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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Charles I. Abramson, Ph.D.

Regents Professor, Lawrence L. Boger Professor of International Studies

Boston University

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Comparative psychology. Studies include mathematical models of the learning process, influence of agrochemicals and metals on learning, development of a social insect model of ethanol induced behavior, molecular mechanisms of learning, development of inquiry-based science activities, comparative analysis of behavior.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

R. Matt Alderson, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Central Florida

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Examination of existing and emerging models and potential core deficits of ADHD, including working memory, behavioral inhibition, and ADHD-related variability.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Amanda Baraldi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

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Current Research: missing data analyses, methods for assessing mediation, longitudinal growth modeling, and health and prevention research. Recent publications appear in Psychological Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, and Appetite.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

Experimental Psychology Faculty

Jennifer Byrd-Craven, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Missouri

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Current research: Psychobiology of the stress response including sex differences, developmental and life history factors, with a focus on female sociality as it relates to evolutionary psychology more broadly. Recent publications appear in Psychoneuroendocrinology, Physiology and Behavior, and Hormones & Behavior.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

John M. Chaney, Ph.D.

Regents Professor

University of Missouri

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Emotional adjustment in pediatric chronic illness populations, particularly juvenile rheumatic diseases and inflammatory bowel disease.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Lucia Ciciolla, Ph.D., IMH®(III)

Assistant Professor

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Risk and resilience in early child development within the context of the parent-child relationship and in association with maternal psychopathology, developmental risk factors, and social/environmental risk factors.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Ashley H. Clawson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Memphis

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Child and family health promotion and disease prevention, health equity and health disparities, adolescent and young adult health, and pediatric asthma. Specifically, Dr. Clawson's current research examines the correlates and health effects of environmental and active nicotine and cannabis exposure among youth, with a specific focus on youth with asthma and underserved families.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Ashley Cole, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Oklahoma State University

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Dr. Cole's current research examines health disparities and health behaviors in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations from both resilience and risk perspectives. Dr. Cole anticipates admitting a student in 2020.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

DeMond M. Grant, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Buffalo - SUNY

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The role of repetitive negative thought (e.g., worry, rumination) on cognitive processes associated with anxiety disorders, using information processing tasks, event-related potentials, and peripheral psychophysiology.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

James W. Grice, Ph.D.

Professor

University of New Mexico

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Social-Personality Track. Current Research: Observation Oriented Modeling, Quantitative Methods, Personality Theory, Psychology of Religion, and Idiographic Assessment of Personality. Recent publications appear in Psychological Methods, Multivariate Behavioral Research, and the Journal of Personality.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Misty Hawkins, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Indiana Univeristy Purdue University at Indianapolis

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The bidirectional impact of emotions and neurocognition on health behaviors and chronic diseases, especially obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Douglas A. Hershey, Ph.D.

Professor

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Cognitive & Developmental Tracks. Current Research: retirement planning, financial planning for retirement, and lifespan decision making. Recent Publications appear in Work, Aging, and Retirement; the Journal of Personal Finance; Ageing & Society; and the Journal of Consumer Affairs.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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Teaching Faculty

Evan Jordan, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Oklahoma State University

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Current courses include Psychology of Human Sexuality and Psychology of Mass Media. Recent Publications appear in Psychology of Learning and Teaching and Archives of Psychology.

Experimental Psychology Faculty

Shelia M. Kennison, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Cognitive science with a broad focus including topics in cognition related the communication and social processes, especially those involving bilingualism and trilingualism. New research focuses on biological basis of behavior, especially involved in risk-taking in children and adults.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Jaimie Arona Krems, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

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Social-Personality Track. Current research: (1) Friendship, (2) Female social psychology and behavior (cooperation, competition); (3) Stereotyping and prejudice (e.g., fat stigma). Recent publications appear in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, and Evolution & Human Behavior. Dr. Krems anticipates taking a graduate student this cycle

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Sarah C. Kucker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Iowa

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Cognitive & Developmental Tracks. Current Research: The developmental mechanisms and trajectories of early word learning and categorization, with a focus on how cognitive and linguistics components interact and change over time.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Teaching Faculty

Jennifer Labrecque, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor

University of Southern California

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Current Research: Habit formation and change, consumer and health behavior change, social intelligence effects on group performance, social network analysis. Recent publications appear in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and Health Psychology Review.

Clinical Psychology Faculty

Thad R. Leffingwell, Ph.D.

Professor

Department Head

University of Washington

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Motivation and ambivalence in the behavior change process, including clinical interventions (motivational interviewing) for resolving ambivalence and promoting behavior change-currently focused on health risk behaviors including substance use.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Experimental Psychology Faculty

Kara Moore, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas

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Current research: Current research: The role of attention and memory in the legal system. Specifically, (1) children's and adults' use of metacognitive strategies to prevent false memories and (2) the role of memory and attention in the search for missing and wanted persons. Recent publications appear in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Child Development, and Applied Cognitive Psychology.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt, Ph.D.

Professor

Director of Clinical Training

University of Kentucky

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The clinical applications and utility of personality models within the personality disorder nomenclature. Extensions of personality models to constructs not described in a diagnostic manual (e.g., successful psychopathy) and maladaptive behavior patterns (e.g., nonsuicidal self-injury).

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Larry L. Mullins, Ph.D.

Regents Professor

Vaughn Vennerberg Chair of Psychology

University of Missouri

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Child and family adjustment to pediatric chronic illness, with an emphasis on identifying factors that predict both resilience and adjustment difficulties in children and their parents. Randomized trials with parents of children with a chronic illness. Research is underway in populations of children with cancer, disorders of sexual development, sickle cell disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Teaching Faculty

Garrett Pollert, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor

Director, Psychological Services Center

University of Arkansas

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Disordered eating, binge eating, dietary restraint and restriction. Cognitive components influencing eating and weight management behaviors and success. Emotion dysregulation broadly, as well as beliefs and attitudes related to emotion.

Experimental Psychology Faculty

Celinda Reese-Melancon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Louisiana State University

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Memory and memory aging, especially factors that influence prospective memory performance, metamemory, and collaborative cognition.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

Maureen A. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

State University of New York - Stony Brook

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Effective parenting strategies and child misbehavior in early childhood, including among American Indian families. Children and their families' adjustment to natural disaster.

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2021.

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David G. Thomas, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

University of Denver

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Supervises graduate instructors teaching Introductory Psychology.

No longer accepting students.

Clinical Psychology Faculty

Tony Wells, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

University of Texas at Austin

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Suicidal thinking and behavior with a focus on implicit cognitive processes. Improving suicide screening and risk prediction.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Clinical Psychology Faculty

LaRicka R. Wingate, Ph.D.

Professor

Director of Africana Studies

Florida State University

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Interpersonal causes, correlates, and consequences of both suicidal behavior. Specifically, resilience, strengths, protective factors, suicide risk assessment, and suicidality in ethnic minority groups.

Anticipates admitting a student in 2021.

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Amy Wisniewski, Ph.D.

Research Professor

The Johns Hopkins University

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Amy Wisniewski received her BA in Neuroscience from Oberlin College in 1994 and her PhD in Experimental Psychology from The Johns Hopkins University in 1999. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Endocrinology in 2002 from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Amy’s research examines behavioral, medical and surgical outcomes of children and adults affected by disorders of sex development (DSD).

Does not anticipate admitting a student in 2020.

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