Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science,* Doctor of Philosophy
Acting Director of Graduate Program: G. Terence Wilson, Psychology Building, Busch Campus (732/445-2556)
Vice Chair, Graduate Studies: Professor Lee Jussim, Psychology Building, Busch Campus (732/445-2555)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
John R. Aiello, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan State
Organizational psychology; privacy; interpersonal processes; nonverbal behavior
Clayton P. Alderfer, Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., Yale
Group and intergroup relations; organizational diagnosis; race relations; leadership
Phipps Arabie, Professor of Marketing, RBS; Ph.D., Stanford Multivariate database analysis; social networks
Richard D. Ashmore, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California
(Los Angeles) Intergroup relations; female and male relations; person
perception; identity and personal problems
George E. Atwood, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Oregon
Theories of personality; psychobiography and psychotherapy
Sidney B. Auerbach, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Serotonin; biochemistry; electrophysiology and behavior
Marsha Bates, Associate Research Professor of Psychology, CAS; Ph.D., Rutgers Neurocognitive functioning and alcohol
Nicholas J. Belkin, Professor of Library and Information Studies, SCILS; Ph.D., London
Information science and technology
Ian F. Brissette, Assistant Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
The contribution of individual differences and social relationships to health
David M. Brodzinsky, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Developmental psychology; child clinical, socioemotional development
Brenna H. Bry, Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., Missouri (Columbia)
Behavior analysis of adolescent substance use, including family variables
J. Douglas Carroll, Board of Governors Professor of Management, RBS; Ph.D., Princeton
Theory and methods of multidimensional scaling and related techniques
Gretchen Chapman, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Medical decision making; physician reasoning; patient preferences and preventive health behavior
George H. Collier, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D.,
Indiana Ecological and nutritional analyses of learning, motivation,
and regulation
Richard J. Contrada, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., CUNY
Psychosocial factors in physical disease; psychophysiology; stress, self-regulation
Richard De Lisi, Professor of Educational Psychology and Dean, GSE; Ph.D., Catholic
Cognitive development
M. David Egger, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Neurophysiology; neuroanatomy; neurogenetics
Maurice Elias, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Connecticut
School-based interventions, prevention, social-emotional intelligence
Yakov Epstein, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Effects of environment on behavior; communication patterns
John L. Falk, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Illinois
Operant and schedule-induced behavior, psychopharmacology
Jacob Feldman, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theory of categorization; computational vision
Hans Fisher, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, CC; Ph.D., Illinois Alcoholism and neurotransmitter metabolism
Jerry A. Fodor, Professor of Philosophy, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Princeton
Psycholinguistics; cognition
Michael A. Friedman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Yale
Relation of social interaction to mental and physical health
Charles R. Gallistel, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Yale
Behavioral genetic approaches to the molecular basis of memory
Ronald Gandelman, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Behavioral endocrinology
Melvin Lee Gary, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Ohio State
Prejudice; cognitive styles and social perception; culture and ethnicity
Rochel Gelman, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Los
Angeles) Concept acquisition; number, cause, kinds of animate and
inanimate objects
Arnold L. Glass, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Stanford
Semantic memory; psycholinguistics; computer models of syntactic parsing
Leonard W. Hamilton, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Chicago
Brain and behavior relationships
Sandra L. Harris, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB/GSAPP; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Behavioral treatment of autism; impact of autism on family system
Jeannette M. Haviland, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan State
Emotional development and the functions of emotion; adolescent emotion socialization
Judith Hudson, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., CUNY
Cognitive development; autobiographic memory development of planning skills
Carlton T. James, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Indiana
Clinical psychology
Lee Jussim, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Michigan
Social perception, interpersonal expectations, and stereotypes
Robert A. Karlin, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Rutgers
Hypnotizability; psychotherapy; psychopathology
Eileen Kowler, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Maryland
Eye movements; visual perception; cognitive control of movement; attention
Deirdre A. Kramer, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Temple
Life-span development; object relational theory; psychobiography, wisdom
Kenneth Kressel, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Mediation of conflict; interpersonal negotiations
Alexander W.
