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People
Faculty
Travis A. Alvarez, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Psychology
Cognitive & Neuroimaging Tools; Neural Circuitry; Learning
Heather Bachman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology
School Readiness; Achievement; Home & Classroom Processes; Low-income Families
Josefina Bañales, PhD
Assistant Professor, Developmental Psychology
Youth and families of color; youth critical consciousness; parent racial socialization, youth civic and political engagement; youth racial identity; anti-racism action
Scott Beach, Ph.D.
Director of Survey Research, UCSUR
Aging; Caregiver Stress; Elder Abuse; Technology for Aging/Disabled Populations
Kathleen Blee, Ph.D.
Dean, DSAS
Identity Transformation; Affiliation with Political Extremism
Dana H. Bovbjerg, Ph.D.
Director of Biobehavioral Oncology, UPCI
Biobehavioral Factors in Oncology; Mind, Brain & Cancer
Celia Brownell, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Early Prosocial Development; Social/Emotional Understanding; Socialization
Susan B. Campbell, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Psychology
Socio-Emotional Development; Parent-Child Relationships; Behavior Problems
Melinda Ciccocioppo
Lecturer, Psychology
Social-Cognitive Processes within Romantic Relationships; Gender
Jeffrey Cohn, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Emotion; Social Interaction; Depression; OCD; Facial Expressions; Affect
Jennifer Cousins, Ph.D.
Lecturer II, Psychology
Social & Biological Changes of Sleep During Development; Emotion Regulation
Marc Coutanche, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning; Memory & Perception
David Creswell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology, CMU
Stress; Self-Affirmation; Mindfulness; Emotions; Consciousness; Neuroscience
Jill M. Cyranowski, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Psychology Center
Depression/Anxiety Treatment; Physiology of Stress & Depression in Relationships
Mary Amanda Dew, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program
Behavioral Medicine; Health Psychology; Research Methodology
Michael Walsh Dickey, PhD
Associate Professor, SHRS
Aphasia Processing; Grammatical Language; Semantic & Discourse Comprehension
Shannon D. Donofry
Research Assistant Professor, Psychology
Mood and anxiety; health neuroscience; eating and weight regulation.
Kirk Erickson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Cognitive Aging Methods; Exercise; Improving Cognition
Julie Fiez, Ph.D.
Chair, Psychology
Cognitive & Educational Neuroscience of Reading, Language, Math, & Learning
Erika Forbes, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Adolescence; Developmental Psychopathology; Neural Reward Systems
Amanda Forest, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Close Relationships; Emotional Expressivity; Support Provision; Self-Esteem
Scott Fraundorf, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Experience & Language Comprehension; Metacognition & Learning
Irene Frieze, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, Psychology
Relationship Violence; Immigration; Motivation; Women & Gender
Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Neurobiology of Stress; Socioeconomic Status; Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Tina R. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Early-onset mood disorders, pediatric bipolar disorder, risk prediction and psychosocial interventions for youth mood disorders and suicidality
Martin Greenberg, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Victimization; Social Influence, Comparison & Support; Cognition & Affect
Martica Hall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Mechanisms of Sleep; Stress; Cardiovascular Disease & Aging
Lauren S. Hallion, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Anxiety; Cognition-Emotion Interactions; Worry; Experimental Psychopathology
Jamie L. Hanson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Reward & Decision Making; Development & Psychopathology; Stress & Emotion
Shirley Y. Hill, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Genetics; Development; Psychological & Biological Antecedents of Alcoholism
Jana Iverson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Infant Development; Communication & Motor Skills; Developmental Disorder Risks
Richard Jennings, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Health Neuroscience; Brain Influences on the Heart in Health & Disease
Thomas W. Kamarck, Ph.D.
Biological & Health Program Chair, Psychology
Stress, Relationships, & Cardiovascular Health; Ecological Assessment Methods
William Klein, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology
Social Psychology; Risk Perception; Decision-Making
Andrew Koffmann, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor Emeritus, Psychology,
Psychotherapy Trajectory; Statistical Approaches to Assessment
Barbara Kucinski, Ph.D.
Lecturer II, Psychology, Psi Chi National Honors Society, University of Pittsburgh Chapter, Faculty Advisor, Panther Psychology Club, Faculty Advisor
Principles of Learning; Biopsychological Processes; Pedagogy
Cecile Ladouceur
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology/Director, Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience & Development Lab
Alan Lesgold, Ph.D.
