William Peter Hart, Associate Professor
367C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | wphart@ua.edu
Research Interests
- social cognition
Accepting Students
Karen L. Salekin, Associate Professor
258A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | ksalekin@ua.edu
http://ksalekin.people.ua.edu/
Accepting Students
Jennifer Cox, Associate Professor
255-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | jennifer.m.cox@ua.edu
Research Interests
- the interplay between psychological assessment and the legal system
- conceptualization and assessment of psychopathic personality (psychopathy)
- influence of psychological expert testimony on legal decision making
- how legal decision makers understand and consider psychopathy evidence during the trial process
Accepting Students
James C. Hamilton, Associate Professor
387 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | jchamilt@ua.edu
http://jchamilt.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- motivational explanations for excessive medical illness behavior
- dynamics of the victim role
- social psychology of death attitudes and death acceptance
Accepting Students
Rebecca S. Allen, Professor And Chair
352B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-9891 | rsallen@ua.edu
Research Interests
- cultural dynamics (race/ethnicity; rural/urban) of healthcare decision making
- interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family, and professional caregivers within the context of advanced chronic or terminal illness
- clinical training
Accepting Students
Kristina McDonald, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
257AA Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-6320 | klmcdonald2@ua.edu
http://klmcdonald.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- precursors and consequences for youth who endorse hostile social motivations
- how friendship interactions may influence social cognitions
- how social context (e.g., school diversity) may affect peer relationships
- how physiological reactivity to social threat interacts with social cognitions to predict behavior
Accepting Students
Ansley Tullos Gilpin, Associate Professor and Director of Experimental Psychology
192 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | agilpin@ua.edu
Research Interests
- fantasy orientation and pretend play
- executive functions
- school readiness
- children’s use of testimony (information from other people) to learn about the world
- imaginary companions (mean and nice)
- children’s understanding of fantasy/reality,
- development of religiosity
- pretend play’s role in early childhood intervention (ASD)
Accepting Students
Andrea Glenn, Associate Professor
101-E McMillan Building | 205-565-8352 | andrea.l.glenn@ua.edu
Research Interests
- psychopathy
- callous/unemotional traits in youth
- biologically-based prevention and intervention
- fMRI
- hormones
- morality
- Neuroethics
Accepting Students
Theodore S. Tomeny, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
254-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | theodore.s.tomeny@ua.edu
Research Interests
- intellectual and developmental disabilities
- autism spectrum disorder
Accepting Students
Randall T. Salekin, Professor
352 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | rsalekin@ua.edu
http://rsalekin.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- psychopathy
- callous unemotional traits
- treatment of psychopathy
- treatment of interpersonal callousness
Accepting Students