Rajesh, K Kana, Professor
Gorden Palmer | 205-348- | rkkana@ua.edu
Research Interests
Autism spectrum disorders
Social Cognition
Social Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Clinical and Translational Neuroscience
Accepting Students
Susan White, Doddridge Saxon Chairholder, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Director, Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems
Gordon Palmer 375 | (205) 348-5083 | swwhite1@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Developmental psychopathology
- evidence-based assessment and treatment
- intervention research
- neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism
- ADHD
- learning disorders
Accepting Students
Matthew Cribbet, Assistant Professor
Gordon Palmer 408B | (205) 348-5083 | matthew.r.cribbet@ua.edu
Research Interests
- sleep
- early life adversity
- cardiovascular disease risk
- emotion regulation
- close relationships
Accepting Students
Alexa Tullett, Associate Professor
410 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | atullett@ua.edu
http://atullett.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- belief systems people use to organize the world
- how people come to understand the feelings and thoughts of others
Accepting Students
William Peter Hart, Associate Professor
169 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, Assistant 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
Rebecca S. Allen, Professor
204 Osband Hall | (205) 348-5083 | 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
Jeffrey G. Parker, Associate Professor
202 ISSR | (205) 348-5083 | j.g.parker@ua.edu
Accepting Students
Kristina McDonald, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate 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