of learning, memory, and cognitive processes in animals and humans.
Fresco,  David M.   Risk and resilience factors in anxiety and depression.
Graham,  John R.   Adult personality assessment.
Grau,  Josefina M.   Parent-child relationships with an emphasis on cultural and contextual factors.
Gunstad,  John J.   Neuropsychology of aging and disease; malingering detection.
Hirschman,  Richard D.   Sexual aggression and psychological defense mechanisms.
Hughes,  Joel W.   Psychosocial factors and cardiovascular risk.
Kerns,  Kathryn A.   Children's relationships with parents and peers.
Merriman,  William E.   Development of language, memory, and concepts.
Mickelson,  Kristin D.   Role of socioeconomic status and gender attitudes in social support and health.
Neal,  Dan.   Alcohol use and consequences in young adults.
Neal-Barnett,  Angela M.   Racial identity, peer relationships, and mental health in African-American adolescents.
Newberry,  Benjamin H.   Psychoneuroimmunology, stress and disease.
Rawson,  Katherine   Text comprehension, metacognition.
Riccio,  David C.   Biopsychology of learning and memory.
Stephens,  Mary Ann  Coping, social support and psychological adjustment in response to chronic illness.
Treichler,  F. Robert (Emeritus)   Animal memory.
Updegraff,  John A.  Health communication, cognitive and emotional processes in well-being.
van Dulmen,  Manfred   Developmental psychopathology, antisocial behavior, adoption, emerging adulthood, research methodology.
Wildman,  Beth G.   Identification and management of child psychosocial problems in primary care; effective parenting interventions.
Zaragoza,  Maria S.   Memory and memory distortion, eyewitness memory.