Psychological Science
Faculty Research Interests
Department of Psychological Science Faculty Research Interests

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Dr. Heather Adams
Identity Development; Marginalized Populations; Qualitative Paradigm

Dr. Paul Biner
Industrial/Organizational; Control Motivation; Training Evaluation

Dr. Darrell Butler
Cognition (perception, decision making, critical thinking, problem solving); Human Factors; Uses of Computers in Psychology

Dr. Lambert Deckers 
Emotions; Decision Making

Dr. Robert Fischer
Animal Behavior; Social Communication; Primate Behavior; Human Sociobiology

Dr. Johnathan Forbey 
Personality Assessment; Forensic Psychology; Research Methodology and Measurement

Dr. George Gaither 
Human Sexual Behavior; Psychology Major Student Development; Teaching and Learning Issues in Higher Education; Trauma and Psychopathology

Dr. Thomas Holtgraves
Interpersonal Communication Processes/Psycholinguistics; Personality and Information Processing; Gambling

Dr. Mary Kite
Gender Stereotyping and Prejudice; Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbians; Attitudes Toward Older Adults

Dr. Linh Littleford
Diversity and Ethnic Minority Issues; Acculturation and Ethnic Identity; Interpersonal Interaction and Intergroup Anxiety; Professional Ethics; Cross-cultural Psychotherapy

Dr. David Perkins
Community Psychology; Community Supports for Serious Mental Illness

Dr. Kerri Pickel
Eyewitness Memory; Juror Decision Making

Dr. Kristin Ritchey
Cognitive Psychology; Reading Comprehension

Dr. Michael Tagler
Attitudes and Persuasion; Stereotypes and Prejudice; Selective Exposure to Information; Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Debt

Dr. John Wallace
Gambling Addiction, Decision Making

Dr. Bernard Whitley
Prejudice and Discrimination; Academic Integrity; Measurement Issues in Psychological Research

Dr. Lucinda Woodward
Personality Psychology; Interpersonal Relations; Circumplex Theory Health Psychology