
Katie E. Garrison, Assistant Professor
407 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | kegarrison@ua.edu
https://kegarrison.people.ua.edu
Research Interests
- self-control
- emotion regulation
- motivation
- electroencephalography (EEG)
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Erin Harrell, Assistant Professor
402 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | erharrell@ua.edu
https://erharrell.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
• Applied Cognition
• Health Adherence and Decision Making
• Human Factors Approaches to Understanding Aging
• Technology Adoption and Successful Longevity
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Mengya Xia, Assistant Professor
169 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | mxia3@ua.edu
Research Interests
-Family systems processes and adolescent well-being
-Contextual and individual factors that promote individual competence and social-emotional development
-Mixture modeling (e.g., LPA/LCA), multilevel modeling, dynamical systems models, and other methods for intensive longitudinal data design
-Family-centered preventive intervention on individuals positive development
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Rajesh K. Kana, Professor
383 Gorden Palmer Hall | 205-348-1391 | rkkana@ua.edu
Research Interests
Autism spectrum disorders
Social Cognition
Social Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Clinical and Translational Neuroscience
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Susan White, Doddridge Saxon Chairholder, Professor, and Director of the Center for Youth Development and Intervention.
101F McMillan Building | (205) 348-1967 | swwhite1@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Developmental psychopathology
- evidence-based assessment and treatment
- intervention research
- neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism
- ADHD
- learning disorders
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Matthew Cribbet, Assistant Professor
185 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | matthew.r.cribbet@ua.edu
http://capstonesleeplab.ua.edu
Research Interests
- sleep
- early life adversity
- cardiovascular disease risk
- emotion regulation
- close relationships
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Lauren Kois, Assistant Professor
407A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | lekois@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Forensic mental health assessment (competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility)
- Competence restoration programming
- Gender differences in forensic assessment, risk, and intervention
- Forensic mental health needs assessment and program evaluation
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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
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William Peter Hart, Associate Professor
367C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | wphart@ua.edu
Research Interests
- social cognition
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Karen L. Salekin, Associate Professor
258A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | ksalekin@ua.edu
http://ksalekin.people.ua.edu/
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