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  • Susan Bachus

    Susan Bachus

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Craig Bailey

    Craig Bailey

    Applied Developmental Psychology: Development and trajectory of young children in the childcare/preschool environment

  • Kelley Megilligan Baker

    Kelley Megilligan Baker

    Instructor

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Carryl Baldwin

    Carryl Baldwin

    Associate Professor

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition: Applied Auditory Cognition and the use of neurophysiological measures (i.e. EEG, ERP, EKG, and eye tracking) when people perform multiple modality dual tasks as a function of changes in sensory or environmental condition or cognitive aspects of the task.

  • Charles Barrett
  • Jane Hesketh Barrow

    Jane Hesketh Barrow

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Hideko Hamada Bassett

    Hideko Hamada Bassett

    Assistant Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Marjorie Battaglia

    Marjorie Battaglia

    Assistant Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology: Adult and elderly development

  • Nicole Beadles

    Nicole Beadles

    Assistant Professor

    School Psychology

  • Brandon Beltz

    Brandon Beltz

    Adjunct Faculty

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Sharon Berber

    Sharon Berber

    School Psychology

  • Alec Bernstein

    Alec Bernstein

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Avrama Kim  Blackwell

    Avrama Kim Blackwell

    Associate Professor
    Director of the PhD Program, Neuroscience Program

    Department of Molecular Neuroscience: Computational and experimental approaches to the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of long term memory storage, understanding the cellular and molecular events underlying the discrimination of spatio-temporal patterns by neurons

  • Daniel Vanhoy Blalock

    Daniel Vanhoy Blalock

    Clinical Psychology: The psychometric properties related to data collection, validity, and analysis

  • Eric J Blumberg

    Eric J Blumberg

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Allison Marie Bock

    Allison Marie Bock

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Deborah A. Boehm-Davis

    Deborah A. Boehm-Davis

    University Professor
    Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

    How human performance is helped or hindered by the design of tools that help us accomplish everyday tasks with a particular interest in how improving the display of information can improve human performance.

  • Katelyn Nicole Boggs

    Katelyn Nicole Boggs

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Angela C Boone

    Angela C Boone

    Adjunct Faculty

    School Psychology

  • Parviz Lorenzo Bozzelli

    Parviz Lorenzo Bozzelli

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Jennifer Brielmaier

    Jennifer Brielmaier

    Assistant Professor

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience: Environmental factors contributing to the risk for psychiatric disorders

  • Kelsey Christina Brown
  • Louis C Buffardi

    Louis C Buffardi

    Associate Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Work and family issues, human error, individual differences.

  • Andrea Nicole Burchfield

    Andrea Nicole Burchfield

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • George Buzzell

    George Buzzell

    Instructor

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

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  • Jenna Marie Calton

    Jenna Marie Calton

    Clinical Psychology: The experience of victims of domestic violence

  • Abby Gray Carlson

    Abby Gray Carlson

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Sarah Carter

    Sarah Carter

    Clinical Psychology

  • Lauren B Cattaneo

    Lauren B Cattaneo

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: intimate partner violence, client-centered services, empowerment

  • David D Cerri

    David D Cerri

    Lab Manager
  • Aliya Razvi Chapman

    Aliya Razvi Chapman

    Clinical Psychology: The multiple identities held by American Muslim women

  • Linda Doss Chrosniak

    Linda Doss Chrosniak

    Associate Professor

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience: learning and memory processes in both humans and animals

  • Dean Cisler

    Dean Cisler

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Ellen Nicole Clarke

    Ellen Nicole Clarke

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Rachel Cohen

    Rachel Cohen

    Associate Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Jameela Nefertari Conway-Turner

    Jameela Nefertari Conway-Turner

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Jose M Cortina

    Jose M Cortina

    Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, and significance testing, as well as predictors and outcomes of emotions in the workplace.

  • Timothy Walter Curby

    Timothy Walter Curby

    Assistant Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology: Variability in teacher-student interactions, Continuous measurement of teacher-child interactions, and the Student Classroom Experience.

