Chairperson
Faculty
Andrew Revell
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 367
Research
Research Interests
- Cognitive aging
- Neuropsychology
- Remediation of cognitive decline and potential gene-environment interactions
- Measurement of normal versus pathological changes with age and mental health
- Developmental characteristics in parenting and healthy development
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Anna Schierberl Scherr
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 390
Research
Research Interests
- Health behavior change
- Enhancing treatment outcomes for eating disorders and obesity
- Clinical training
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Amy Shapiro
Professor
Psychology
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Research
Research Interests
- Epistemology and erroneous belief
- False memory
- Educational technology
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Brian Ayotte
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 347
Research
Research Interests
- Health behaviors
- Social support
- Relationships
- Health attitudes
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Elizabeth Richardson
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 384
Research
Research Interests
- Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)
- Equine and other animal-assisted therapies
- Youth health risk behaviors and behavior change
- Mindful parenting
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Gary Pace
Full Time Lecturer
Psychology
Liberal Arts 396K
Research
Research Interests
- Antecedent Control Procedures
- Severe Behavior Disorders
- Treatment Integrity
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Jennifer Fugate
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 386
Research
Research Interests
- Facial expressions
- Emotion
- Social categorization
- Language
- Embodied cognition
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Joshua Masse
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 387B
Research
Research Interests
- Externalizing Childhood Behaviors
- Evidence-Based Treatments
- Treatment Dissemination and Implementation
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Mahzad Hojjat
Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 366
Research
Research Interests
- Transgression and Forgiveness in Friendship and Romantic Relationship
- Interethnic Dating/Marriage
- Resilience and Satisfaction in Close Relationships
- Competition in Friendships
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Mary Kayyal
Full time Lecturer
Psychology
Liberal Arts 396J
Research
Research Interests
- Emotion Perception
- Emotion and Moral Judgments
- Development of emotion categories across cultures
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Rowland Barrett
Full Time Lecturer
Psychology
Liberal Arts 357
Research
Research Interests
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Self-injurious behavior
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Robin Arkerson
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 363
Research
Research Interests
- Developmental psychopathology
- Emotional development
- Affective physiology
- Development of aggressive behavior
- Social relationships in childhood
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Trina Kershaw
Associate Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 359
Research
Research Interests
- Transfer in educational settings
- Creativity in engineering design
- Insight problem solving
- Individual differences
- Skill learning and transfer
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Ted Powers
Professor
Psychology
Liberal Arts 361
Research
Research Interests
- Personality
- Motivation
- Autonomy support
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