Psychology Faculty Research Interests

Dr. Philip A. Allen - Adult Development and Aging
Attention, perception, visual word recognition, memory and effects of age, emotion and memory

Dr. Toni L. Bisconti - Adult Development and Aging
Emotion regulation in older adults
Bereavement & widowhood
Social support
Prejudice and discrimination

Dr. James M. Diefendorff - Industrial Organizational
Work motivation
Emotions at work

Dr. Joelle D. Elicker - Industrial Organizational
Feedback and coaching
Goal-striving
Performance appraisal
Organizational justice
Teaching effectiveness

Dr. Dawn M. Johnson - Counseling Psychology
Intimate partner violence
Trauma
PTSD
Treatment development and outcome
Women's issues
Empowerment

Dr. Kevin P. Kaut - Adult Development and Aging
History of psychobiology / neuroscience
Mechanisms of memory
Neuropsychology
Biomedicine and end of life

Dr. Paul E. Levy - Industrial Organizational, Industrial Gerontological
Feedback; performance appraisal
Job attitudes
Individual differences

Dr. Andrea F. Snell - Industrial Organizational, Industrial Gerontological
Personnel selection
Individual differences
Measurement & statistics

Dr. Suzette L. Speight - Counseling Psychology
Multicultural psychology
Identity development
Just world beliefs

Dr. Jennifer Tehan Stanley - Adult Development & Aging
Social cognition across the lifespan
Emotion recognition and aging
Emotion regulation and aging

Dr. Meghan Thornton-Lugo - Industrial Organizational
Organizational justice
Ethics
Emotions
Corporate social responsibility

Dr. Charles A. Waehler - Counseling Psychology
Psychological assessment
Counseling processes
Adolescent & adult development