Faculty

Core Faculty

(These professors teach courses in the experimental psychology program)

Justin T. Buckingham, Ph.D. 
(Ohio University, 2000). Social psychology of the self, social comparison, social media. Webpage.

Kerri A. Goodwin, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 2000). False Memory, Social Factors in Eyewitness Memory, Emotion and Memory, Applied Memory Research. Webpage.

Jeff Kukucka, Ph.D.
(CUNY Graduate Center, 2014). Psychology and Law; Social and Cognitive Biases in Criminal Investigations and Trials; Interrogations and False Confessions. Webpage.

Jared McGinley, Ph.D.
(Virginia Tech, 2015). Biology of Emotion, Anxiety, Coping, and Flexibility/Adaptability; Cardiovascular Physiology. Webpage.

Renae C. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(University of Kansas, 2020). DEI & Social Justice in Psychology,  LGBTQ+ Identity & Experience, Sexual Violence Prevention.

Geoffrey D. Munro, Ph.D
(Kent State University, 1997). Social Judgment, Biases and Errors in Social Thought, Attitudes and Persuasion. Webpage.

Rachel Rubinstein, Ph.D.
(Rutgers University, 2018). Perception of social groups. Stereotypes. Implicit (i.e., indirect) social evaluations. Webpage.

Blaire Weidler, Ph.D.
(Washington University in St. Louis, 2017). Visual Attention, Cognitive Control, Action and Perception. Webpage.

Affiliated Faculty

(These professors are available to supervise experimental psychology students' research)                                                                           

Bryan D. Devan, Ph.D.
(McGill University, 1998). Biopsychology of Learning, Memory and Spatial Cognition, Psychopharmacology and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease and Age-Related Cognitive Decline. Webpage.            

Michael Ent, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 2016). Self-control, Altruism, Social Exclusion, Guilt, and Health Psychology. Webpage.

Maria P. Fracasso, Ph.D.
(Fordham University, 1987). Social and Emotional Development of Children. Parent-child attachment relationship and the effect on social and emotional development of culturally diverse children, The role of Parenting in Predicting Subjective well-being in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. Webpage.

Faizan Imtiaz, Ph.D.
(Queen's University, 2018). Industrial-Organizational psychology, Generational differences across seniors and young adults in the workplace, Acculturation and the work experiences of immigrants, Group dynamics in multicultural teams, Resilience and performance in applied sport psychology. Webpage.

Elizabeth Katz, Ph.D.
(University of Texas at Austin, 1998). Addictive Disorders; Treatment Outcome; Therapy Development; Substance and Behavioral Addictions; Health Behaviors. Webpage.

Elyssa Klann, Ph.D.
(Indiana University, 2020). Reproductive (in)justice, abortion attitudes and experiences; LGBTQ+ experiences and intersectionality of racism, cissexism, sexism, and heterosexism; Sexual violence prevention.

Jacqueline S. Leventon, Ph.D.
(Emory University, 2014). Cognitive development, Emotion and Memory, Electrophysiology, Infancy and Childhood. Webpage.

Sandra J. Llera, Ph.D.
(Penn State University, 2011). Anxiety and mood disorders, etiological and maintaining factors in psychopathology, emotion regulation, psychophysiology. Webpage.

Jonathan F. Mattanah, Ph.D.
(University of California at Berkley, 1999). Longitudinal and intervention research to determine factors that effect students' social and emotional adjustment to the college campus. Parent-child attachment relationship and their effects on development across the lifespan. Webpage.

Abby Mello, Ph.D.
(University of Tennessee, 2012). Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Leadership Teams, Social and Individual Cognition, Organizational Culture. Webpage.

Kim Shifren, Ph.D.
(Syracuse University, 1993). Lifespan perspective on caregivers, and those living with a chronic illness. Focus of research is on the relationship between personality, identity development, caregiver experiences, experiences of those living with chronic illnesses, and mental (well-being, depressive symptoms) and physical health. Webpage.

Jan Sinnott, Ph.D.
(Catholic University of America, 1975). Lifespan Cognition, Adult Development and Aging, Problem Solving, Mindfulness, Attachment, Positive Psychology, Identity. Webpage.

Evangeline A. Wheeler, Ph.D.
(University of California-Berkley, 1991). Compassion Meditation, Mindsets, Effects of Racial Bias on Health. Webpage.