Faculty

Area of Expertise

Research Interests

Courses Taught

Abigail Kerr

Behavioral Neuroscience & Learning and Memory

• Behavioral and
  neuroanatomical effects of experience following exercise and/or nervous
  system damage
• The role of vascular
  plasticity (angiogenesis and vascular remodeling) in behavioral outcome
  following aerobic exercise and ischemic stroke

• General Psychology
• Learning and Conditioning
• Advanced Behavioral Processes
• Brain Injury and Recovery

Linda Kunce

Clinical

• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Child psychopathology
• Family issues
• Intervention and high-functioning individuals
• Attachment processes
• Application of psychology in sustaining the self, society, and environment

• Abnormal Psychology
• Statistics
• Counseling and Psychotherapy
• Special topics - Helping Skills, Autism, Disorders of Childhood

Mignon Montpetit

Life-Span Development

• Adult development and aging
• Stress and coping (e.g., personality, social support)
• Research methods and statistics
• Cultural influences on development

• General Psychology
• Lifespan Development
• Mental Health and Aging
• Research Methods

Brad Sheese

Development

• Attention and self-regulation
• Emotion and temperament
• Pro- and anti-social behavior
• Genetics and epigenetics

• General Psychology
• Child Development
• Advanced Child Development
• History and Systems of Psychology

Jason Themanson

Neuroscience

• Self-regulation and action monitoring
• Neural activity during social interactions
• Situational and dispositional influences on patterns of neural activation during social and cognitive task engagement

• General Psychology
• Advanced Human Neuroscience
• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Psychological Research
• Sports and Exercise Psychology

Amanda Vicary

Social

• Attachment theory and romantic relationships; attraction
• Crime, violence, aggression
• Internet/Facebook use

• Introduction to Social Psychology
• Psychology of Gender
• Social Influences on Crime, Serial Killers, and the Justice System

Joe Williams
Chair

Neuroscience

• Relationship between hippocampal/frontal EEG and memory
• Effects of alcohol on learning and memory

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience
• Medical Neuroscience

Visiting and Adjunct Faculty

Area of Expertise

Research Interests

Courses Taught

Sarah Bidmead

Cognitive

• Problem solving
• Tool use
• Executive function

• General Psychology
• Perception/Cognition
• Seminar in Cognition and Tool Use

Rob Lusk

Child Clinical Psychology

• Complex trauma in children and adolescents
• Child and family therapy
• Program management

• Abnormal Psychology
• General Psychology
• Seminar on Child/Adolescent Trauma

Greg Tinkler

Neuroscience

• Influence of hormones and neurosteroids on development and aging of the brain and on learning, memory, and executive function

• General Psychology
• Research Methods
• Neurobiology of Aging
• Learning and Conditioning
• Advanced Behavioral Processes

Jason Vasquez

 Clinical

• General Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology