Alexa Tullett, Assistant Professor
410 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-0607 | 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
Karen L. Salekin, Associate Professor
406 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | ksalekin@ua.edu
http://ksalekin.people.ua.edu/
Accepting Students
Patricia A. Parmelee, Professor and Director of Alabama Research Institute on Aging
207 Osband Hall | (205) 348-1499 | pparmelee@ua.edu
http://aria.ua.edu/patricia-parmelee/
Research Interests
- the interrelations of physical and mental health
- quality of long-term care, and particularly staffing issues in residential care settings
- interventions to support family caregivers
Accepting Students
Rebecca S. Allen, Professor
204 Osband 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
Jeffrey G. Parker, Associate Professor
202 ISSR | (205) 348-2081 | j.g.parker@ua.edu
Accepting Students
Kristina McDonald, Assistant 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
Ansley Tullos Gilpin, Associate Professor
192 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-9903 | 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
Thomas B. Ward, Professor
179 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-3178 | tward@ua.edu
Research Interests
- cognition and creativity
- cognition in virtual environments
Accepting Students
Beverly Roskos, Associate Professor
362-C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-7942 | broskos@ua.edu
Research Interests
- comprehension, representation, and use of spatial information, including group and individual differences
- wayfinding
- sex differences in spatial ability
- media comprehension
- visual creativity
- perceptions of temporary spaces
Accepting Students
Frances A. Conners, Professor and Chair
348 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-7913 | fconners@ua.edu
http://fconners.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- language and cognition in individuals with intellectual disabilities
Accepting Students