Clinical

Developmental

Community

NBN

Social/Cognitive

Core faculty are listed first with names bolded; affiliated faculty are listed second with names not bolded.

Clinical (CLN)

Page Anderson. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders; clinical outcome research; virtual reality; interface of culture and anxiety. University of Georgia, 1998, assistant professor.

Lisa Armistead. Chronic illness and family functioning, cognitive behavior therapy, HIV prevention. University of Georgia, 1993, associate professor.

Lindsey L. Cohen. Pediatric psychology; assessment and treatment of children's medical stress and coping; pediatric pain management. University of Georgia, 1998, associate professor.

Frank J. Floyd (chair). Family relationships, family and marital interactions, developmental disabilities. Bowling Green State University, 1982, professor.

Leslie Jackson. Multicultural issues in psychology, clinical training. California School of Professional Psychology, 1981, clinical professor.

Tricia Z. King (NBN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, acquired brain injury, and emotion. University of Florida, 2000, assistant professor.

Akihiko Masuda. mindfulness-based interventions; Acceptance Commitment Therapy; psychopathology; Eastern perspectives in psychotherapy. University of Nevada-Reno, 2006, assistant professor.

Mary K. Morris (NBN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, developmental learning disabilities, acquired brain injury. University of Florida, 1986, associate professor.

Robin D. Morris (NBN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, developmental and attention related disabilities, acquired brain injury, childhood psychopathology, reading and reading disabilities. Joint appointment, Educational Psychology and Special Education. University of Florida, 1982, professor.

Dominic J. Parrott (SCG). Risk factors of aggressive behavior (e.g., acute alcohol intoxication, personality, emotion regulation); perpetration of antigay violence; substance abuse and dependence. University of Georgia, 2003, assistant professor.

Diana L. Robins (NBN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, fMRI and psychophysiological studies of emotion processing. University of Connecticut, 2002, assistant professor.

Erin B. McClure Tone (NBN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, gender, emotion processing (fMRI and behavioral studies). Emory University, 2001, assistant professor.

Roderick J. Watts (COM). The psychology of liberation and oppression; community activism; manhood development and African-American men's organizations, human diversity. University of Maryland at College Park, 1984, associate professor.

Community (COM)

Sarah Cook. Violence against women, fear of crime, measurement of aggression, applications of psychology to public policy. University of Virginia, 1997, associate professor.

Marci R. Culley. Community organizing related to environmental issues, such as hazardous waste disputes, and the links between individual transformation and larger community and social change processes. University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2004, assistant professor.

Jim Emshoff (chair). Community psychology, crime and delinquency, program evaluation, children of alcoholics, substance abuse prevention. Michigan State University, 1980, associate professor.

Gabriel Kuperminc (DEV). Adolescents, social competence, ecological assessment, school-based interventions. University of Virginia, 1994, associate professor.

Julia Perilla. Domestic violence, culture and ethnicity, stress in the Latino population. Georgia State University, 1995, associate professor.

John L. Peterson. HIV/AIDS prevention, sexual prejudice and antigay violence or discrimination. University of Michigan, 1974, professor.

Roderick J. Watts (CLN.) The psychology of liberation and oppression; community activism; manhood development and African-American men's organizations, human diversity; program development, evaluation, and consultation; qualitative research methods. University of Maryland at College Park, 1984, associate professor.

Scott R. Weaver (DEV).  Quantitative methodology and applications; eco-cultural models of risk and resilience in children and adolescents; racial/ethnic disparitities. University of Albany, 2005, assistant professor.

Lisa Armistead (CLN). Chronic illness and family functioning, cognitive behavior therapy, family therapy.

Developmental (DEV)

Lauren B. Adamson. Communication development, infancy, developmental theories, history of psychology. University of California-Berkeley, 1977, professor.

Roger Bakeman. Social development of infants and toddlers, observational methodology and data analysis. University of Texas, 1973, professor.

Marsha G. Clarkson (NBN). Developmental psychology, perceptual development in infants, psycho-acoustics, developmental psychobiology. University of Florida, 1979, associate professor.

Christopher Henrich. School transitions, parent involvement, motivation, and child development and social policy. Yale University, 2001, associate professor.

Gabriel Kuperminc (COM). Adolescents, social competence, ecological assessment, school-based interventions. University of Virginia, 1994, assistant professor.

MaryAnn Romski (joint Communication).  Speech, language and communication development, developmental disabilities, communication impairments. Joint appointment, Communication. University of Kansas, 1981, professor.

Rose Sevcik (chair). Learning disabilities, communication and language. Georgia State University, 1989, professor.

Scott R. Weaver (COM).  Quantitative methodology and applications; eco-cultural models of risk and resilience in children and adolescents; racial/ethnic disparities. University of Albany, 2005, assistant professor.

Rihana S. Williams Smith. (SCG). Vocabulary development, semantic processing, and reading comprehension. University of South Carolina, 2004, Assistant Professor.

Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience (NBN)

H. Elliott Albers (joint appointment Biology).  Neuroendocrinology and behavior, circadian rhythms. Tulane University, 1979, professor.

Marsha G. Clarkson (DEV). Perceptual development in infants and children, psychoacoustics, auditory processing in children with reading disabilities, developmental psychobiology. University of Florida, 1979, associate professor.

Kim Huhman.  Neurobiology of stress and behavioral responses to stress; anxiety and depression; neuroendocrinology and behavior, circadian rhythms, University of Georgia, 1988, professor.

Tricia Z. King. (CLN; associate chair). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, acquired brain injury, and emotion. University of Florida, 2000, assistant professor.

Mary K. Morris (CLN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, developmental learning disabilities, acquired brain injury. University of Florida, 1986, associate professor.

Robin D. Morris  Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, developmental and attention related disabilities, acquired brain injury, childhood psychopathology, reading and reading disabilities. University of Florida, 1982, professor.

Marise B. Parent . Neural mechanisms of learning and memory, behavioral pharmacology. University of California, Irvine, 1993, associate professor.

Aras Petrulis (chair). Neurobiology of social behavior and recognition. Chemosensory regulation of behavior. Behavioral neuroendocrinology. Cornell University, 1998, assistant professor.

Diana L. Robins (CLN.) Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, fMRI and psychophysiological studies of emotion processing. University of Connecticut, 2002, assistant professor.

Erin B. McClure Tone. (CLN). Developmental and clinical neuropsychology, child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, gender, emotion processing (fMRI and behavioral studies). Emory University, 2001, assistant professor.

Walter Wilczynski. Neural basis of natural behavior; neural systems underlying animal communication and reproductive behavior, and interaction of the sensory and hormonal systems that mediate these behaviors. University of Michigan, 1978, professor.

Tim Bartness (Biology).  Neural and hormonal control of body weight and food intake, photoperiodism, obesity. University of Florida, 1981, professor.
Kyle Frantz (Biology). Neurobehavioral effects of exposure to drugs of abuse during postnatal development; science outreach and education. University of Florida, 1998, assistant professor.
Matthew Grober (Biology). Neuroendocrinology development and evolution of vertebrate sexual plasticity. UCLA, 1988, associate professor.
Anne Z. Murphy (Biology). Sexual behavior and sex differences in opioid sensitivity. University of Cincinnati, 1992, associate professor.
Sarah Pallas (Biology). Neurophysiology/developmental plasticity and functional anatomy of visual and auditory pathways. Cornell University, 1987, professor.

Sarah F. Brosnan. (SCG) Economic decision making behavior in primates; social cognition; evolution of behavior; inequity responses; cooperation; social comparison; ‘irrational’ behaviors. Emory University, 2004, assistant professor.
Michael J. Owren (SCG). Acoustics, perception, and function of primate calls and human laughter; emotion and vocal behavior; speech evolution; comparative cognition. Indiana University, 1986, associate professor.
David A. Washburn (SCG). Comparative cognition, attention and executive function, individual differences in training and decision-making, 1991, professor.

Social/Cognitive (SCG)

Sarah F. Brosnan. (NBN) Economic decision making behavior in primates; social cognition; evolution of behavior; inequity responses; cooperation; social comparison; ‘irrational’ behaviors. Emory University, 2004, assistant professor.

Kim Darnell.  Psycholinguistics; scholarship of teaching and learning. The Ohio State University, 1998, senior lecturer.

Yuki Fujioka (Department of Communication) social psychological effects of mediated messages, communication and ethnic minorities and communication and health decision making. associate professor.

Heather M. Kleider. Eyewitness memory, false memory and memory suggestibility, face recognition, heuristic recollection processes and stereotyping as it relates to memory error. Arizona State University; 2001, assistant professor.

Michael J. Owren (NBN). Acoustics, perception, and function of primate calls and human laughter; emotion and vocal behavior; speech evolution; comparative cognition. Indiana University, 1986, associate professor.

Dominic J. Parrott (CLN). Risk factors of aggressive behavior (e.g., acute alcohol intoxication, personality, emotion regulation); perpetration of antigay violence; substance abuse and dependence. University of Georgia, 2003, assistant professor.

Ann Pearman (joint appointment, Gerontology Institute) cognitive aging; memory performance and memory complaints by older adults; psychophysiological and hormonal reactivity; affective forecasting; cognitive impairment. Washington University St. Louis, 2005, assistant professor.

Tracie L. Stewart.  Individual differences in stereotyping and prejudice, prejudice reduction strategies, personal and collective guilt, and social cognition. Purdue University, 1995, assistant professor

David A. Washburn (chair).  Comparative cognition, attention and executive function, individual differences in training and decision making.  Georgia State University, 1991, professor.

Rihana S. Williams Smith. (DEV). Vocabulary development, semantic processing, and reading comprehension. University of South Carolina, 2004, Assistant Professor.

James L Pate (emeritus). History of psychology, cognitive psychology, experimental design, language. University of Alabama, 1963, professor emeritus.