
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

Cindy Apperson, Assistant to the Chair,Office Assoicate II
348A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-1913 | clapperson@ua.edu

Jennifer Baggett, Speech Language Pathologist
105 Child and Family Research Clinic | (205) 348-3425 | jmbaggett@bama.ua.edu

Joan Barth, Senior Research Social Scientist
306 E. Paul Bryant Drive Office 201 | (205) 348-5083 | jbarth@ua.edu
https://issr.ua.edu/people/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
Research Interests
Cognitive Aging
Racial Disparities in Cognitive Aging
Contributions of African Americans to the field of psychology
Accepting Students

David B. Boles, Professor Emeritus
Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | david.boles@ua.edu
Research Interests
Hemispheric Asymmetry
Multiple Resources


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

Shantá Burrell, CYDI Project Coordinator
Suite101 McMillian Building Office 100B | (205) 348-3438 | sburrell@ua.edu

Frances A. Conners, Professor
356B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | fconners@ua.edu
http://fconners.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- language and cognition in individuals with intellectual disabilities
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

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
Accepting Students

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

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


Megan Davis, Assistant Professor and Director of UA-Acts Program
Child and Family Research Clinic | (205) 348-9133 | mjbenson@as.ua.edu

Crystal Dillard, Professor and Director of the Psychology Clinic
123 McMillian Building | (205) 348-5000 | cldillard@ua.edu

Gayle Faught, Post Doc
357B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | eggraham@ua.edu
Research Interests
Postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Conners

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)
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
- Disruptive behavior problems and antisocial behavior, in youth and adults
- Reducing inequality in youth outcomes through mental health intervention programs
- Biologically-informed prevention and intervention
- Mild traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for behavior problems
Accepting Students


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

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
Accepting Students

William Peter Hart, Associate Professor
367C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | wphart@ua.edu
Research Interests
- social cognition
Accepting Students

Michelle Hilgeman, Adjunct Associate Professor
Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center | (205) 759-5082 | Michelle.Hilgeman@va.gov
Research Interests
Intervention development, adaptation, and implementation
Evidence-based care for vulnerable veterans and caregivers

Mary Beth Hubbard, Graduate Programs Assistant
362-B Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-1919 | mary.b.hubbard@ua.edu

Caitlin M Hudac, Assistant Professor Core Faculty in CYDI
101G McMillan Building | (205) 348-2123 | cmhudac@ua.edu
Research Interests
- Brain development across the lifespan
- Infant, child, and adolescent cognition and socio-emotional development
- Social motivation and affective responses to ostracism
- Genetic factors of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability)
Lab Website: http://b-rad.ua.edu
Accepting Students

M. Lindsey Jacobs, Post Doc
248A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-1111 | jacob008@ua.edu
Research Interests
Currently working with Dr. Rebecca Allen on community-based research to expand clinical psychology training to integrated health care settings in under served areas, with a focus on assessment, treatment, and prevention of substance use disorder and opioid use disorder. Additional research interests include mindfulness-based interventions in late life and care giving, mental health care quality and access, geriatric education, and quality improvement and program development/evaluation in geriatric settings.

Matthew Jarrett, Associate Professor and 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


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
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 L. Lichstein, Professor Emeritus
Nashville, TN | 629-867-1707 | lichstein@ua.edu

John Lochman, Saxon Professor Emeritus
276A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-7678 | jlochman@ua.edu
http://jlochman.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
- prevention
- intervention research
- child aggression

Robert Lyman, Professor Emeritus and Instructor
237A Gordon Palmer Hall | (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 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

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 Emeritus
195 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | 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

Tracey Mitchell, Office Associate II- Psychology Clinic
122 McMillan Bldg | (205) 348-5000 | tmitchell5@ua.edu



Jeffrey G. Parker, Associate Professor
202 ISSR | (205) 348-5083 | j.g.parker@ua.edu
Research Interests
Peer Relationships
Adolescent Friendship Quality
Jealousy in Friendships
Accepting Students

Patricia A. Parmelee Professor Emeritus, Professor and Director of Alabama Research Institute on Aging
248A Gordon Palmer 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


Beverly Roskos, Associate Professor
364-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

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
208 Russell Hall and 175 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | althomas2@ua.edu


Armyll Smith, Work Study
348 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | ajsmith32@crimson.ua.edu
Research Interests

Debbie Kofman, Clinic Coordinator
103 Child and Family Research Clinic | (205) 348-3130 | ddsnow@ua.edu

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

Bethany Stone, Office Associate II- Psychology Clinic
122 McMillan Bldg | (205) 348-5001 | bjstone@ua.edu

Laura Stoppelbein, Professor
Child and Family Research Clinic | 205-348-5083 | lastoppelbein@ua.edu
https://lastoppelbein.people.ua.edu/
Research Interests
Dr. Stoppelbein’s research interests are within the area of family adjustment and stress and she has published over 5 dozen peer-reviewed articles on topics such as trauma responses in children and families, aggression, impulsivity, and is completing a number of projects on understanding comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems among children with an ASD.

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

Beverly E. Thorn, Professor Emeritus
None | (205) 348-5083 | bthorn@ua.edu
Research Interests
- assessment and treatment of persistent painful conditions
- health behaviors
- living with chronic illness

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

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 Ward, Professor Emeritus
Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | tward@ua.edu
Research Interests

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

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
Accepting Students

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
Accepting Students