Dean, EDUC
Complex Learning; Intelligent Systems; Impasses in Learning; Argumentation
John Levine, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Small Group Processes; Learning in Social Contexts; Online Social Support
Michele Levine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Weight & Smoking-Related Behavior Change During & After Pregnancy
Diana Leyva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Family Processes; Minority Families; Early language & Literacy; Early Math
Melissa Libertus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Educational, Developmental, Cognitive Neuroscience; Mathematical Cognition
Klaus Libertus, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Learning; Cognitive & Motor Development; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Infancy
Emily Lindsay, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Mindfulness interventions; Acceptance; Stress; Psychoneuroimmunology
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Cognitive Development in Adolescence; Psychosis & Substance Abuse Risk
Stephen Manuck, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Cardiovascular Disease; Gene-Environment Interactions; Personality & Temperament
Marsha Marcus, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Obesity in Adults & Children; Eating Disorder Interventions
Anna Marsland, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Psychosocial Factors on Immune Function; Risk for Immune-Related Disease
Karen Matthews, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Psychiatry
Life Span Development & Cardiovascular Health
Robert B. McCall, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Applied Developmental Research & Interventions; Development of Orphanage Children
Brooke Molina, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Disruptive Behavior & Substance Use Disorders
Judith Morgan
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Affective Disorders; Parent-Child Interactions; Child Socio-Emotional Development
Audrey J. Murrell, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, CBA
Mentoring; Career Development; Gender; Diversity; Management; Social Identity
Timothy Nokes-Malach, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Knowledge Transfer; Learning & Problem Solving; Motivation
Robert B. Noll, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Behavioral Science; Pediatric Oncology; Children & Caregivers
Charles Perfetti, Ph.D.
Director, LRDC
Reading & Language Processes; Learning; Behavioral, ERP, & Neuroimaging Methods
Kenneth Perkins, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Effects of Nicotine & Smoking on Persistence of Dependence; Cessation Treatments
Michael F. Pogue-Geile, Ph.D.
Clinical Program Chair, Psychology
Schizophrenia; Genetics; Neuropsychology; Development
Rebecca Reed , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Psychoneuroimmunology; Aging; Emotion Regulation; Close Relationships
Lauren Resnick, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Psychology
Learning & Development; Scientific Understanding in Children; Shared Cognition
Kathryn A. Roecklein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Mood; Circadian Biology; Sleep; Behavioral Genetics; Seasonal Affective Disorder
Benjamin M. Rottman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Causal Learning & Reasoning; Experience-Based & Medical Decision Making
Michael Sayette, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies, Psychology
Psychological Theories of Alcohol Use & Abuse; Cigarette Craving including fMRI studies on impact of olfactory cues on cigarette craving
Walter Schneider, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Brain Imaging; Traumatic Brain Injury; Connectivity Mapping; Learning
Richard Schulz, Ph.D.
Director, UCSUR
Social Psychological Theories on Adult Development & Aging; Late Life Disease
Karina Schumann, Ph.D.
Social Program Chair, Psychology
Conflict Resolution; Apologies; Forgiving; Revenge; Empathy; Religion; Motivation
Christian Schunn, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
STEM Learning & Reasoning; Engagement; Peer Learning; Complex Learning
Daniel S. Shaw, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Child Conduct & Emotional Problems; Interventions; Gene/Environment Interactions
Greg J. Siegle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Emotion & Cognition Interactions; Depression; Anxiety; Affective Psychopathology
Jennifer Silk, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Anxiety; Depression; Childhood; Adolescence; Neurobiological & Social Influences
Jennifer Steel , Ph.D.
Director, Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine
Psychoneuroimmunology; Chronic Illness Interventions
Chelsea Stillman, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Aging; Cognitive Preservation and Enhancement; Community-based Interventions; Lifestyle Modification; Mechanisms of Exercise.
Mark Strauss, Ph.D.
Developmental Program Chair, Psychology
Infant Development; Origins of Autism
Rebecca Thurston, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Women's Health; Cardiovascular Disease; Health Disparities; Trauma
Natasha Tokowicz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Adult Second Language Learning; Bilingualism
Timothy Verstynen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology, CMU
Neuroscience of Action Planning & Skill Learning; Computational Modeling
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Poverty; Race/Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Disadvantage; Urbanicity; Children
Ming-Te Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Achievement; Parenting; School Learning; Socioemotional Development
Tessa Warren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Sentence Comprehension; Syntactic, Semantic, & Referential Processing; Reading
Robert H Wozniak, Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Psychology
History of Psychology; Communication; Development; Autism Spectrum Disorder
Aidan G.C. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Personality Disorders; Psychopathology; Ambulatory Assessment; Methodology
