| Samantha Ammons, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology |
Racial/ethnic variations in work-family conflict, and what motivates undergraduate students to pursue extra-curricular research projects |
| Alecia Anderson, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology |
Racial and ethnic relations, political sociology and political trust in South Africa |
| Jesseline Anderson, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Suicide patterns among Native American reservation populations |
| Janelle Beadle, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Gerontology |
The brain basis of social cognition in healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease, and patients with brain injury |
| Julie Blaskewicz Boron, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Gerontology |
Understanding how to help adults of all ages achieve and maintain their cognitive and physical capacity so that they can experience high quality of life and independent lifestyles |
| Bin-Bin Chen, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai |
Child and adolescent development, attachment styles and social withdrawal |
| Isabelle Cherney, Ph.D. |
Merrimack College |
Development of incidental memory and cognitive sex differences in children and adults |
| Michael Cortese, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Word processing, memory, attention, and language throughout the life span and in those with distinct neuropsychological profiles. |
| Josafa da Cunha, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Education, Federal University of Parana, Brazil |
Classroom climate, peer victimization and aggression among children and adolescents in Brazil |
| Kathleen Gallagher, Ph.D. |
Buffett Early Childhood Institute |
Children from birth – Grade 3, their families, and the early childhood professionals who care for and teach young children |
| Wayne Harrison, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Workplace motivation, procedural justice, meaningful work and visionary leadership |
| Daniel Hawkins, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology |
Family sociology, marital quality, parent-child relationships, and fatherhood |
| Jay Irwin, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology |
LGBTQ health, particularly the health and well-being of transgender individuals |
| Maya Khanna, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychological Science, Creighton University |
Cognitive processes such as reading, memory, and attention in adults and children |
| Lisa Kelly-Vance, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Research Interests: Early childhood assessment, school reform, alternative roles for school psychologists, autism |
| Bethany Lyon, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Memory and healthy aging in how older adults remember to carry out their future intentions (Prospective Memory) and what memory strategies can be used to help improve memory performance |
| Kelly MacArthur, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology |
Stressors that contribute to burnout, gender differences, mental health and loneliness |
| Alexa Martin-Storey, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychoeducation, University of Sherbrooke, Canada |
Family contexts, life cycles (childhood, adolescence, adult, etc.), family trajectories, behavioral problems in children and adolescents |
| Holly Recchia, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Education, Concordia University, Canada |
Children's social and moral development occurs in the context of their close relationships with parents, siblings, and friends |
| Roni Reiter-Palmon, Ph.D. |
Dept. of Psychology |
Adult development in the workplace, personality development in adulthood, transition to adulthood, creativity |
| Troy Romero, Ph.D. |
Goodrich Scholarship Program |
Organizational justice, organizational diversity, identity development, stereotype threat, and intellectual/developmental disabilities such as autism |
| Roma Subramanian, Ph.D. |
College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media |
The construction and effects of health news and campaigns, particularly with regard to stigmatized disorders; the impact of social and mobile media on health; and the dynamics of physician-patient communication |
| Adam Tyma, Ph.D. |
College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media |
Computer-mediated communication, critical pedagogy, critical theory, cultural studies, mass communication, media studies, qualitative research, discourse analysis, rhetorical criticism |
