Full-Time Faculty
Robert
W. Allan
Ph.D., New York University; Associate Professor.
Affectionately known by his students as "Behaviorist Bob", Prof. Allan
is the strongest advocate of the Skinnerian position within the department.
His research with pigeons has students flocking to his laboratory. Using
creatively constructed conditioning chambers outfitted with computer touch
screens, he and his students study the control of the accuracy of pigeon's
pecking behavior, the stimulus control of response location, various aspects
of conditioned reinforcement, and control of the gape response in the birds.
Prof. Allan will be on leave in Fall 2004 and Spring 2005.
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here to see the Learning Class page;
click
here to email Dr. Allan.
Susan
A. Basow
Ph.D., Brandeis University; Charles A. Dana Professor
of Psychology. Prof. Basow is a social/clinical psychologist with a special
interest in the psychology of gender. She has conducted research on the
effects of gender on people's perceptions of others, especially in such
evaluative contexts as student ratings of professors. She has also examined
such diverse topics as women's body ideals and homophobia in women and
men. Much of her work has attracted national attention in the media, including
features on CNN.
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email Dr. Basow.
Jamila
Bookwala
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Associate Professor. Dr. Bookwala
is a gerontologist who studies social and relational processes related
to mid- and late-life development. Her research interests include
links between marriage and health in the mature years, family caregiving,
and gender differences in health and aging. Dr. Bookwala has published
several journal articles and book chapters on her research. She is
currently studying the marital and health impact of family caregiving,
chronic illness in the context of marriage in late life, and gender issues
related to body weight.
Carolyn
Buckley
Ph.D., Lehigh University. Psychology Laboratory Coordinator and
Instructor. Dr. Buckley’s special interests are behavioral science
education, neuroendocrinology and animal behavior. Her research examines
the physiology of hunger and its relationship to behaviors other than eating,
such as attention to food and food hoarding. Using rodent cheek pouches
as a model system, she also seeks to understand the evolution of novel
adaptations for gathering food. She has had articles published in
both teaching and science journals. Click
here to email Dr. Buckley
Ph.D., University of Tennessee; Professor. After
serving a four year stint as Dean of Academic Services, Prof. Childs has
returned to the department. Trained as a social psychologist, his recent
research interests have been in the area of medical practice, especially
in patient-practitioner interactions and the factors which affect critical
medical decisions on the part of practitioners, patients, and their families.
He is currently working on a manuscript for a textbook in health psychology
and is the recipient of the James P. Crawford Award for outstanding teaching.
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here to email Dr. Childs.
Lisa Gabel
Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Assistant Professor. Dr. Gabel’s
research focuses on how synapses are modified (strengthened and/or weakened)
in response to sensory experience. Her work is focuses on examining the
molecular mechanisms which underlie neurodevelopmental disorders, such
as Fragile-X mental retardation, and epilepsy. Click
here to email Dr. Gabel.
Wendy
L. Hill
Ph.D., University of Washington; Rappolt Professor
of Psychology. Prof. Hill's "niche" in the department is as the physiological
and comparative psychologist. Her research seeks to understand the behaviors
of animals by examining both the physiological mechanisms that mediate
behaviors, such as the actions of neurotransmitters, as well as the evolutionary
processes that select for certain behaviors because they are more adaptive
than others. Because of this approach, Dr. Hill conducts both field
research (when evolutionary selection pressures are typically examined)
and laboratory experiments (when physiological mechanisms are usually explored).
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here to email Dr. Hill.
Ann
V. McGillicuddy-DeLisi
Ph.D., Catholic University; Marshall R. Metzgar
Professor of Psychology. A developmental psychologist, Prof. McGillicuddy-Delisi
has two primary areas of research. First, she is interested in the development
of spatial knowledge in children, and second, in the influence of family
environment factors on the development of children and the development
of adults. Prof. McGillicuddy-De Lisi is editor of the international
Journal
of Applied Developmental Psychology. She recently published
a book entitled
Biology, society, and behavior: The development
of sex differences in cognition that was co-edited with Richard De
Lisi.
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Dr. McGillicuddyDeLisi.
Jeannine
Pinto
Ph.D., University of Virginia; Assistant Professor.
Dr. Pinto studies visual perception with a special interest in the visual
perception of human and animal form and action, perception-action relationships,
scene and event perception and perceptual learning. Details are available
through her perception
lab website. Prof. Pinto will be on leave in Spring 2005. Click
here to email Dr. Pinto.
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles;
J.D., Stanford Law School. Associate Professor. After graduating
from law school in 1980, Professor Shaw practiced criminal law as a prosecutor
and public defender for nine years. He draws on this experience in
both his teaching and his research. Professor Shaw is a social psychologist,
and his primary research interests include eyewitness memory, eyewitness
confidence, and attitudes about genetic testing. Prof. Shaw will be on
leave in Fall 2004 and Spring 2005.
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here to email Dr. Shaw.
Jennifer
Talarico
Ph.D., Duke University. Assistant Professor. Dr. Talarico
studies memory for personally experienced events. Within autobiographical
memory, she examines the interactions among what occurred, what is recalled,
and how we experience that memory. Click
here to email Dr. Talarico.
Andrew
J. Vinchur
Ph.D., University of Memphis. Associate Professor
and Department Head. Area of concentration is Industrial and Organizational
Psychology. Special interests in employee selection, statistical
analysis (especially meta-analysis), measurement, and the history of psychology.
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here to email Dr. Vinchur.
Eric Spiegel
Adjunct Faculty
Nathaniel Mills
Ph.D., Iowa State University. Prof. Swiatek is a
counseling/clinical psychologist with a focus on child and adolescent psychopathology.
She is the psychologist for an intensive residential treatment program
for adolescents. Her research focuses on intellectually gifted students,
with particular attention to the social coping strategies used by gifted
adolescents to overcome negative social stereotypes.
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here to email Dr. Swiatek.
Yvonne Osmun, Department Secretary
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Robert
Bouton, Technician
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Mr. Bouton
JoAnn Cannon, Animal Caretaker
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Cannon
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