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Jillian Bennett Clinical interests: Developmental and family issues; cross-cultural psychology with special interest in social class and those living in poverty; and developmental disabilities, such as ADHD, autism, and Asperger's Syndrome. Research interests: Play behavior in children with autism; Executive Functioning Skills in individuals with autism; how families cope with child's diagnosis of autism; environmental causes of autism; and early intervention treatment of children with autism. |
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Stephanie C. Day, M.A. Stephanie approaches teaching, clinical work, and research with a strong social justice agenda and aims to increase understandings of and empower minority and marginalized populations. As an international, transracial Korean adoptee, Stephanie is particularly interested in understanding the racial and ethnic identities of Asian adoptees through research. Her previous research has also explored the racial and ethnic identity development and social justice meanings and actions among Asian American youth participating in an empowerment program. |
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Greg Buchanan earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, an M.A. in experimental psychology from the University of Hawaii, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his clinical training through Harvard University before taking a position as a visiting assistant professor of psychology at Williams College. Greg joined the faculty at Beloit college in Beloit, WI in 1999 and was tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2005. He has chaired the department since 2007. Every summer since 1992 Greg has taught at UMass/Boston. His teaching interests include abnormal psychology, personality, behavioral neuroscience and especially statistics. His research has focused on body image and eating disorders, explanatory style and cross-cultural psychology. Greg enjoys squash/racquetball, watching the Red Sox and spending time with his kitties Miss Lita, and King Fred the Earless. |
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Lisa Edelson As a linguist-turned-psychologist, my research background has been somewhat eclectic, covering diverse topics such as phonetics, primate cognition, and psychotherapeutic treatments for adolescent depression and anxiety. I have been fortunate to find a lab at the Boston University School of Medicine where I have been able to combine my background in linguistics with psychological science in the form of research primarily focused on language in children with developmental disorders. My current work covers topics such as the use of prosody in adolescents with autism and Williams syndrome, pragmatic language development in toddlers with autism, and eye-tracking studies exploring comprehension of language. I have been enjoying my time teaching at UMass and I look forward to meeting you! |
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Kathryn Kogan, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Dr. Kogan has taught in the Psychology Department since 1993. She coordinates and is the seminar leader for Undergraduate Internship in Psychology (Psych 430), and currently teaches Methods in Behavioral Research (201). She also teaches at the Boston University School of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Dr. Kogan has a B.A in Psychology and Religious Studies from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University. She maintains a clinical practice on the South Shore, where her clinical interests include the treatment of addictive disorders, the psychological impact of chronic illness, and adjustment and relationship problems in adults. |
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John Tawa John Tawa is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He teaches Asian American Psychology (cross-listed between Asian American Studies and Psychology) and Social Psychology. His research focuses on building alliences between historically oppressed groups, with a specific emphasis on Black/African American and Asian/Asian American individuals and communities. He has two daughters, Amaya and Kalia. |
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Michael Rollock Michael Rollock is from the Caribbean island of Barbados and took his first psychology class in 1997, when he was a freshman psychology major at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He has since earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Drexel, worked as a full-time researcher in the field of Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and earned his Master's degree in Clinical Psychology in 2006 at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB). Michael is currently a doctoral candidate in UMB's Clinical Psychology PhD Program and has been actively engaged in teaching, counseling and research for the past 5 years. His research examines the impact of community service and volunteering on the psychological well-being and relationships of the people engaged in such behavior. |
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Stan Morse, Ph D. Stan Morse is Lecturer in Psychology at UMass Boston and is a member of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. He also does psychological assessments for the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and for Greater Boston Legal Services. He was previously Collegiate Professor of Psychology at University of Maryland University College, teaching U.S. military personnel and family members in Kuwait, Italy, and Germany. He has a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio) and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He also completed all course work and exams for a Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Te! chnol ogy and has a Certificate in Software Technical Writing from Middlesex Community College. |
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Tracy Dunne, Ph.D., Boston University In addition to teaching, Tracy is actively involved in research. She is currently a Co- Investigator on a multi-year/multi-project grant “Effect of Visual Signal Strength on Alzheimer Cognition” funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her role on this project is to investigate the impact of visual deficits resulting from Alzheimer’s disease on real world social activities and to develop accommodations that can improve performance on these instrumental activities of daily living. Her research is exciting because the environmental modifications employed can and do directly benefit both patients and their caregivers.
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Lauren Mizock Lauren Mizock is currently conducting a mixed method study on the impact of racism on the research process utilizing narrative interviews in addition to survey data. Her research interests are in developing cultural competency in research and clinical fields, with a focus on issues of race, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status. Other research presentations have focused on topics of clinician self-care, counseling court-involved youth, and critiquing Conduct Disorder. She was one of the first recipients of the Outreach Fellowship at Suffolk University, for which she devoted her clinical and research work to underserved populations |
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Jesse Tauriac Clinical interests: Culturally sensitive individual, family, and group therapy with racially and ethnically diverse (particularly African American and other African ethnic) adults, adolescents, and families; cultural competence training; racial identity development and empowerment groups for adolescents; psychosocial interventions for students of color in predominantly White academic contexts;and strengths-based interventions. Research Interests: Academic resilience among Black students; cross-racial/ethnic group relations; influences on racial and ethnic identity development; spirituality; and Africentric pedagogy. For a list of publications and presentations, click Here: |
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