Psychology (M.A) - Experimental Psychology

Faculty

Core Faculty (These professors teach courses in the experimental psychology program)

Justin T. Buckingham, Ph.D.
(Ohio University, 2000). Social Comparison, Relationship Comparisons, The Self, Contingencies of Self-Worth. Webpage

Mark E. Chachich, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina, 1999). Neuropathology, Neuroanatomy, Learning and Memory, Research Methods and Statistics, History of Science and Medicine.

Bryan D. Devan, Ph.D.
(McGill University, 1998). Biopsychology of Learning, Memory and Spatial Cognition, Psychopharmacology and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease and Age-Related Cognitive Decline. Webpage

Kerri A. Goodwin, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 2000). False Memory, Social Factors in Eyewitness Memory, Applied Memory Research. Webpage

Geoffrey D. Munro, Ph.D.
(Kent State University, 1997). Social Judgment, Biases and Errors in Social Thought, Attitudes and Persuasion. Webpage

Frederick J. Parente, Ph.D.
(University of New Mexico, 1975). Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation of Brain Functions, Univariate and Multivariate Statistics, Experimental Design, Cognition and Human Information Processing, Neural Networks, Simulation and Artificial Intelligence.

Affiliated Faculty (These professors are available to supervise experimental psychology students' research)

Bethany Brand, Ph.D. (University of Maryland, College Park, 1993). Trauma-based Disorders including Dissociative Disorders, Assessment, Malingering, Attachment, Adjustment to College.

Alan Clardy, Ph.D. (University of Maryland, College Park, 1992). Work-Based Learning, Assessing Organizational Culture through Narrative Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Human Resource Development Auditing, Applied HRD research, Futures Studies. Webpage

Gregory S. Chasson, Ph.D. (University of Houston, 2008). Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Social Cognition (in Psychopathology), Treatment (Pragmatics; Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Autism).Webpage

David R. Earnest, Ph.D. (University of Memphis, 2010). Employee Recruitment, Teams, and Human Factors and Ergonomics.

Lawrence Froman, Ph.D. (Wayne State University, 1977). Organizational Behavior, Human Resource and Organizational Development, Work Place Change, Team Building, and Collaborative Learning.

Paz Galupo, Ph.D. . (University of Arkansas, 1996). Social and personal relationships of sexual minority individuals with a focus on friendship and marriage, intersection between sexual orientation and race, cognitive development and diversity experiences, diversity and higher education. Webpage

John M. Govern, Ph.D. (Temple University, 1990). Social Cognition, Judgment, and Decision Making.

Craig T. Johnson, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1974). Physiological, Neuropsychology, Limbic System, Learning/Memory.

Cynthia R. Kalodner, Ph.D. (Penn State, 1988). Eating Disorders and Media Influences on Body Image Issues.

Jonathan F. Mattanah, Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley, 1999). Longitudinal and intervention research to determine factors that effect students' social and emotional adjustment to the college campus. Parent-child attachment relationships and their effects on development across the lifespan. Family factors and child social and emotional development.

Bruce P. Mortenson, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University, 2000). School-Based Consultation, Applied Behavior Analysis in the Classroom. Webpage

Paul J. Pistell, Ph.D. (The University of Vermont, 2003). Psychopharmacology and Biopsychology of Learning and Memory, Nutritional and Pharmacological Interventions in the Amelioration of Age-Associated Behavioral Declines, Evaluation of Nutritional Factors on the Brain and Behavior.

Ellyn Sheffield, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, 1997). Cognitive Development, Language Development, Psychoacoustics, Development of Prematurely Born Infants, Memory Development, Psycholinguistics, Eyewitness Testimony.

Kim Shifren, Ph.D.  (Syracuse University, 1993). Youth Caregivers and their Adult Mental and Physical Health and Social Support System, Chronic Illness and Caregiving, Personality and Health Risk Behaviors, Divorce and its Effects on Adult Mental and Physical Health and Social Support System. Webpage

Jan Sinnott, Ph.D. (Catholic University, 1975). Lifespan Cognition, Sex Role Development, Development, Feeling part of a community, Adult Development, Problem Solving, Memory.

Devin Wallace, Ph.D.
(Tulane University, 2007). Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Issues, Stereotyping and Prejudice, Stigma, Intergroup Relations, Diversity, Advanced Statistics, Methodology, Research Design.

Evangeline A. Wheeler, Ph.D.
(University of California-Berkeley, 1991). Cognitive Processes in Health, Modulators of the Stress Response, Effects of Racial Bias on Health. Webpage