Full-time Faculty
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Ph.D., New Mexico State University Environmental alterations in brain development and function; Neurobehavioral teratology - the influence of prenatal insult upon brain development and behavior |
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Erik Blaser, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Human perception, specifically visual psychophysics |
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Ph.D., University of Houston Identification of infants and toddlers at risk for problems in social, behavioral, and emotional functioning; the role of family functioning in child development |
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Sheree Conrad, Senior Lecturer Ph.D., Boston University Psychological determinants of adult social and political attitudes; interaction of personality and situational factors, especially media images, |
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S. Tiffany Cunningham Donaldson, Associate Professor Ph.D., Northeastern University Brain changes underlying psychostimulant abuse; the female body’s natural response to pain, immediately preceding pregnancy and during delivery |
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Zsuzsa Kaldy, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Rutgers University Early development of visual attention and visual working memory in humans; behavioral research and developmental neuroscience |
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Joan Liem, Director, Clinical Training Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psych Ph.D., Boston University Adolescent to young adult transition among high risk adolescents; long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse; adolescent high school drop outs |
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David Lisak, Associate Professor Ph.D., Duke University Causes and consequences of interpersonal violence; the motives and behaviors of rapists and murderers, and relationship between child abuse and later violence |
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Ph.D., Harvard University Political psychology: political attitudes, the role of emotion in public opinion, and the effects of the mass media on political attitudes and social behavior |
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Celia Moore, Professor and Department Chair Ph.D., Rutgers University Developmental Psychobiology; Behavioral Neuroscience; Hormones and Behavior; Sexual Differentiation |
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Ph.D., Catholic University of America Clinical Neuropsychology; Forensic Psychology; Attention in Schizophrenia; Violence and Psychosis |
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John Perez, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Yale University Influence of spirituality and religiousness on mental health; use religious or spiritual resources to cope with chronic illness and stressful life events |
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Ph.D., DePaul University mentoring relationships, risk and protective factors in adolescent development, emerging adulthood, preventive interventions |
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Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University individual response to unwanted emotional experiences in ways that ameliorate or exacerbate their difficulties and applying this anxiety disorder treatment |
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Javid Sadr, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cognitive Neuroscience; Higher Order Perception |
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Ester Shapiro, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst Clinical Psychology; Family Life Cycle Transitions; Family Development |
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Ph.D., Harvard University Developmental Psychology; Cognitive Development; Conceptual Change in Children and Adults; Developing Scientific Concepts |
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Karen Suyemoto, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Clinical Psychology; Asian American Studies; Mental Health and Identity in Asian Americans; Multiracial Issues; Identity Development Diversity |
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Ed Tronick, Distinguished University Professor Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Developmental Psychology and Neurophysiology |
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Laurel Wainwright, Senior Lecturer Ph.D., Boston University Children affected by language disorders and/or autism (neuropsychological, social and educational aspects) |
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Retired Faculty
Profesor Emeritus
moral development, development of the self as subject
Professor Emeritus
child art; pretense play
Professor Emeritus
clinical and community psychology
learning and memory
Don Kalick
social perception; evolutionary psychology
Jill Rierdan
clinical-developmental psychology
problem solving, representation, creativity