Chair: Joseph B. Hellige, Ph.D.
William M. Keck Chair in Psychology and Biological Sciences: Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D.
William M. Keck Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience: Irving Biederman, Ph.D.
Mendel B. Silberberg Professorship in Social Psychology: Norman Miller, Ph.D.
Professors: Norman Cliff, Ph.D.; Gerald C. Davison, Ph.D.*; Michael E. Dawson, Ph.D.; Ward Edwards, Ph.D.; Margaret Gatz, Ph.D.; Ernest Greene, Ph.D.; Joseph B. Hellige, Ph.D.; Victor Henderson, M.D. (Neurology; Gerontology); John L. Horn, Ph.D.; Carol Nagy Jacklin, Ph.D.; Jerald Jellison, Ph.D.*; Gayla Margolin, Ph.D.; Sarnoff A. Mednick, Ph.D.; Adrian Raine, D.Phil.; Mark Seidenberg, Ph.D. (Linguistics); Murray Wexler, Ph.D. (Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences; Dentistry); Rand Wilcox, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: Laura A. Baker, Ph.D.; Kathleen C. Chambers, Ph.D.; T. Shelley Duval, Ph.D.; Richard S. John, Ph.D. (Systems Management); Bob Knight, Ph.D. (Gerontology); David G. Lavond, Ph.D. (Biological Sciences); Stephen A. Madigan, Ph.D.; Franklin R. Manis, Ph.D.*; Beth E. Meyerowitz, Ph.D. (Director of Clinical Training) (Preventive Medicine); Lynn C. Miller, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Denis Mitchell, Ph.D.*; Stephen J. Read, Ph.D. (Associate Chair); Norman Tiber, Ph.D. (Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences); David A. Walsh, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D. (Gerontology)
Assistant Professors: Mitchell Earleywine, Ph.D.; JoAnn Farver, Ph.D.; Maria Felix-Ortiz de la Garza, Ph.D.; William J. Jacobs, Ph.D.; Maryellen C. MacDonald, Ph.D. (Linguistics); Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication)
Clinical Professor: A. Steven Frankel, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor: Carlo Weber, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor: Barry Reynolds, Ph.D.
Clinical Associates: Joel Becker, Ph.D.; Barbara Cadow, Ph.D.; Adrienne Davis, Ph.D.; Berta Davis, Ph.D.; Lisa Davis, Ph.D.; Vivian Fernandez-Credidio, Ph.D.; Yoram Jaffe, Ph.D.; Nancy Kaser-Boyd, Ph.D.; Ricardo Machon, Ph.D.; Hans Miller, Ph.D.; Berta Ortiz, Ph.D.; James Pasino, Ph.D.; Cynthia G. Pearson, Ph.D.; Craig Schweon, Ph.D.; Tracey Shaw, Ph.D.; Joanne Steuer, Ph.D.; Star Vega, Ph.D.; Charles Weinstein, Ph.D.; Bonnie Wolkenstein, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professors: Stig Berg, Ph.D.; Joseph Parnas, M.D.; Nancy Pederson, Ph.D.; Penelope Trickett, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professors: Valerie Benveniste, Ph.D.; Patricia Brennan, Ph.D.; Bonnie Burman, Ph.D.; Anne Dunlea, Ph.D.; Virgina Hensley Duval, Ph.D.; Diane Filion, Ph.D.; Sharon R. Gross, Ph.D.; Karen M. Hennigan, Ph.D.; Ricardo Machon, Ph.D.; Leigh Silverton, M.D.
Emeritus Professors: William W. Grings, Ph.D.; Donald J. Lewis, Ph.D.; Albert R. Marston, Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor: Milton Wolpin, Ph.D.
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
The Department of Psychology offers six topical areas: (1) Cognition and Learning, which analyze biological and social phenomena or abilities -- memory, sensation, motivation, motor learning and language comprehension -- among humans and related higher animals; (2) Developmental-Aging, which studies changes in behavior -- cognitive, lingual, social and emotional -- from childhood through adolescence and adulthood into old age; (3) Research Methodology, including statistical methods, psychological testing and measurement, design of research, and mathematical and computer approaches in psychology; (4) Clinical-Personality, which concerns itself, empirically and experimentally, with the ways people interact in their social environment and cope, or have difficulty coping, with problems in living; (5) Biological and Physiological Psychology, which examines the biological bases of behavior, including behavioral genetics, behavioral endocrinology, psychopharmacology and sociobiology; and (6) Social Psychology, 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 newly established 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.
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