Faculty Research Interests

Donald N. Bersoff  
Meghan Butryn  
Douglas Chute neuropsychology and rehabilitation; technological applications for the cognitively compromised and those with acquired brain injuries
David DeMatteo psychopathy, forensic mental health assessment, testing in forensic assessment contexts, and drug policy research
Evan Forman clinical psychology: mechanisms and measurement of psychotherapy outcome, cognitive-behavioral and acceptance based psychotherapies, the development and evaluation of wellness-enhancing interventions, subjective wellbeing, suicide prevention, and family instability
Jennifer Gallo neuropsychology of aging and dementia; neurocognitive correlates of goal-directed activities; behavioral and psychological symptoms associated with dementia
Pamela Geller clinical and health psychology; stressful life events and mental and physical health outcomes particularly in the area of women's reproductive health
Maureen Gibney  
Naomi Goldstein forensic assessment development, juvenile delinquency; intervention development with female juvenile offenders, anger management, Miranda rights comprehension
Kirk Heilbrun forensic mental health assessment, violence risk assessment, and risk management, interventions to reduce risk
James Herbert anxiety disorders; cognitive behavior therapy; acceptance and mindfulness based psychotherapies; the role of empiricism in clinical psychology
Thomas Hewett human computer interaction; cognitive engineering; design of computing systems to support creative work
Felicia Hurewitz developmental psychology, sentence processing, language acquisition, autism spectrum disorders, numerical cognition and dyscalculia, computerized interventions for learning
Marlin Killen  
Jacqueline Kloss health psychology specifically, the relationship between emotional expression and physical health; use of writing to promote behavior change; behavioral medicine including behavioral treatments for insomnia, sleep quality and menopause
John Kounios cognitive psychology/cognitive neuroscience, focusing on human memory, problem solving, intelligence, & creativity; specialization in electrophysiological methods (EEG, ERP), & other behavioral & neuroimaging methods (e.g., fMRI)
Michael Lowe psychobiology of eating and weight reduction (dieting, treatment and prevention of eating disorders and obesity), social cognition (empirical study of conscious and unconscious cognitive processing)
Arthur Nezu cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), especially applications in health psychology and mind/body medicine; psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease; integration of psychology and spirituality; case formulation and treatment planning models; assessment of treatment in psychotherapy outcome studies
Christine Nezu cognitive behavioral assessment and treatment, problem-solving therapy for behavioral, mood, anxiety, anger, and personality disorders, psychosocial aspects of treatment for persons with heart disease and cancer, clinical case formulation/decision making, stress and coping in chronic illness, developmental disabilities and co-morbid behavioral and emotional disorders, integrative psychotherapy approaches, spiritual interventions & CBT
Christopher Ramey  
Ludo Scheffer  
Maria T. Schultheis clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation following neurological compromise (traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis), application of technologies in psychology, specialization in the use of virtual reality (VR) simulation in assessment and retraining of functional everyday activities (e.g. driving, return to work, memory retraining), evaluating the demands of driving after disability
Myrna Shure  
Mary Spiers clinical neuropsychology and medical psychology; memory and practical applications for memory disorders in the elderly; cognitive health of women
J. Michael Williams cognitive neuroscience, clinical applications (fMRI), memory disorders, neuropsychological assessment, rehabilitation
Eric A. Zillmer neuropsychological and personality assessment; sports psychology; psychiatric and neurological disorders; behavioral medicine