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Research Interests
CHRISTOPHER T. BALL, Ph.D. (Flinders), Associate Professor. [[ctball]]
Unconscious memory processes, applied cognitive psychology, research methodology & analysis
ROBERT C. BARNET, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), Assistant Professor. [[rcbarn]]
Animal learning and cognition, neural basis of learning and memory.
JOSHUA A. BURK, Ph.D. (Univ New Hampshire), Assistant Professor. [[jabur2]] Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, neural basis of learning and memory.
DANIELLE DALLAIRE, Ph.D. (Temple University), Assistant Professor, [[dallaire]]
Children's social and emotional development, effects of maternal incarceration on their children,
attachment, developmental psychopathology
CHERYL A. DICKTER, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina), Assistant Professor. [[cldickter]]
Social psychology, social cognition and person perception, stereotyping and prejudice.
CATHERINE FORESTELL, Ph.D. (Dalhousie University), Assistant Professor. [[caforestell]]
Flavor and food preference development in children; identification of strategies that increase children's liking and consumption of healthful foods such as fruits and vegetables.
JOSEPH GALANO, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State), Associate Professor. [[jxgala]]
Community psychology, prevention and mental health promotion, program evaluation, researcher-practitioner collaboration, State and National child abuse prevention.
PAMELA S. HUNT, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), Associate Professor. [[pshunt]]
Developmental psychobiology, neural basis of memory, alcohol and memory.
PAUL D. KIEFFABER, Ph.D. (Indiana University), Assistant Professor. [[pdkieffaber]]
Cognitive neuroscience, attention & cognitive control, cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
LEE A. KIRKPATRICK, Ph.D. (Denver), Associate Professor. [[lakirk]]
Evolutionary psychology, psychology of religion, attachment and close relationships
HARVEY J. LANGHOLTZ, Ph.D. (Oklahoma), Professor. [[hjlang]] Applied decision theory, behavioral aspects of international diplomacy.
JOHN B. NEZLEK, Ph.D. (Rochester), Professor. [[jbnezl]]
Social and personality psychology with a cross-cultural emphasis, naturally occurring social interaction, within-person variability, multilevel modeling, interval and event contingent data collection methods.
MICHAEL P. NICHOLS, Ph.D. (Rochester), Professor. [[mpnich]]
Clinical psychology, family therapy, couples dynamics and gender.
CONSTANCE J. PILKINGTON, Ph.D. (Georgia), Chair and Associate Professor. [[cjpilk]]
Social psychology, romantic relationship dynamics, the self
GLENN D. SHEAN, Ph.D. (Arizona), Professor. [[gdshea]]
Clinical psychology, Social cognition and mental disorders, affect perception and Alzheimer’s related dementia, interpersonal- developmental aspects of psychological adjustment and maladjustment.
JEANINE STEFANUCCI Ph.D. (University of Virginia), Assistant Professor, [[jkstef]]
Visual perception, perception of spatial layout, perception and emotion.
JENNIFER A. STEVENS, Ph.D. (Emory), Assistant Professor. [[jastev]]
Cognitive neuroscience of representation, perception, and execution of action; motor recovery in patient populations
TODD M. THRASH, Ph.D. (Rochester), Assistant Professor. [[tmthra]]
Personality/Social psychology, inspiration, approach-avoidance, implicit-explicit motives, well-being, creativity
W. LARRY VENTIS, Ph.D. (Tennessee), Professor. [[wlvent]]
Clinical psychology, therapeutic applications of humor, psychology of religion, social learning theory.
PETER M. VISHTON, Ph.D. (Cornell), Assistant Professor. [[vishton]]
Cognitive, perceptual, and motor development; interaction of vision and action systems.
NEILL P. WATSON, Ph.D. (Harvard), Professor [[npwats]] (retired; available for research supervision) Clinical psychology, psychotherapy process and outcome, self-discrepancy, and personal constructs.
JANICE ZEMAN, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt), Associate Professor. [[jlzema]]
Clinical Child Psychology, emotion regulation in children and adolescents, developmental psychopathology.
