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Concentrations
Accepting Students

Lisa Beck, Assistant Professor

172B Gordan Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | lnbeck@ua.edu

Jennifer Cox

Jennifer Cox, Associate Professor

255-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | jennifer.m.cox@ua.edu

http://jmcox.people.ua.edu/

  • 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

Jenny M. Cundiff, Assistant Professor

183 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | jmcundiff1@ua.edu

      – 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

 

James Hamilton

James C. Hamilton, Associate Professor

387 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | jchamilt@ua.edu

http://jchamilt.people.ua.edu/

  • motivational explanations for excessive medical illness behavior
  • dynamics of the victim role
  • social psychology of death attitudes and death acceptance

Michelle Hilgeman, Adjunct Associate Professor

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center | (205) 759-5082 | Michelle.Hilgeman@va.gov

Intervention development, adaptation, and implementation
Evidence-based care for vulnerable veterans and caregivers

Lauren Kois, Assistant Professor

407A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | lekois@ua.edu

http://lkois.people.ua.edu/

  • 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

 

Pat Parmelee

Patricia A. Parmelee, Professor and Director of Alabama Research Institute on Aging

2810 Capital Hall | (205) 348-1499 | pparmelee@ua.edu

http://aria.ua.edu/patricia-parmelee/

  • 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

Randall T. Salekin, Professor

352 Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | rsalekin@ua.edu

http://rsalekin.people.ua.edu/

  • psychopathy
  • callous unemotional traits
  • treatment of psychopathy
  • treatment of interpersonal callousness

Lynn Snow, Professor

210 Osband Hall | (205) 348-3655 | lsnow@ua.edu

Sara Stromeyer, Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Training

368C Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | slstromeyer@ua.edu

Beverly Thorn

Beverly E. Thorn, Professor Emeritus

None | (205) 348-5083 | bthorn@ua.edu

http://bthorn.people.ua.edu/

  • assessment and treatment of persistent painful conditions
  • health behaviors
  • living with chronic illness

Theodore Tomeny

Theodore S. Tomeny, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

254-A Gordon Palmer Hall | (205) 348-5083 | theodore.s.tomeny@ua.edu

http://ttomeny.people.ua.edu/

  • intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • autism spectrum disorder

Bradley White, Associate Professor

101B McMillan Buliding | (205) 348-0521 | whiteba@ua.edu

  • Disruptive behavior:
  • Development
  • impacts
  • Interventions

 

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

https://swwhite.people.ua.edu

  • Developmental psychopathology
  • evidence-based assessment and treatment
  • intervention research
  • neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism
  • ADHD
  • learning disorders