Dr. Rebecca Allen's research interests focus on clinical geropsychology, specifically in long-term and palliative care sittings.  She designs and evaluates interventions to improve caregivers’ stress. PY 211

Dr. Ted (Edward) Barker's research interests focus on the developmental paths - and prevention - of different types of antisocial behaviors and related adjustment problems in childhood and adolescence.  He is particularly interested in the roles of biological risk, parents, peers and the broader sociocultural context.  PY 491:  Development of Antisocial Behaviors.

Dr. Shelia Black’s primary research area is cognitive aging.  She is particularly interested in how memory and attentional processes change as a function of age. PY 101, PY 470, PY 491.

Dr. David Boles’ research investigates lateralized cognitive processes and their relationships to individual and group differences, multiple resources, and training. PY 413, PY 470, PY 491.

Dr. Stanley Brodsky conducts research on expert witness behavior and effectiveness, fear of litigation, psychology of men, and forensic psychology. PY 491.

Dr. Frances Conners’ research interests center on cognitive aspects of intellectual and developmental disabilities, especially memory, learning, and reading, and implications for intervention. PY 355, PY 491.

Dr. Ansley Tullos Gilpin studies children's cognitive development, focusing on mechanisms that foster conceptual development.  Currently, Ansley is examining how children ages 3-8 use testimony and scientific reasoning skills to make that fantasy/reality distinction.  Additionally, she studies children's beliefs in religious and fantastical entities such as imaginary friends, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus.

Dr, James Hamilton’s research concerns the interface of social and health psychology.  He is particularly interested in applying constructs such as self-esteem and identity to understand why people exaggerate physical symptoms and over-utilize health care resources. PY 101, PY 358, PY 491.

Dr. Giyeon Kim conducts research on racial/ethnic disparities in mental health and mental health service utilization among older adults.  She has special interest in measurement equivalence of mental health screening tools across diverse cultural groups.  Dr. Kim is a recipient of the 2008 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Behavioral and Social Sciences Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Dr. Laura Klinger’s research is in the area of developmental psychopathology.  She is interested in early developing cognitive impairments (i.e., attention, memory, and implicit learning) that contribute to social impairments in children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome.  She also conducts research on the effectiveness of social skills groups for high functioning children with autism. PY 352, PY 491.

Dr. Mark Klinger’s research conducts research on unconscious cognition.  This includes work in unconscious perception and implicit memory with particular interest on the unconscious activation and use of stereotypes. PY Honors Program, PY 491.

Dr. Kenny Lichstein’s research interests include the investigation the mechanisms and treatment of sleep disorders from a behavioral sleep medicine perspective and the study of insomnia with an emphasis on insomnia in older adults. PY 101.

Dr. John Lochman’s research interest include social-cognitive processes of aggressive children, and the short- and long-term effects of treatment and prevention programs provided to high-risk aggressive children, and risk factors leading to adolescent Conduct Disorder, substance use, and delinquency. Graduate Only.

Dr. Ed Merrill’s research is concerned with describing and analyzing group differences in attention and semantic processing associated with age and intelligence. PY 101, PY 211, PY 356, PY 361, PY 491.

Dr. Prentice-Dunn investigates interventions to promote preventive health behaviors. Recent topics include skin cancer risk, breast self-examinations, advance health care directives, and dietary compliance in gastric bypass patients. PY 101.

Dr. Jerome Rosenberg’s major area of research concerns the Holocaust and genocide, dehumanization, human survival, and ethics and social issues. PY 491.

Dr. Patricia Parmelee's research interests focus on social gerontology, including the association of physical and mental health in late life, quality of long-term care, and family caregiving to older adults.

Dr. Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen’s research involves visual-spatial cognition, including the representation and duse of spatial information and mental imagery.  She also conducts research on the cognitive base of creativity and on general memory processing. PY 211, PY 413, PY 491.

Dr. Karen Salekin’s research interests fall broadly in the field of clinical forensic psychology and the interface between psychology and the law.  Specific areas of interests include mental retardation and legal competencies, forensic assessment, parental fitness, and mitigation. PY 352, PY 377.

Dr. Randall Salekin’s primary research and clinical interests are in the child forensic psychology.  Specifically, his interests are on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who have come into contact with the law, juvenile transfers to adult court, culpability, and the treatment of youth diagnosed with Conduct Disorder. PY 358, PY 491.

Dr. Forest Scogin conducts research in the areas of clinical geropsychology, depression, psychotherapy, and police psychology. Graduate Only.

Dr. Virginia Scott-Adams in the Director of the Psychological Clinic.  She specializes in providing treatment to children and adolescents who have a serious mental illness and/or behavioral problems.  She also studies the area of assessment and evaluation, particularly for individuals who have disruptive behavior problems, personality disorders, and mental illness.

Dr. Martin Sellbom's research program includes personality assessment, and emphasizes the construct validity of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF.  He also examines the integration of personality and psychopathology, including shared underlying mechanisms and hierarchical structure.

Dr. Lynn Snow's research interests are Nursing Home Quality of Care, Nursing Home Organizational Development and Leadership Development, Nursing Home Staff Development, Dementia Care, Pain Assessment & Management in Dementia.  PY 491 Seminar - (Multiple Perspectives in Dementia).

Dr. Beverly Thorn’s major research area involves psychological assessment and treatment of painful states, e.g., post-surgical pain, headache, cancer pain and low-back pain.  She also does laboratory analog research regarding pain. PY 101.

Dr. Thomas Ward focuses on the nature of concepts, including how they are acquired, structured, combined, and used in creative and noncreative endeavors. His most recent line of research examines the ways in which people apply existing knowledge to new situations, including tasks as diverse as imagining life on other planets and designing practical products. PY 470, PY 491.