Department Chair

Ruth E. Grahn, Professor of Psychology, Co-Chair of the Department of Psychology

Ruth E. Grahn

Professor of Psychology, Co-Chair of the Department of Psychology

Impact of stress on behavior and neural function • Animal models of psychopathology • Role of serotonin in fear/anxiety-related behaviors • Protein immunohistochemistry


Department Chair

Jeff Moher, Associate Professor of Psychology, Co-Chair of the Department of Psychology

Jeff Moher

Associate Professor of Psychology, Co-Chair of the Department of Psychology

Cognitive psychology • Cognitive neuroscience • Visual attention • Cognition in action


Faculty

Kendell Coker, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Kendell Coker

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Community/Gun Violence • Trauma • Criminal/Juvenile Justice • Systemic Racism • Mental Health Law • Social Justice


Jennifer Gorman, Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology

Jennifer Gorman

Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology

Health psychology • Psychology of women • Gender roles • Attitudes and expectations • Applied research methods in psychology


Caitrin Hall, Visiting Instructor of Psychology

Caitrin Hall

Visiting Instructor of Psychology


Nakia Hamlett, William Meredith Assistant Professor of Psychology

Nakia Hamlett

William Meredith Assistant Professor of Psychology

Child, adolescent and young adult mental health • Complex trauma • Ethnic minority and underserved populations • Child development and developmental psychopathology • Personality disorders • Psychological assessment • Clinical risk assessment and management • Positive behavioral support plans


Jillian C. Marshall, Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology

Jillian C. Marshall

Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology

Impact of stress and anxiety on memory formation • Animal models of spatial learning • Factors that affect circadian rhythms and sleep architecture


Jason A. Nier, Professor of Psychology, Data, Information, and Society Pathway Co-Coordinator

Jason A. Nier

Professor of Psychology, Data, Information, and Society Pathway Co-Coordinator

The assessment of intergroup attitudes • Reducing intergroup bias • Contemporary forms of discrimination and the enforcement of civil rights laws


Joseph A. Schroeder, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Neuroscience Program

Joseph A. Schroeder

Professor of Psychology, Director of the Neuroscience Program

Neurobiology of analgesia • The neurobiological mechanisms of psychostimulant related behavior • Animal models of neurodegenerative disease, schizophrenia and drug abuse • Heavy metal neurotoxicity • Spatial navigation learning and memory • psychology of sleep and ecological sleep pattern recording


Jefferson A. Singer, Faulk Foundation Professor of Psychology

Jefferson A. Singer

Faulk Foundation Professor of Psychology

Personality theory • Autobiographical memory • Clinical psychology • Couples and family therapy • Narrative identity • Addiction


Audrey L. Zakriski, Professor of Psychology

Audrey L. Zakriski

Professor of Psychology

Children's mental health • Contextual assessment of child psychopathology • Childhood peer rejection and victimization


Michael Armey

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

Loel Tronsky

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology


Staff

Karen Baker

Lab Assistant

, Psychology Department Assistant, IRB Administrator

Lili Lan Visgilio

Psychology Department Assistant, IRB Administrator


Joan C. Chrisler, Class of '43 Professor Emerita of Psychology

Joan C. Chrisler

Class of '43 Professor Emerita of Psychology

Health psychology and psychology of women • Women's health • Menstruation and menopause • Weight and eating disorders • Coping with chronic illness


Ann S. Devlin, May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Ann S. Devlin

May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Environmental psychology • Healthcare design • Evidence-based design • Spatial cognition