Full-Time Faculty Research Interests
Anthony H. Ahrens, Ph.D.
Gratitude, mindfulness and fear of emotion.
Michele M. Carter, Ph.D.
Anxiety disorders, African-American issues, cognitive therapy, depression.
Clara M. Cheng, Ph.D.
Effects of nonconscious processes on mood, cognition, judgment, and behavior, The role of the self in nonconscious processes, Nonconscious behavioral mimicry. Mindfulness and self-esteem
Noemí Enchautegui-de-Jesús, Ph.D.
Impact of stressors on family processes
Bryan D. Fantie, Ph.D.
Human neuropsychology, behavioral & cognitive neuroscience, brain dysfunction, cognition, emotion, head injury, behavioral genetics
Maria Gomez-Serrano, Ph.D.
Neuroscience, basic physiology, immunoreactivity, epigenetic factors in drug abuse, maternal behavior in drug use and abuse.
James J. Gray, Ph.D.
Eating disorders, OCD, trichotillomania, cognitive behavior therapy, psychology of religion.
Kathleen C. Gunthert, Ph.D.
Stress and coping, depression, cognitive therapy, body image, anxiety
David A.F. Haaga, Ph.D.
Cognitive assessment, depression, cigarette smoking.
Laura M. Juliano, Ph.D.
Smoking, caffeine, drug expectancies, placebo effects, anxiety
David N. Kearns, Ph.D.
Learning. Conditioned inhibition. Stimulus control. Drug self-administration.
GiShawn Mance, Ph.D.
Community-based participatory research (CBPR); depression; African American youth; mental health disparities; stress and coping.
Scott Parker, Ph.D.
Psychophysics and related areas.
Zehra Peynircioglu, Ph.D.
Human memory and metamemory, cognition in general
Anthony L. Riley, Ph.D.
Psychopharmacology, prenatal drug effects, drug addiction and abuse, drug interactions, taste aversions
Arthur G. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Visual perception and cognitive neuroscience
Alan M. Silberberg, Ph.D.
Learning theory and choice behavior, behavioral economics
Stanley J. Weiss, Ph.D.
Classical and operant conditioning, motivation, stimulus control, behavior and pharmacology
Carol S. Weissbrod, Ph.D.
Developmental-social, emotional behavior, child clinical issues, sports psychology.
Brian T. Yates, Ph.D.
Program evaluation (cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses) applied to almost any human service system (e.g., substance abuse treatment, supported housing, paraprofessional and consumer operated services).