Unconscious memory processes, applied cognitive psychology, research methodology & analysis
ROBERT C. BARNET, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), Assistant Professor. [[rcbarn]]
Animal learning and cognition, neural basis of learning and memory.
JOSHUA A. BURK, Ph.D. (Univ New Hampshire), Assistant Professor. [[jabur2]] Cognitive/behavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, neural basis of learning and memory.
DANIELLE DALLAIRE, Ph.D. (Temple University), Assistant Professor, [[dallaire]]
Children's social and emotional development, effects of maternal incarceration on their children,
attachment, developmental psychopathology
CHERYL A. DICKTER, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina), Assistant Professor. [[cldickter]]
Social psychology, social cognition and person perception, stereotyping and prejudice.
CATHERINE FORESTELL, Ph.D. (Dalhousie University), Assistant Professor. [[caforestell]]
Flavor and food preference development in children; identification of strategies that increase children's liking and consumption of healthful foods such as fruits and vegetables.
JOSEPH GALANO, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State), Associate Professor. [[jxgala]]
Community psychology, prevention and mental health promotion, program evaluation, researcher-practitioner collaboration, State and National child abuse prevention.
PAMELA S. HUNT, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), Associate Professor. [[pshunt]]
Developmental psychobiology, neural basis of memory, alcohol and memory.
PAUL D. KIEFFABER, Ph.D. (Indiana University), Assistant Professor. [[pdkieffaber]]
Cognitive neuroscience, attention & cognitive control, cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
LEE A. KIRKPATRICK, Ph.D. (Denver), Associate Professor. [[lakirk]]
Evolutionary psychology, psychology of religion, attachment and close relationships
HARVEY J. LANGHOLTZ, Ph.D. (Oklahoma), Professor. [[hjlang]] Applied decision theory, behavioral aspects of international diplomacy.
JOHN B. NEZLEK, Ph.D. (Rochester), Professor. [[jbnezl]]
Social and personality psychology with a cross-cultural emphasis, naturally occurring social interaction, within-person variability, multilevel modeling, interval and event contingent data collection methods.
MICHAEL P. NICHOLS, Ph.D. (Rochester), Professor. [[mpnich]]
Clinical psychology, family therapy, couples dynamics and gender.
CONSTANCE J. PILKINGTON, Ph.D. (Georgia), Chair and Associate Professor. [[cjpilk]]
Social psychology, romantic relationship dynamics, the self
GLENN D. SHEAN, Ph.D. (Arizona), Professor. [[gdshea]]
Clinical psychology, Social cognition and mental disorders, affect perception and Alzheimer’s related dementia, interpersonal- developmental aspects of psychological adjustment and maladjustment.
JEANINE STEFANUCCI Ph.D. (University of Virginia), Assistant Professor, [[jkstef]]
Visual perception, perception of spatial layout, perception and emotion.
JENNIFER A. STEVENS, Ph.D. (Emory), Assistant Professor. [[jastev]]
Cognitive neuroscience of representation, perception, and execution of action; motor recovery in patient populations
TODD M. THRASH, Ph.D. (Rochester), Assistant Professor. [[tmthra]]
Personality/Social psychology, inspiration, approach-avoidance, implicit-explicit motives, well-being, creativity
W. LARRY VENTIS, Ph.D. (Tennessee), Professor. [[wlvent]]
Clinical psychology, therapeutic applications of humor, psychology of religion, social learning theory.
PETER M. VISHTON, Ph.D. (Cornell), Assistant Professor. [[vishton]]
Cognitive, perceptual, and motor development; interaction of vision and action systems.
NEILL P. WATSON, Ph.D. (Harvard), Professor [[npwats]] (retired; available for research supervision) Clinical psychology, psychotherapy process and outcome, self-discrepancy, and personal constructs.
JANICE ZEMAN, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt), Associate Professor. [[jlzema]]
Clinical Child Psychology, emotion regulation in children and adolescents, developmental psychopathology.
