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Department of Psychology Faculty

Faculty Research Interests
Professors:   
Associate Professors:
 

Department Chair:

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

Marcie Desrochers, PhD, BCBA-D
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; environmental psychology & 'green' behavior
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,
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.

Laurel McNall, PhD,
SUNY-Albany
(585) 395-2904
lmcnall@brockport.edu

Electronic performance monitoring; organizational justice; work–family issues; performance appraisal

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

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
Assistant Professors:  
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

Amanda Lipko-Speed, PhD,
Kent State University
(585) 395-5082
alipko@brockport.edu

The development of metacognition in childhood. (Children's overconfidence in their own cognitive abilities)
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 


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Mon, Sep 16

Zotero (Education focus)
5 pm - 6:15 pm

Tue, Sep 17

Naturalization Ceremony
11 am - noon

Fri, Sep 20

Leadership Program Kick-off
3:30 pm - 5 pm

Wed, Oct 2

ADP Distinguished Speaker Series "The Audacity to Heal: Our Rape Culture"
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