Kusnecov, Assistant Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Newcastle
Psychoneuroimmunology; immune effects on brain and behavior
Erich W. Labouvie, Professor of Psychology, CAS; Ph.D., West Virginia
Life-span methodology; adult socioemotional development
James W. Langenbucher, Associate Professor of Alcohol Studies, CAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Diagnosis and nosology; socioeconomics of alcohol and alcohol abuse
Richard R. Lau, Professor of Political Science, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles) Mass politics
Paul Lehrer, Professor of Psychology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Respiratory psychophysiology, stress management, asthma, anxiety
Alan Leslie, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Oxford
Early cognitive development; object, number, cause theory of mind; autism
Howard Leventhal, Board of Governors Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB/ IHHCPAR; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Social psychology of health and illness; emotion theory, age, and illness
Michael Lewis, Professor of Psychology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Socioemotional and perceptual-cognitive development
Michael Leyton, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Group theory in perception, graphics, design, aesthetics, physics, and music
Joseph V. Martin, Associate Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D., Southern California (Los Angeles)
Hormonal or drug modulation of GABAA receptor function in sleep and waking
Louis D. Matzel, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., SUNY (Binghamton)
Biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of memory induction and storage
Barbara S. McCrady, Professor of Psychology, GSAPP/CAS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Treatment of substance disorders; social support systems and substance abuse
Lorraine McCune, Associate Professor of Education, GSE; Ed.D., Rutgers
Developmental and educational psychology
David Mechanic, University Professor and René Dubos Professor of Behavioral Sciences; Ph.D., Stanford
Decision making in medicine and psychiatry
Stanley Messer, Professor of Psychology and Dean, GSAPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Brief psychodynamic therapy; issues in psychotherapy integration
Edith D. Neimark, Professor Emerita of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Indiana
Thinking and cognitive development
Daniel Ogilvie, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
Self-perception in interpersonal, work, and role-related contexts
Timothy Otto, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., New Hampshire
Neurobiology of learning and memory; single unit recording
Robert J. Pandina, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center of Alcohol Studies, GSAPP/CAS; Ph.D., Vermont
Alcohol and drug addiction, neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, life-span development
Thomas V. Papathomas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Columbia
Visual perception; modeling and image processing
Lawrence Pervin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Harvard
Personality theory and research
Donald R. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, GSAPP;
Ph.D., Minnesota Dyadic communication; interpersonal relationships
Larissa A. Pohorecky, Professor of Alcohol Studies, CAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Alcohol and stress in rats: behavioral and endocrine correlates
Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Saskatchewan
Visual attention; theories of vision and imagery; cognitive architecture
Raymond C. Rosen, Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Sexual behavior; sleep disorders; behavioral medicine
Seymour Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Indiana
Person perception; personal identity
Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Brown
Learning and memory; development processes in human infants; avian regulatory
Laurie A. Rudman, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-N; Ph.D.,
Minnesota Social cognition; attitudes; stereotypes and prejudice
Louis A. Sass, Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Schizophrenia; assessment; philosophy of psychology
H. Richard Schiffman, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., North Carolina
Perception of space and time; visual illusions
Charles F. Schmidt, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Iowa
Human and machine planning; plan recognition; problem solving and learning
Tracey J. Shors, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D.,
Southern California Sex differences and effects of stress on memory
formation; neurogenesis and learning
Manish Singh, Assistant
Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Irvine) Formal and
empirical study of visual object and surface representation
Judith M. Stern, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Rutgers
Development of behavior; reproductive behavior and physiology in rats and women
Karin J. Stromswold, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., Harvard
Cognitive and neural bases of language acquisition and processing
Arthur Tomie, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Colorado
Pavlovian conditioning; alcohol and drug abuse; psychopharmacology
David Vicario, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D.,
Rockefeller Sensorimotor processes involved in the acquisition and
production of learned behaviors
George Wagner, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Chicago
Neuropsychopharmacology of Parkinson's disease and schizo- phrenia; neurotoxicology
Neil D. Weinstein, Professor of Human Ecology and Psychology, FAS-NB;
Ph.D., Harvard Preventive health behavior; environmental stress; risk
perception
Mark O. West, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB;
Ph.D., Bowman Gray Electrophysiology effect of dopamine system in rat
models of drug abuse, Parkinsonism
David A. Wilder, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Social perception; intergroup relations; time
G. Terence Wilson, Oscar K. Buros Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Behavior therapy; social learning theory; treatment of eating disorders
Robert L. Woolfolk, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Psychotherapy, stress, philosophical foundations of psychology
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Beth Adelson, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-C; Ph.D., Harvard
Applied and theoretical issues in human problem solving; development of
computational models; human-computer interaction-based software systems
James R. Bergen, Research Staff, Sarnoff Laboratories, Princeton; Ph.D., Chicago
Human visual processes and machine vision
Nancy S. Fagley, Associate Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., Utah
Decision making and cognitive processes of professional psychologists
Daniel B. Fishman, Professor and Director of Psychological Services, GSAPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Planning and evaluation of mental-health delivery systems
Barbara Forisha-Kovach, Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Maryland
Organizational psychology
Michael A. Gara, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Personal identity; identity and psychopathology; person perception
William K. Hallman, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, FAS-N; Ph.D., South Carolina
Risk perception; risk communication; individual and community responses to environmental hazards
Jan S. Handleman, Educational Director of Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, FAS-NB; Ed.D., Rutgers
Education and treatment of autistic persons
Ilona Kovacs, Assistant Professor of Psychology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Eotvos
Lorland (Budapest) Visual perception, development, and plasticity
Sandra Leiblum, Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Illinois
Female sexuality; menopause; infertility
Robert Matthews, Professor of Philosophy, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Cornell
Psycholinguistics; formal models of language acquisition
James T. Walkup, Associate Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Serious mental illness; combined mental and physical disorders; disability
Michael Wogan, Associate Professor of Psychology, FAS-C; Ph.D., North Carolina
Group psychotherapy
John Worobey, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, CC; Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania State Socioemotional development; infant nutrition and behavior
Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty
April Benasich, Assistant Research Professor of Neuroscience, FAS-N/CMBN; Ph.D., New York
Infant perception and cognition; developmental neuropsychology
Elizabeth E. Epstein, Associate Research Professor of Alcohol Studies, CAS; Ph.D., Connecticut
Individual differences among substance abusers, including family
history, personality, and comorbid psychopathology; marital therapy for
alcoholic males and their spouses; children of alcoholics
