
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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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