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 |
Visiting Professor of Psychology: |
Developmental disabilities: dual diagnosis and age-related difficulties in developmentally delayed individuals |
| Associate Professors:
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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 |
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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. |
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Susan Shonk, PhD,
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Developmental psychopathology; development of emotional regulation and autonomy; family intervention programs based on attachment theory |
| Assistant Professors: | |
John J. Chelonis, Ph.D. |
Effects of pharmacological and toxicological agents on learning and behavior in humans and nonhumans; application of methods used to assess learning and behavior in nonhuman animals to the study of psychopathology in children and adults. |
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Applied behavioral analysis; training of applied behavior analysts; evaluation of instructional software; teaching functional behavioral assessment and treatment approaches for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
| Herbert C. Fink, Ph.D. University of Rochester (585) 395-5635 hfink@brockport.edu |
Social psychology |
| Amanda Lipko, Ph.D. (expected 6/08) Kent State University |
Joining us in Fall 2008 The development of metacognition in childhood. (Children's overconfidence in their own cognitive abilities). |
Sara Margolin, Ph.D.
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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, Ph.D. SUNY Albany (585) 395-2904 lmcnall@brockport.edu |
Electronic performance monitoring; organizational justice; informal learning; performance appraisal. |
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Jennifer Ratcliff, Ph.D. Ohio University |
Joining us in Fall 2008 Prejudice and stereotyping; socio-cultural factors influencing attitudes. |
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