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Department of Psychology Faculty
| Faculty | Research Interests |
Department Chair: Melissa Brown, PhD, |
Developmental psychopathology; social development; family influences on development; school readiness; social policy on compensatory preschool and family support programs |
| Professors: | |
| Dean, School of Letters & Sciences Stuart Appelle, PhD, George Washington University (585) 395-2394 sappelle@brockport.edu |
Sensory processes; visual, tactual and cross-modality perception; states of consciousness; perceptual-motor development; hypnosis |
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| Acting Director of MA in Psychology Program 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 |
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Kelly Brennan-Jones, PhD, |
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 |
Janet F. Gillespie, PhD, |
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. |
Marcie Desrochers, PhD, BCBA |
Applied behavioral analysis; training of applied behavior analysts; evaluation of instructional software; teaching functional behavioral assessment and treatment approaches for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
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Susan Shonk, PhD, |
Developmental psychopathology; development of emotional regulation and autonomy; family intervention programs based on attachment theory |
| Assistant Professors: | |
Amanda Lipko, PhD, |
The development of metacognition in childhood. (Children's overconfidence in their own cognitive abilities). |
Sara Margolin, PhD, |
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. |
Matthew K. Mulvaney, PhD, |
Determinants and outcomes of parenting; parental discipline; parent-child interaction; children's appraisals of parenting; parents' perceptions of children; educational issues. |
| Jennifer Ratcliff, PhD, Ohio University |
Social Perception; Stereotyping and Prejudice; Positive Intergroup Relations; and Discriminatory Practices in the Legal System |
| Emeritus Professors: | |
| Herbert C. Fink, PhD, University of Rochester (585) 395-5635 hfink@brockport.edu |
Social psychology |
