Faculty Research & Teaching

Faculty research and teaching interests include social, emotional and cognitive development, emotion and cognition, memory, neuroscience, evolution, child and family therapy, tests and measurements, and coping/trauma. In addition to course requirements, students are encouraged to participate in faculty research labs<, and specialized options for clinical internships and independent study.

PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT FACULTY RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS (in alphabetical order)

Janette B. Benson, (Ph.D. 1983, Clark University) Associate Professor.
Research: sensorimotor and cognitive development in infancy, time knowledge and future orientation in toddlers and young children, spatial development in toddlers.
Teaching: child development, theories of development, infant development, history and systems of psychology, child development and social policy, ethics.

Anne P. DePrince, (Ph.D. 2001, University of Oregon) Associate Professor.
Research: relations among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cognitions, and emotions; developmental psychopathology
Teaching: research methods, psychology of trauma, psychology of gender

Julia Dmitrieva (Ph.D. 2006, University of California) Assistant Professor.
Research: adolescent delinquency, social context of development, development across cultures, social context as a moderator of biological and psychological traits
Teaching: adolescent development, child development, cross-cultural development, statistics

Wyndol C. Furman, (Ph.D. 1978, University of Minnesota) Professor.
Research: children's and adolescents' social relationships with friends, romantic partners, siblings and parents
Teaching: research methods, teaching psychology, senior honors

Benjamin L. Hankin, (Ph.D. 2001 University of Wisconsin) Associate Professor.
Research: the development of depression in children, adolescents, and young adults; vulnerability-stress models of depression-genetic, cognitive, interpersonal, emotional vulnerabilities; developmental psychopathology; sex differences in psychopathology, especially depression; developmental origins, stabilization, and emergence of psychosocial vulnerabilities to depression
Teaching: Depression, abnormal psychology, developmental psychopathology, child and family interventions, psychotherapy theory and research, graduate clinical practicum.

Jill M. Holm-Denoma, (Ph.D. 2007, Florida State University) Clinical Associate Professor and Lecturer.
Research: classification of eating disorders, development of eating disorders in traditionally understudied populations; the effects of diagnostic feedback provision
Teaching: field experiences, research methods, introduction to clinical psychology

Janice M. Keenan, (Ph.D. 1975, University of Colorado) Professor. Research: memory, reading comprehension, social cognition
Teaching: human memory, research methods, psychology of reading, discourse processes

Iris B. Mauss, (PhD 2005, Stanford University) Assistant Professor.
Research: social psychology, emotion and emotion regulation, emotion regulation and health
Teaching: introduction to social psychology, emotions and emotion regulation, Psychophysiology

Howard J. Markman, (Ph.D. 1977, Indiana University) Professor.
Research: predicting and preventing marital distress and divorce in children and adults, love, marital therapy, prevention science, effects of relationship conflict and divorce, cohabitation.
Teaching: the psychology of love, marital and family interaction and therapy, prevention and treatment of marital and family distress, close relationships, community psychology, human conflict

Daniel N. McIntosh, (Ph.D. 1992, University of Michigan) Professor.
Research: social psychology, emotional communication, empathy, religion, and coping
Teaching: Psychology: mind & behavior, social psychology, emotion; research methods, first-year seminar.

Bruce F. Pennington, (Ph.D. 1977, Duke University) Professor.
Research: developmental neuropsychology, developmental psychopathology, behavioral genetics, developmental disorders: dyslexia, autism, Down Syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Teaching: developmental neuropsychology, child neuropsychology clinic, developmental psychopathology

George R. Potts, (Ph.D. 1971, Indiana University) Professor.
Research: cognition, memory, reading, unconscious processes
Teaching: Psychology: mind & behavior, cognition, memory, learning, statistics

Charles S. Reichardt, (Ph.D. 1979, Northwestern University) Professor.
Research: causal analysis, statistics, program evaluation, philosophy of science
Teaching: statistics, research methods

Jeremy R. Reynolds, (Ph.D., 2005, Washington University) Assistant Professor.
Research: cognitive neuroscience, executive function, attention and memory
Teaching: introduction to cognitive neuroscience, introduction to neural networks.

Rob Roberts, (Ph.D. 1984, University of Virginia) Associate Professor and Chair.
Research: acquisition of complex perception-action skills, eye movements, developmental cognitive neuropsychology, visual attention
Teaching: Psychology: mind & behavior, cognitive development, human-computer interaction

Stephen R. Shirk, (Ph.D. 1983, New School for Social Research) Professor and Director of the Child Study Center.
Research: child psychotherapy, adolescent depression, developmental social cognition
Teaching: graduate clinical practicum, child psychotherapy, systems of psychotherapy

Kelly Snyder, (Ph.D. 2003, University of Minnesota) Assistant Professor.
Research: developmental cognitive neuroscience of attention, learning, memory, and executive processes; influence of motivation and reward systems on attention, learning, and memory; roles of maturation and experience in the organization of cognitive processes.
Teaching: child development, psychophysiology and neuroscience

Clare Stocker, (Ph.D., 1989, Pennsylvania State University) Associate Research Professor.
Research: children's family relationships and psychological adjustment, including the longitudinal study of children's relationships with parents, siblings and peers with respect to mental health outcomes.

Martha E. Wadsworth, (Ph.D. 2001, University of Vermont) Associate Professor.
Research: developmental psychopathology, stress and coping, the effects of poverty on family functioning.
Teaching: psychology of women, developmental psychopathology, psychosocial assessment, behavioral therapy

Sarah E. Watamura, (Ph. D. 2005, Cornell University) Assistant Professor.
Research: Stress and health during development; development of stress systems; stress, attention and inhibition; child care and early caregiving contexts
Teaching: Child Development, Stress and Health During Development

EMERITUS AND ADJUNCT TEACHING FACULTY

EMERITUS FACULTY
• G. Nicholas Braucht, Ph.D.
• James Ciarlo, Ph.D.
• Marshall M. Haith, Ph.D.
• Jeanne Phillips, Ph.D.
• Bernard Spilka, Ph.D.

TEACHING FACULTY
• Hallie Ward, Ph.D.
• Roger Whitehead, Ph.D.