
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

Joan Barth, Senior Research Social Scientist
ISSR | (205) 348- | jbarth@ua.edu
http://issr.ua.edu/directory/dr-joan-barth/
Research Interests
- social-emotional development
- gender differences in science and math education experiences
- adolescent risk behaviors
- children’s decision making skills
- education contexts
- neurocognitive development in young children
Accepting Students

Sheila R. Black, Associate Professor
183 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | sblack@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Dave Boles, Professor Emeritus
N/A | N/A | dboles@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Stanley L. Brodsky, Professor Emeritus
364-C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | sbrodsky@ua.edu
http://sbrodsky.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- expert witness testimony
- jury selection
Accepting Students

Frances A. Conners, Professor and Chair
352B 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

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

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

Craig Cummings, Clinical Assistant Professor
172-B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | cwcummings@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Jenny M. Cundiff, Assistant Professor
Gordon Palmer 402 | (205) 348-5083 | jmcundiff1@ua.edu
Research Interests
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā – Socioeconomic and racial health disparities
Ā Ā Ā Ā – Interpersonal processes that link social context to disease
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā – Close relationships (e.g., romantic couples, parent-child) and physical health
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā – Biological, psychological, and social pathways linking stress and health
Accepting Students

Philip Gable, Associate Professor, Director of Experimental Programs
356-B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-7028 | pgable@ua.edu
Research Interests
- emotional/social neuroscience
- cognition-emotion interaction
- EEG, EMG, reflex physiology
- approach motivation, reward processing, motor preparation
- attentional scope, memory, time perception
Accepting Students

Ansley Tullos Gilpin, Associate Professor
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


Heather Gunn, Assistant Professor
407 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | hegunn@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Interpersonal behaviors
- relationships
- sleep
- health
Accepting Students

James C. Hamilton, Associate Professor
375 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 ofĀ deathĀ attitudes and death acceptance
Accepting Students

William Peter Hart, Associate Professor
169 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | wphart@ua.edu
Research Interests
- social cognition
Accepting Students

Matthew Jarrett, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training
364-B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-0629 | majarrett@ua.edu
http://majarrett.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- developmental psychopathology
- ADHD
- anxiety disorders
Accepting Students

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
Accepting Students

Kenneth Lichstein, Professor Emeritus
N/A | N/A | lichstein@ua.edu
http://lichstein.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- behavioral sleep medicine
Accepting Students

John Lochman, Saxon Professor Emeritus
383 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-7678 | jlochman@ua.edu
http://jlochman.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- prevention
- intervention research
- child aggression
Accepting Students

Robert Lyman, Professor Emeritus, Instructor
Gordon Palmer 237A | (205) 348-5083 | robert.d.lyman@ua.edu

Debra McCallum, Director of ISSR, Director of the Capstone Poll, Senior Research Social Scientist
ISSR | (205) 348-3820 | dmccallu@ua.edu
http://issr.ua.edu/directory/debra-mccallum/
Research Interests
- social influence
- social-psychological aspects of health behavior and outcomes
- safety and well-being of children and youth
- evaluations of education
- community intervention programs
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

Ian M. McDonough, Assistant Professor
410-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 737-3442 | immcdonough@ua.edu
http://immcdonough.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- episodic memory
- intelligence
- aging
- structure and functional neuroimaging
- dynamic fluctuations of brain activity
- biomarkers of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
- intervention
- Health Disparities
Accepting Students

Edward Merrill, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
195 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-1932 | emerrill@ua.edu
http://emerrill.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- cognitive development
- developmental disabilities
- down syndrome and language
- down syndrome and wayfinding
- implicit cognition and decision making
- sex differences in cognitive abilities
Accepting Students

Jeffrey G. Parker, Associate Professor
202 ISSR | (205) 348-5083 | j.g.parker@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 interrelationsĀ of physical and mental health
- quality of long-term care, and particularly staffing issues in residential care settings
- interventions to support family caregivers

Beverly Roskos, Associate Professor
362-C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | 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

Karen L. Salekin, Associate Professor
258A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | ksalekin@ua.edu
http://ksalekin.people.ua.edu/
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

Forrest R. Scogin Jr., Professor Emeritus
246A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | fscogin@ua.edu
Research Interests
- mental health and aging
- psychotherapy research
- depression
Accepting Students

Allison Scrivner, Instructor
Russell Hall 208/ Gordon Palmer 175 | (205) 348-5083 | althomas2@ua.edu

Clayton Shealy, Associate Clinical Professor, Director of the Psychology Clinic
McMillan (Psychology Clinic) | (205) 348-5000 | cshealy@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Lynn Snow, Professor
210 Osband Hall | (205) 348-3655 | lsnow@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Sara Stromeyer, Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Training
368C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | slstromeyer@ua.edu
Accepting Students

Beverly E. Thorn, Professor Emeritus
417-D Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5024 | bthorn@ua.edu
Research Interests
- assessment and treatment of persistent painful conditions
- health behaviors
- living with chronic illness
Accepting Students

Theodore S. Tomeny, Assistant Professor
254-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | theodore.s.tomeny@ua.edu
Research Interests
- intellectual and developmental disabilities
- autism spectrum disorder
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

Thomas B. Ward, Professor Emeritus
179 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | tward@ua.edu
Research Interests
- cognition and creativity
- cognition in virtual environments
Accepting Students

Bradley White, Associate Professor
101B McMillan | (205) 348-0521 | whiteba@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Disruptive behavior:
- Development
- impacts
- Interventions
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