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Graduate Program Faculty and their Interests
Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Bozarth, Michael, A., Ph.D.; Neural basis of appetitive motivation and reward; drug addiction; biological psychiatry; motivational theory.
- Capaldi, Elizabeth D. Ph. D.; Incentives and preference learning in animals and humans.
- Daniels, Derek, Ph.D.; Anatomical and biochemical basis of ingestive behaviors, including food, water, and salt intake.
- Dent, Micheal, Ph.D.; Behavioral and physiological measures of the perception of complex auditory stimuli in birds and mammals.
- DiPirro, Jean M., Ph.D; Neuropeptidergic and monoaminergic regulation of pain, analgesia, maternal behavior and drug addiction.
- Hastrup, Janice L., Ph.D.; Behavioral medicine; understanding genetic and other risk factors; methodological issues; epidemiology of stress-related disorders.
- Kristal, Mark B., Ph.D.; Maternal behavior; opiate-mediated processes; feeding and drinking; taste-aversion learning.
- Mercado, Eduardo, III, Ph. D.; Cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory.
- Richards, Jerry B., Ph. D.; Roles of dopamine and serotonin in control of impulsivity
- Shucard, David W., Ph.D.;Neural basis of cognition in normal and impaired infants, children, adults, and animals; clinical neurophysiology; clinical and experimental neuropsychology.
- Smith, Charles James, Ph.D.
- Thompson, Alexis, Ph.D.; Neural adaptations associated with increased vulnerability or expression of drug addicton, anxiety, and maternal behavior; behavioral regulation of pain and analgesia; neuropeptide regulation of monoamines.
- Wersinger, Scott, Ph. D.; Molecular aspects of reproductive behavior.
Clinical Psychology Graduate Program
- Anchin, Jack, Ph.D.
- Beck, Gayle, Ph. D.; Panic disorder; anxiety disorders; post-trauma syndromes.
- Benedict, Ralph H.B., Ph.D.; Neuropsychological impairment in multiple sclerosis, organic personality disorder, prediction of neuropsychological impairment with MRI, neuropsychological test development
- Colder, Craig, Ph. D.; Individual, family, and community influences on child and adolescent aggression and substance abuse.
- Collins, R. Lorraine, Ph. D.; Drinking restraint; psychosocial factors in alcohol use; women's issues; smoking
- Connors, Gerard J., Ph. D.; Alcoholism treatment outcome evaluation; relapse prevention; secondary prevention of alcohol problems
- Epstein, Leonard H., Ph. D.
- Hawk, Larry, Ph. D.; Psychophysiology; emotion and attention in psychopathology and behavioral medicine.
- Houston, Rebecca, Ph.D.; Neurophysiological (EEG/ERP) correlates of aggression, substance use, and impulse control problems; assessment and treatment of aggressive behavior; risk for substance abuse
- Leonard, Kenneth E., Ph. D.; Alcohol abuse and Marital/family processes; parenting and infant development in alcoholic families; interpersonal aggression; bar violence; domestic violence
- Levine, Murray, Ph. D.
- Levy, Kenneth, Ph. D.; Univariate and multivariate data analyzing techniques.
- Massetti, Greta, Ph. D.; Children at risk for learning and behavioral disorders; environmental and developmental influences on academic and social-emotional functioning; dissemination of evidence-based programs to school settings; educational policy impact on urban schools.
- Meacham, Jack, Ph. D.; Life-course developmental psychology; history of world civilizations; comparative religion; race and racism; multicultural education.
- Miller, Bruce, M. D.
- Ostrov, Jamie, Ph.D.; Subtypes of aggression and victimization; developmental psychopathology; social dominance; interpersonal relationships; applied developmental psychology; prosocial and play behavior.
- Pelham, William E., Jr., Ph. D.; Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; psychosocial, pharmacological, and combined treatments for ADHD; cognition and motivation in ADHD.
- Raynor, Joel, Ph. D.; Theory of personality functioning and change; sport and exercise psychology; alcoholism.
- Read, Jennifer, Ph.D.; Social and individual-level factors in the etiology and treatment of alcohol misuse; affective and cognitive determinants of heavy drinking, PTSD-alcohol use disorder comorbidity.
- Roberts, John, Ph. D.; Psychosocial factors in the onset, maintenance and recovery from depression; health behavior and psychological functioning among HIV+ individuals.
- Salvy, Sarah J., Ph. D.; Social and environmental factors accounting for food choice and intake in children and adults; the interrelationship of eating, alternative activities and social contexts and how they relate to youths' weight status; social involvement as a lever for lifestyle changes.
- Simms, Leonard, Ph.D.; Applied and basic psychological assessment, dimensional models of personality and psychopathology, item response theory applications to personality measures, and computerized adaptive testing.
- Thomas, Sherry, Ph.D.; Anxiety disorders (particularly OCD); motivational interviewing
- Walitzer, Kimberly, Ph. D.; Treatment outcome evaluation; spouse involvement in treatment; secondary prevention of alcohol problems; gender differences
- Wojslawowicz Bowker, Julie, Ph. D.; Individual differences in socioemotional behaviors (e.g.,social withdrawal, aggression), peer relationships and friendships; internalizing problems.
- Wood, Beatrice, Ph. D.
Cognitive Psychology Graduate Program
- Dent, Micheal, Ph.D.; Behavioral and physiological measures of the perception of complex auditory stimuli in birds and mammals.
- Luce, Paul, Ph. D.; Word recognition; lexical access; speech perception and production; psycholinguistics.
- Mauner, Gail, Ph. D.; Sentence and discourse processing; reading; anaphora;
language processing in neurogenically impaired populations.
- Mercado, Eduardo, III, Ph. D.; Cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory.
- Pfordresher, Peter Q., Ph. D.; Production and perception of complex sequences, including music and speech; the role of perceptual feedback during production; vocal imitation and "tone deafness"; music perception; mathematical modeling.
- Sawusch, James, Ph. D.; Speech perception; attention; auditory memory; computational modeling; psycholinguistics.
- Schmidt, William, Ph. D.; Visual perception and attention (illusory line motion, inhibition of return); cognitive neuroscience; internet survey methodology.
- Smith, J. David, Ph. D.; Animal cognition; categorization; metacognition and self-awareness; psychology of music and aesthetics.
Social-Personality Psychology Graduate Program
- Shira Gabriel (Ph.D., Northwestern University): Social self, gender differences in interdependence, minority group membership.
- Sandra Murray (Ph.D., University of Waterloo): Close relationships; self-esteem; and motivated cognition.
- Lora Park (Ph.D., University of Michigan):
The self, self-esteem, contingencies of self-worth, motivation, interpersonal processes.
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- Brett Pelham (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin): Self-perception; implicit self-regard, social inference.
- Gretchen Sechrist (Ph. D., University of Maryland): Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.
- Mark Seery (Ph.D.,
University of California, Santa Barbara): Stress and coping, the self, motivation, psychophysiology.
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Send comments to: psych@buffalo.edu | Last updated: October 11, 2006
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