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  • Megan Anna Kaminski
  • Seth Kaplan

    Seth Kaplan

    Associate Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Exploring individual and team performance in high-reliability contexts.

  • Kristin Karlovich

    Kristin Karlovich

    School Psychology

  • Todd B. Kashdan

    Todd B. Kashdan

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Anxiety, positive emotions, purpose in life, how personal strengths operate in everyday life, social relationships, and how to foster and sustain happiness and meaning in life.

  • Matthew Stephen Kendra

    Matthew Stephen Kendra

    Clinical Psychology: Mental illness stigma, severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder), combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder

  • William Kennedy

    William Kennedy

    Assistant Professor
  • Eden B King

    Eden B King

    Associate Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Dealing with and preventing discrimination in the workplace.

  • Evan M Kleiman

    Evan M Kleiman

    Clinical Psychology

  • Sarah Rose Klein

    Sarah Rose Klein

    Clinical Psychology

  • Cindy Koo

    Cindy Koo

    Administrative Coordinator
  • Frank Krueger

    Frank Krueger

    Co-Director, Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics | Chief, Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory

    Molecular Neuroscience Department: Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Cognition, Functional Neuroimaging

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  • Kate Ashley LaPort

    Kate Ashley LaPort

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  • Jerome Lard

    Jerome Lard

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Elyse Lehman

    Elyse Lehman

    Emeritus Faculty

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Lucy R Leibowitz

    Lucy R Leibowitz

    Clinical Psychology

  • Jennifer Levitas

    Jennifer Levitas

    Adjunct Faculty
  • MingKuan Lin

    MingKuan Lin

    Assistant Professor

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Alex Paul Lindsey

    Alex Paul Lindsey

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Diversity, inclusion, and the general well-being of employees in the workplace

  • Sandra Llera

    Sandra Llera

    Adjunct Faculty

    The emotional sequelae of chronic worry in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

  • Claudia Lopez

    Claudia Lopez

    School Psychology

  • Li Lu

    Li Lu

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Joseph Nicholas Luchman

    Joseph Nicholas Luchman

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: The employee's experience of work broadly construed, Evaluating and advancing research methodology, and human resources practices and occupational choice

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  • Sarah O'Brian

    Sarah O'Brian

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Jim Olds

    Jim Olds

    Director and Chief Academic Unit Officer, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study; Chair, Department of Molecular Neuroscience; The Shelley Krasnow University Professor of Molecular Neuroscience

    Role of signal transduction in memory storage

  • Donna Orsini

    Donna Orsini

    Adjunct Faculty

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  • Raja Parasuraman

    Raja Parasuraman

    University Professor
    Director, Center of Excellence in Neuroergonomics, Technology, and Cognition

    Cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory using event-related potential (ERP), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) methods; aging and Alzheimer's disease; molecular genetics of cognition; neuroergonomics

  • James Parker

    James Parker

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Robert Pasnak

    Robert Pasnak

    Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology: Children and life span development- particularly helping children who lag in cognitive development catch up to their peers.

  • Jill Washychyn Payne

    Jill Washychyn Payne

    Adjunct Faculty
  • John J. Payne

    John J. Payne

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • William A Perez

    William A Perez

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Alexandra H Perloe

    Alexandra H Perloe

    Clinical Psychology

  • Matthew S Peterson

    Matthew S Peterson

    Associate Professor

    Visual attention, eye movements, working memory, attentional control, aging, brain plasticity, cognitive training

  • Dawn Phillips

    Dawn Phillips

    Grants and Budget Administrator
  • Samantha N Plourde

    Samantha N Plourde

    Applied Developmental Psychology: How peers affect each others education and social and emotional competence

  • Jeffrey W Pollard

    Jeffrey W Pollard

    Assistant Professor
  • Elizabeth L Purnell

    Elizabeth L Purnell

    Adjunct Faculty

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  • Bethany A Rallis

    Bethany A Rallis

    Clinical Psychology: Adolescent at risk behaviors and co-morbid psychopathology

  • Celise Remy - Lewis

    Celise Remy - Lewis

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  • Keith D Renshaw

    Keith D Renshaw

    Assistant Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Anxiety, depression, and interpersonal relationships, with a particular focus on romantic relationships in which one partner has an anxiety disorder.

