Psychology Faculty

Department of Psychology Faculty

Faculty	Research Interests
Department Chair: Melissa Brown, PhD, Indiana University (585) 395-2488 mmbrown@brockport.edu	Developmental psychopathology; social development; family influences on development; school readiness; social policy on compensatory preschool and family support programs
Professors:
Associate Professors:
David Abwender, PhD, University of Miami (585) 395-5559 dabwende@brockport.edu	Psychological and neuropsychological assessment and test development; clinical neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry; health psychology; relationship of stress/coping and personality variables to central nervous system pathology
Stacy Birch, PhD, University of Illinois (585) 395-2484 sbirch@brockport.edu	Language comprehension; reading impairment; memory
Kelly Brennan-Jones, PhD, SUNY Buffalo (585) 395-5553 kbrennan@brockport.edu	Personality and social-psychological influences on close relationship processes; attachment measurement; attachment theory applied to the study of adult emotions, cognitions and behaviors, including romantic love, the self, touch, individual adaptation, and relational optimism
Lori-Ann B. Forzano PhD, SUNY Stony Brook (585) 395-2759 lforzano@brockport.edu	Human learning; choice behavior; research methods; eating and drinking
Marcie Desrochers, PhD, BCBA University of Manitoba (585) 395-5634 mdesroch@brockport.edu	Applied behavioral analysis; training of applied behavior analysts; evaluation of instructional software; teaching functional behavioral assessment and treatment approaches for individuals with developmental disabilities/autism
Janet F. Gillespie, PhD, Southern Illinois University (585) 395-2433 jgillesp@brockport.edu	Positive Psychology; community psychology and prevention; social support; quality of life issues; social cognition and social problem solving; intervention with families at risk for psychopathology.
Susan Shonk, PhD, University of Rochester (585) 395-5132 sshonk@brockport.edu	Developmental psychopathology; development of emotional regulation and autonomy; family intervention programs based on attachment theory
Matthew K. Mulvaney, PhD, University of New Hampshire (585) 395-5774 mmulvane@brockport.edu	Determinants and outcomes of parenting; parental discipline; parent-child interaction; children's appraisals of parenting; parents' perceptions of children; educational issues
Assistant Professors:
Amanda Lipko, PhD, Kent State University (585) 395-5082 alipko@brockport.edu	The development of metacognition in childhood. (Children's overconfidence in their own cognitive abilities)
Director of MA in Psychology Program Sara Margolin, PhD, University of Florida (585) 395-2908 smargoli@brockport.edu	Age-related effects on language at both the word and sentence levels and on spelling. Also interested in the effects of negation on reading comprehension in older adults
Laurel McNall, PhD, SUNY-Albany (585) 395-2904 lmcnall@brockport.edu	Electronic performance monitoring; organizational justice; work–family issues; performance appraisal
Jennifer Ratcliff, PhD, Ohio University	Social Perception; Stereotyping and Prejudice; Positive Intergroup Relations; and Discriminatory Practices in the Legal System
James E. Witnauer, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton	Elemental information processing in humans and sometimes nonhuman animals
Jeffery D. Snarr, PhD Stony Brook University	Parental attributions; prediction and prevention of family violence; public mental health; peer-mediated group therapy
Emeritus Professors:
Herbert C. Fink, PhD, University of Rochester (585) 395-5635 hfink@brockport.edu	Social psychology