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Research Interests

CHRISTOPHER T. BALL, Ph.D. (Flinders), Associate Professor. [[ctball]]
Cognitive psychology; memory processes; relationship between memory and psychopathology

ROBERT C. BARNET, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), Associate Professor. [[rcbarn]]
Animal learning and cognition, neural basis of learning and memory.

JOSHUA A. BURK, Ph.D. (University of New Hampshire), Associate 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]]
 Development, effects of early experiences on development of flavor preferences, chemical senses, ingestive behavior

JOSEPH GALANO, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State), Professor Emeritus. [[jxgala]]
Community psychology, prevention and mental health promotion, program evaluation, researcher-practitioner collaboration, State and National child abuse prevention (retired)

PAMELA S. HUNT, Ph.D. (SUNY-Binghamton), 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), 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), Associate Professor. [[cjpilk]] 
Social psychology, romantic relationship dynamics, the self

JOANNA SCHUG, Ph.D. (Hokkaido University) Assistant Professor [[jschug]]
Cross-cultural psychology, social psychology, and socio-ecological approaches to human behavior

GLENN D. SHEAN, Ph.D. (Arizona), Professor. [[gdshea]] 
Clinical psychology, social cognition and mental disorders, affect perception, interpersonal  developmental aspects of psychological maladjustment

JENNIFER A. STEVENS, Ph.D. (Emory), Associate Professor. [[jastev]]
Cognitive neuroscience of representation, perception, and execution of action; motor recovery in patient populations

TODD M. THRASH, Ph.D. (Rochester), Associate Professor. [[tmthra]] 
Personality/social psychology, inspiration, approach-avoidance, implicit-explicit motives, creativity, "the chills"

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), Associate 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), Professor and Chair. [[jlzema]]
Clinical child psychology, emotion regulation in children and adolescents, developmental psychopathology