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Psychology

Seeley G. Mudd Building 501
(213) 740-2203
FAX: (213) 746-9082
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/psychology

Chair: Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D.*

Faculty

William M. Keck Chair in Biological Sciences: Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D.

Harold Dornsife Neurosciences Chair: Irving Biederman, Ph.D.

Milo Don and Lucille Appleman Professorship in Biological Sciences: Larry Swanson, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences)

Mendel B. Silberberg Professorship in Social Psychology: Norman Miller, Ph.D.

Robert Grandford Wright Professorship: Adrian Raine, D. Phil.

Professors: Michael A. Arbib, Ph.D. (Computer Science, Biological Sciences); Kathleen C. Chambers, Ph.D.; Antonio Damasio, Ph.D.; Hanna Damasio, Ph.D.; Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D.*; Michael E. Dawson, Ph.D.; Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D. (Gerontology); Margaret Gatz, Ph.D.; Ernest Greene, Ph.D. (Associate Chair); Joseph B. Hellige, Ph.D.* (Vice Provost); John L. Horn, Ph.D.; Bob G. Knight, Ph.D. (Gerontology); David G. Lavond, Ph.D.; Zhong-Lin Lu, Ph.D.; Franklin R. Manis, Ph.D.*; Gayla Margolin, Ph.D.; Sarnoff A. Mednick, Ph.D. (Director, Social Science Research Institute); Beth E. Meyerowitz, Ph.D. (Dean of Faculty); Lynn Miller, Ph.D. (Communication); Stephen J. Read, Ph.D.; Steven Yale Sussman, Ph.D. (Institute for Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine); Rand Wilcox, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Laura A. Baker, Ph.D.; Mitchell Earleywine, Ph.D. ; JoAnn M. Farver, Ph.D.; Richard S. John, Ph.D.; Stephen A. Madigan, Ph.D.; Bartlett Mel, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering); Tobin Mintz, Ph.D.; Denis Mitchell, Ph.D.*; David Schwartz, Ph.D.; David A. Walsh, Ph.D. ; Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D. (Gerontology)

Assistant Professors: Shannon E. Daley, Ph.D.; Stanley J. Huey, Jr., Ph.D.; Brian Lickel, Ph.D.; Bosco S. Tjan, Ph.D.

Clinical Professors: A. Steven Frankel, Ph.D.; Ernest R. Katz, Ph.D.; Jonathan S. Kellerman, Ph.D.; Michael Paul Maloney, Ph.D.; Marie Paulsen, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor: Karen Finello, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professors: Robert Gore, Ph.D.; Barry S. Reynolds, Ph.D.

Research Professors: Matti Huttunen, Ph.D., M.D.; Nancy Pedersen, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor: Stig Berg, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professors: Paul Robert Appleby, Ph.D.; Amy Fiske, Ph.D.; Beatrice Golomb, Ph.D., M.D.; Elana Gordis, Ph.D.; Sharon R. Gross, Ph.D.; Karen M. Hennigan, Ph.D.; Susan Luczak, Ph.D.; Ricardo A. Machon, Ph.D.; Carl E. Osborn, Ph.D.; Albert Rizzo, Ph.D.

Associated Faculty: Penelope K. Trickett, Ph.D. (Social Work)

Emeritus Professors: Norman Cliff, Ph.D.; Ward Edwards, Ph.D.; William W. Grings, Ph.D.; Donald J. Lewis, Ph.D.; Albert R. Marston, Ph.D.

Emeritus Associate Professor: Milton Wolpin, Ph.D.

Academic Program Staff

Clinical Associates: Judith Armstrong, Ph.D.; Joel Becker, Ph.D.; Brian Betz, Ph.D.; Barbara Cadow, Ph.D.; Kenneth Cole, Ph.D.; Robert Chernoff, Ph.D.; Berta Davis, Ph.D.; Lisa Davis, Ph.D.; Vivian Fernandez-Credidio, Ph.D.; Yoram Jaffe, Ph.D.; Nancy Kaser-Boyd, Ph.D.; Beth Leedham, Ph.D.; Pamella Oliver, Ph.D.; Berta Ortiz, Ph.D.; Cynthia G. Pearson, Ph.D.; Joan Steuer, Ph.D.; Charles Weinstein, Ph.D.; Marian Williams, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

The Department of Psychology offers five topical areas: (1) Cognitive, which analyzes biological and social phenomena or abilities memory, sensation, motivation, motor learning and language comprehension -- among humans and related higher animals; (2) Developmental, which studies changes in behavior -- cognitive, lingual, social and emotional -- from childhood through adolescence and adulthood into old age; (3) Clinical, which concerns itself with the ways people cope, or have difficulty coping, with problems in living; (4) Biological, which examines the biological bases of behavior, including behavioral genetics, behavioral endocrinology, psychopharmacology and sociobiology; and (5) Social, which examines normal human nature and conduct, develops and tests theories concerning the consequences of our social condition and its potential improvement. In addition, the department offers a joint major in linguistics/psychology and participates in the college's interdisciplinary program in Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences.

Research is integral to psychology; it enables the faculty to make contributions in the field and to be more effective teachers. Undergraduate students are encouraged to work with members of the faculty on research projects. The most direct way for students to participate in research is to enroll in a directed research course, but it is also possible to take part in ongoing research in less formal ways.