Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science,* Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Gretchen Chapman, Psychology Building, Busch Campus (732-445-2556)
Vice Chair, Graduate Studies: George Wagner, Psychology Building, Busch Campus (732-445-2555)
Website: http://www.psychology.rutgers.edu
Members of the Graduate Faculty
John R.Z. Abela, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Factors in the development of depression in children and adolescents
John R. Aiello, Professor of Psychology, SAS; 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 Emeritus of Marketing, RBS; Ph.D., Stanford
Multivariate database analysis; social networks
Richard D. Ashmore, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California
(Los Angeles)
Intergroup relations; female and male relations; person
perception; identity and personal problems
George E. Atwood, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Oregon
Theories of personality; psychobiography and psychotherapy
Sidney B. Auerbach, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, SAS; 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 (UK)
Information science and technology
David M. Brodzinsky, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, SAS; 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, SAS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Medical decision making; physician reasoning; patient preferences and preventive health behavior
Brian Chu, Assistant Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D.,Temple
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety and depression;
effectiveness research and dissemination of evidence-based practice
into community settings; psychotherapy process-outcomes research; and
multicultural issues in help-seeking and health care access
George H. Collier, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D.,
Indiana
Ecological and nutritional analyses of learning, motivation,
and regulation
Richard J. Contrada, Professor of Psychology, SAS; 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
Maurice Elias, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Connecticut
School-based interventions; prevention; social-emotional intelligence
Elizabeth E. Epstein, Associate Research Professor, CAS; Ph.D., Connecticut
Clinical psychology; alcohol studies
Yakov Epstein, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Effects of environment on behavior; communication patterns
Jacob Feldman, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theory of categorization; computational vision
Hans Fisher, Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Illinois
Alcoholism and neurotransmitter metabolism
Jerry A. Fodor, Professor of Philosophy, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Psycholinguistics; cognition
Charles R. Gallistel, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Behavioral genetic approaches to the molecular basis of memory
Rochel Gelman, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California (Los
Angeles)
Concept acquisition; number, cause, kinds of animate and
inanimate objects
Arnold L. Glass, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Semantic memory; psycholinguistics; computer models of syntactic parsing
Leonard W. Hamilton, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Brain and behavior relationships
Sandra L. Harris, Professor Emerita of Psychology, SAS/GSAPP; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Behavioral treatment of autism; impact of autism on family system
Jeannette M. Haviland, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Emotional development and the functions of emotion; adolescent emotion socialization
Judith Hudson, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., CUNY
Cognitive development; autobiographic memory development of planning skills
Carlton T. James, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Indiana
Clinical psychology
Lee Jussim, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Michigan
Social perception; interpersonal expectations; stereotypes
Robert A. Karlin, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Hypnotizability; psychotherapy; psychopathology
Eileen Kowler, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Maryland
Eye movements; visual perception; cognitive control of movement; attention
Deirdre A. Kramer, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Temple
Life-span development; object relational theory; psychobiography; wisdom
Kenneth Kressel, Professor of Psychology, FAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Mediation of conflict; interpersonal negotiations
Alexander W.
Kusnecov, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Newcastle (UK)
Psychoneuroimmunology; immune effects on brain and behavior
Erich W. Labouvie, Professor Emeritus 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, SAS; 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, SAS; Ph.D., Oxford (UK)
Early cognitive development; object, number, and cause theory of mind; autism
Howard Leventhal, Board of Governors Professor of Psychology, SAS/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, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Group theory in perception, graphics, design, aesthetics, physics, and music
Joseph V. Martin, Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D., Southern California
Hormonal or drug modulation of GABAA receptor function in sleep and waking
Louis D. Matzel, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., SUNY (Binghamton)
Biochemical and biophysical mechanisms of memory induction and storage
Danielle McCarthy, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Development and refinement of treatments to help people stop smoking cigarettes
Barbara S. McCrady, Professor of Psychology, GSAPP/CAS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Treatment of substance disorders; social support systems and substance abuse
Lorraine McCune, Professor of Education, GSE; Ed.D., Rutgers
Developmental and educational psychology
John P. McGann, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Neuroscience of smell; optical imaging; cellular/systems/behavioral
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
Jan Mohlman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Oregon
Etiology,
course, and treatment of anxiety disorders; anxiety in older adults;
cognition and anxiety mechanisms of cognitive-behavior-therapy
Eun Young Mun, Assistant Professor of Psychology, CAS/GSAPP; Ph.D., Michigan State
Underage drinking and drug use; risk and resilience; program evaluation
Julien Musolino, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Maryland
Psycholinguistics
Daniel Ogilvie, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Harvard
Self-perception in interpersonal, work, and role-related contexts
Timothy Otto, Professor of Psychology, SAS; 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
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, SAS; Ph.D., Saskatchewan (Canada)
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
Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Brown
Learning and memory; development processes in human infants; avian regulatory
Laurie A. Rudman, Professor of Psychology, SAS; 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
Tracey J. Shors, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D.,
Southern California
Sex differences and effects of stress on memory
formation; neurogenesis and learning
Manish Singh, Assistant
Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California (Irvine)
Formal and
empirical study of visual object and surface representation
Judith M. Stern, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Development of behavior; reproductive behavior and physiology in rats and women
Karin J. Stromswold, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., Harvard
Cognitive and neural bases of language acquisition and processing
Arthur Tomie, Associate Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Colorado
Pavlovian conditioning; alcohol and drug abuse; psychopharmacology
Elizabeth B. Torres, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Cognitive psychology; motor memory
David Vicario, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D.,
Rockefeller
Sensorimotor processes involved in the acquisition and
production of learned behaviors
George Wagner, Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Neuropsychopharmacology of Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia; neurotoxicology
Neil D. Weinstein, Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology and Psychology, SAS;
Ph.D., Harvard
Preventive health behavior; environmental stress; risk
perception
Mark O. West, Professor of Psychology, SAS;
Ph.D., Bowman Gray
Electrophysiology effect of dopamine system in rat
models of drug abuse; Parkinsonism
David A. Wilder, Professor of Psychology, SAS; 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, SAS; 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
Mark Baker, Professor of Linguistics, SAS/RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Comparative syntax; linguistic universals; semantic roles; Amerindian and African languages
James R. Bergen, Research Staff, Sarnoff Laboratories, Princeton; Ph.D., Chicago
Human visual processes and machine visionViviane M. Déprez, Professor of Linguistics, SAS; Ph.D.,?Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Syntactic theory; Romance linguistics; language acquisition; Creole syntax
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, SAS; 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, Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; 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, SAS; Ed.D., Rutgers
Education and treatment of autistic persons
Shigeto Kawahara, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, SAS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Perceptual factors and phonological patterns; intonation; verbal art; symbolism
Ilona Kovacs, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SAS; Ph.D., Eötvös (Hungary)
Visual perception, development, and plasticity
Sandra Leiblum, Professor of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Illinois
Female sexuality; menopause; infertility
Robert Matthews, Professor of Philosophy, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Psycholinguistics; formal models of language acquisition
James T. Walkup, Associate Professor of Psychology, GSAPP; Ph.D., New School
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, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania State
Socioemotional development; infant nutrition and behavior
Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty
April Benasich, Assistant Research Professor of Neuroscience, FAS-N/CMBN; Ph.D., New York
Infant perception and cognition; developmental neuropsychology