Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (GRAD)
The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience offers training for the doctor of philosophy degree in six areas of psychology: behavioral and integrative neuroscience, clinical, cognitive, developmental, quantitative, and social. Each program is designed to acquaint students thoroughly with the theoretical and research content of a particular specialty and to train them in the research skills needed to become competent, creative investigators in their specialty area. In addition, the programs focus on the development of competence in appropriate professional skills.
Courses
Numbered 400-999:
While many of the requirements for a Ph.D. degree vary with the specialty program, certain requirements apply to all psychology graduate students. Each student must
- Engage in research during each year of enrollment
- Pass a Ph.D. written examination
- Pass a Ph.D. oral examination
- Submit an acceptable dissertation and pass a final oral examination
- In most cases, serve as a teaching assistant or teach a course for at least one academic year
Additional information about graduate training in these areas may be obtained from the department's website. New students are accepted for admission in the fall semester only. Individuals seeking the M.A. degree only are not accepted.
Following the faculty member's name is a section number that students should use when registering for independent studies, reading, research, and thesis and dissertation courses with that particular professor.
Professors
Jonathan Abramowitz (231), Psychopathology, Prevention, and Treatment of Anxiety and Related Problems, Especially Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Sara Algoe (243), Role of Emotions in Social Interactions, Cumulative Influence of Positive Emotions
Jennifer Arnold (221), Psychological Processes Underlying Language Production and Comprehension in Both Adults and Children
Anna Bardone-Cone (239), Etiology and Maintenance of Bulimia Nervosa with Particular Interests in the Roles of Perfectionism, Self-Efficacy, and Stress; Sociocultural Factors (Race/Ethnicity, Family, Media) in Relation to Body Image and Eating Disorders; Defining "Recovery" from an Eating Disorder
Donald H. Baucom (104), Couple Therapy, Individual Psychopathology, and Couple Functioning; Health Concerns in a Couple/Family Context
Daniel Bauer (224), Structural Equation Models, Multilevel Models, Mixture Models, Analysis of Change
Kenneth Bollen (270), Structural Equation Models, Longitudinal Methods, Latent Curve Models
Regina M. Carelli (187), Neurobiology of Reward, Drug Abuse, Behavioral Neurophysiology
Shauna Cooper (272), Cultural and Contextual Factors that Contribute to Positive Youth Development, African American Adolescents and Families
Patrick J. Curran (195), Structural Equation Modeling, Longitudinal Data Analysis, High-Risk Adolescent Development
Stacey Daughters (263), Addictive Disorders, Etiologic Predictors of Disorder Onset, and Predictors of Treatment Failure or Relapse; Distress Tolerance as an Individual Predictor
Barbara Fredrickson (229), Emotions; Positive Emotions; Social, Cognitive, and Physical Effects of Pleasant Emotional States; Flourishing Mental Health
Karen M. Gil (181), Health Psychology, Chronic Illness, Stress and Coping, Pain Management, Cancer Survivorship
Kelly Giovanello (232), Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Learning and Memory; Behavioral, Neuropsychological, and Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Relational Memory
Peter C. Gordon (180), Psychology of Language, Cognitive Neuroscience
Joseph B. Hopfinger (198), Neural Mechanisms of Visual Attention; Electrophysiological, Neuroimaging, and Eye-Tracking Studies of Attentional Control, Effects of Memory on Attention
Andrea M. Hussong (188), Adolescent Substance Use; Models of Peer, Family, and Affective Risk
Deborah Jones (223), Family Transmission of Mental and Physical Health in Underserved and At-Risk Families and the Development and Implementation of Family-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs for These Groups
Donald T. Lysle (155), Neuroimmunology, Neurobiology of Drug Abuse, Evolutionary Theory
Neil Mulligan (211), Cognitive Psychology, Human Memory, Implicit vs. Explicit Memory, Episodic Memory, Attention and Memory
Abigail T. Panter (144), Evaluation, Measurement, Advanced Quantitative Methods, Survey Methodology, Personality, Educational Diversity in Higher Education
Keith Payne (226), Social Cognition, Stereotyping, Prejudice, Political Polarization
Mitch Prinstein (222), Developmental Psychopathology, Interpersonal Models of Adolescent Depression and Suicide, Peer Contagion of Health Risk Behaviors
Paschal Sheeran (267), Self-Regulation; How People Direct Their Own Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors to Achieve Their Goals
Eva Telzer (257), Adolescent Brain Development, Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors, Family and Peer Relationships, and Long-Term Psychological Well-Being
Todd Thiele (203), Neurobiology and Genetics of Alcoholism, Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning, Food Intake and Body Weight Regulation
Associate Professors
Carol Cheatham (199), Nutrition Individuality and Its Effects on the Development of Cognitive and Social Behaviors
Jessica Cohen (256), Functional Brain Network Interactions and Reconfigurations When Confronted With Charging Cognitive Demands
Sylvia Fitting (269), Drug Abuse and HIV-1 Comorbidity, Determining the Cellular, Structural, and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Opioid Interaction with NeuroAIDS
Kathleen Gates (265), Development and Application of Advanced Statistical Models for the Analysis of Individual-Level Human Behavior and Processing, Novel Methodologies for Detecting Signal from Noise in Time-Series Functional MRI Data
Keely Muscatell (273), Social Experiences Influencing Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being, Incorporating Techniques from Social Neuroscience and Psychoneuroimmunology
Kathryn Reissner (266), Modifications of Cellular Dynamics and Synaptic Strength and Control of Behavior, Brain Changes Stemming from Chronic Exposure to Drugs of Abuse
Margaret Sheridan (271), Neural Mechanisms, Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Early Childhood, Typical and Atypical Development of Prefrontal Cortex
Assistant Professors
Kelsey Bonfils (012), Schizophrenia-Spectrum and Other Serious Mental Disorders
Dan Christoffel (242), Circuit Mechanisms of Consummatory and Reward Behaviors, Experience-Dependent Plasticity, Physiology, Stress
Julian Rucker (153), Racial inequality and Discrimination
Annie Maheux (196), Sociocultural Influences on Adolescent Development; Intersection of Digital Technologies with Gender, Racial/Ethnic, and Sexual Identity
Dalal Safa (142), Antecedents and Consequents of Bicultural Identities and Competencies, Culture and Youth Development, Immigrant Adaptation, and Multiculturalism
Jamilah Silver (011), Irritability and Early Childhood Psychopathology, Early Onset Mental Disorders
Clinical Professors
Jennifer Kirby (214), Couple Therapy, Individual Psychopathology, and Couple Functioning; Health Concerns in a Couple/Family Context
Professors Emeriti
Elliot Cramer
David A. Eckerman
Samuel Fillenbaum
Mark Hollins
Chester A. Insko
Beth E. Kurtz-Costes
Robert C. MacCallum
David Penn
Paul Shinkman
David Thissen
Vaida D. Thompson
Erica Wise