  • Kristin Repchick

    Kristin Repchick

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  • David Revilla

    David Revilla

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Susan Ridley

    Susan Ridley

    Office Manager
  • John H Riskind

    John H Riskind

    Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Cognitive-behavioral research, treatment, and theory of anxiety, mood, and related disorders.

  • Daniel Micah Roberts

    Daniel Micah Roberts

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Johannes Rojahn

    Johannes Rojahn

    Professor

    Applied Developmental Psychology: Intellectual and developmental disabilities, especially [1] challenging behaviors and other forms of psychopathology (epidemiology, assessment, applied behavior analysis) and [2] socio-emotional development and social adaptation.

  • Jill Roper
  • Ellen Rowe

    Ellen Rowe

    Assistant Professor

    School Psychology: Areas of assessment and measurement with children.

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  • June P Tangney

    June P Tangney

    University Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Working at the interface of clinical psychology, social psychology, and criminology. Studying moral emotions and cognitions associated with crime, substance abuse, HIV risk behavior, and rehabilitation. Developing novel interventions for 'general population' jail inmates drawing on restorative justice, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.

  • Erin Lee Tarpey

    Erin Lee Tarpey

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Nathan A Tatro

    Nathan A Tatro

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • Kathryn A Taylor

    Kathryn A Taylor

    Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience: Behavioral effects of nicotine

  • Lois E Tetrick

    Lois E Tetrick

    University Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Occupational health psychology including stress, work-family, and safety; the employee-organization relationship including psychological contracts, social exchange theory, and the norm of reciprocity; organizational climate and culture; innovation and creativity; positive aging and retirement transitions; cross-cultural aspects of industrial organizational psychology.

  • Jordan Thibodeaux

    Jordan Thibodeaux

    Applied Developmental Psychology

  • David W Thompson

    David W Thompson

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Dawna M Thompson

    Dawna M Thompson

    Assistant Professor

    School Psychology

  • James C Thompson

    James C Thompson

    Associate Professor

    Examining how we recognize human movement and make sense of other peoples' actions and how this can be applied in specialized settings such as surveillance and in conditions in which human movement recognition may be impaired. *Faculty can have primary affiliation with only one program; for a list of faculty with secondary affiliation in the CBN program, see the CBN Research Interests page.

  • Alan Jerome Tomassetti

    Alan Jerome Tomassetti

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Discretionary problem solving in ill-defined social demains

  • Alice Jayne Trageser

    Alice Jayne Trageser

    Adjunct Faculty

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  • Jessica Yarbro

    Jessica Yarbro

    Clinical Psychology: Social Anxiety as it functions in the context of romantic relationships; Factors that predict successful and meaningful romantic relationships

  • Rachel M York

    Rachel M York

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Robert J Youmans

    Robert J Youmans

    Assistant Professor

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition: Dr. Youmans’ research focuses not simply on creative behaviors in design and engineering, but also on the basic cognitive and social mechanisms thought to be responsible for creative behaviors. These mechanisms include controlled attention, situation awareness, task-set switching, working memory, judgment and decision-making, language, and group processes. Dr. Youmans also conducts research on other applied cognitive topics including methods of enhancing learning in higher education, and the safe, efficient, and intuitive design of commercial products and systems.

  • Kevin Christopher Young

    Kevin Christopher Young

    Clinical Psychology

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  • Stephen Zaccaro

    Stephen Zaccaro

    Professor

    Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Steve has directed funded research projects in the areas of team performance, shared mental models, leader-team interfaces, leadership training and development, leader adaptability, and executive coaching.

  • Holly Alyse Zanville

    Holly Alyse Zanville

    Adjunct Faculty

    School Psychology

  • Daniel Zapp

    Daniel Zapp

    Adjunct Faculty
  • Kevin Zish

    Kevin Zish

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition

  • Jorge Zuniga

    Jorge Zuniga

    Human Factors/Applied Cognition