The Department of Psychology provides a variety of opportunities to work with faculty members in different areas. For your convenience, we have categorized the department into 5 main research focal points. Many of our faculty have interests spanning more than one concentration. These concentrations are as follows:
Individual Differences: Faculty in this area are interested in differences between people and/or in how people relate to one another. Some faculty are interested primarily in problematic functioning and associated interventions (e.g., depression, hostility, narcissism, stress, personality disorders), while others are interested in normal or adaptive functioning (e.g., intelligence, creativity, cultivation of virtues and strengths). Individual differences of interest include personality factors, psychological disorders, and sociocultural variables such as ethnicity and religiosity.
Social Processes: Faculty in this area are interested in how people perceive, influence, and relate to one another. Sample topics include responses to interpersonal transgression, social support incases of serious illness, and social comparison
Cognitive and Perceptual Sciences: Faculty in this area are interested in how people process information and how they perceive the world. Faculty in this area are interested in topics such as memory, perception, and cognitive development. Some specialize in the study of intelligence, including work in the area of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Emotion: Faculty in this area all share a common interest in studying emotion. Some emphasize neuroscience and other physiological aspects of emotion, while others focus on the subjective experiences and behavioral tendencies associated with specific emotions or mood states (e.g., depression and suicidality; hostility; forgiveness; giving and receiving altruistic love).
Development and Aging: Faculty in this area are interested in how people develop across the lifespan. A number of our faculty focus specifically on children and adolescents, whether in pediatric settings, on psychopathology, or on the development of creativity in children. Others conduct research relevant to the lives of older adults.
The following table shows this conceptualization of our department:
| Name | Individual
Differences | Social
Processes | Cognitive
&
Perceptual Sciences | Emotion | Aging
&
Development |
| Connell, Arin |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
| Demaree, Heath | X |
- |
- | X |
- |
| Detterman, Doug | X |
- | X |
- | X |
| Dimitropoulos, Anastasia | X |
- | X |
- | X |
| Exline, Julie |
- | X |
- | X |
- |
| Fagan, Joseph | X |
- | X |
- | X |
| Feeny, Norah |
X
|
- |
- |
X
| - |
| Gilmore, Grover (Cleve) |
- |
- | X |
- | X |
| Greene, Robert, Chair |
- |
- | X |
- |
- |
| Lawrence, Bonnie |
- |
- |
X |
- |
- |
| McCallum, T.J. |
- | X |
- |
- | X |
| Overholser, James, DCT |
X |
- |
- | X |
- |
| Przeworski, Amy |
X
|
- |
- |
X
|
X
|
| Russ, Sandra |
- | X |
- | X | X |
| Short, Elizabeth | X |
X
| X |
X
| X |
| Thompson, Lee | X |
- | X |
- | X |
Faculty Introductions
For more information, click on the faculty member's name to access their personal webpage.
Arin Connell (Ph.D., Emory University), Assistant Professor. internalizing problems, coping skills during adolescence.
Heath A. Demaree (Ph.D., Virginia Tech), Associate Professor. Cerebral and psychophysiological underpinnings of emotional processing.
Douglas K. Detterman (Ph.D., University of Alabama), Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, and Director of the Experimental Training Program. Cognition and intelligence in adults, children and the mentally retarded.
Anastasia Dimitropoulos (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University), Assistant Professor. Genetic mental retardation syndromes (e.g., Prader-Willi syndrome), compulsive behavior among individuals with cognitive delay.
Julie J. Exline (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook), Associate Professor. Social relationships, transgression and forgiveness, moral and religious issues.
Joseph F. Fagan, III (Ph.D., University of Connecticut), Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor. Development and individual differences in memory, cognition, and perception.
Norah Feeny (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College), Associate Professor. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
Grover C. Gilmore (Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University), Professor. Perceptual development and aging, pattern recognition, visual information processing, memory, psychophysics.
Robert L. Greene (Ph.D., Yale University), Professor and Chair of the Department. Human memory, cognition, and information processing.
Bonnie M. Lawrence (Ph.D., Washington University), Assistant Professor. Transformation of sensory signals into motor commands, the role of attention, response selection, and working memory.
Amy Przeworski (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University), Assistant Professor. Development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders across the lifespan.
T.J. McCallum (Ph.D., University of Southern California), Assistant Professor. Older Adults; Caregiving; Ethnicity; Stress, Coping and Immunity; Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction; Chronic Disease and Coping; Religiosity and Spirituality.
James C. Overholser (Ph.D., Ohio State University), Professor and Director of Clinical Training. Depression, suicide, personality disorders, cognitive-behavioral therapy, The Socratic method.
Sandra W. Russ (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh), Professor. Children's play, creativity, affective processes, personality assessment, play therapy.
Elizabeth J. Short (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), Professor. Metacognitive and cognitive development in children, ADHD, neuropsychology, cognitive, emotional and social effects of BPD and cocaine-exposure.
Lee A. Thompson (Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder), Associate Professor. Behavior genetics, child development, functional neuroimaging.
Emeritus Faculty
Donald K. Freedheim (Ph.D., Duke University), Professor Emeritus.
Jane W. Kessler (Ph.D., Western Reserve University), Professor Emeritus
Phillip Safford (Ph.D., Kent State University), Professor Emeritus
Milton Strauss (Ph.D., Harvard University), Professor Emeritus
Secondary Faculty
Jennifer Anderson Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D., Professor
Alan Castro, Ph.D., Senior Instructor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Carin Cunningham, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Sandra L. Curry, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Lisa Damour, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor
Howard Hall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Rebecca Hazen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Leslie Heinberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic
Carolyn Landis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Pamela Nilsson, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, University Counseling Services
Catherine Peterson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Lynn Singer, Ph.D., Professor, Advanced Therapy Center
Terry Stancin, Ph.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Mariann Suarez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Thomas Swales, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry, MetroHealth Medical Center
H. Gerry Taylor, Ph.D., Professor, School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Kelly Wadeson, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, Rainbow Babies & Children
Kathleen Wells, Ph.D., Professor, MSASS
Carol White, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Abraham Wolf, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
James Yokley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Adjunct Faculty
Laura Abood, Ph.D., Cleveland VA Medical Center
Jane Buder Shapiro, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jennifer L. Butler, Ph.D., Lecturer
Cameron Camp, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Myers Research Institute
Sandra Caramela-Miller, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office
Dennis Drotar, Ph.D., Professor, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Pediatrics
Robert W. Goldberg, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, VA Medical Center
Vanessa Jensen, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Susan Knell, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spectrum Psychological Services
Marilyn Malkin, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Private Practice
David Pincus, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Aarti Pyati, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, University Counseling Services
Jeffery D. Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Beech Brook
Ethan Schafer, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spectrum Psychological Associates
Jes-James Sellers, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, University Counseling Services
Jeremy Shapiro, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychological & Behavioral Consultants
Harry J. Sivec, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, ODMH - Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare
Kenneth M. Weiss, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, VA Medical Center - Brecksville & Wade Park
Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders
Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
Clinical Faculty
Karen Bardenstein, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, Mark Lovinger, Ph.D. and Associates
Rick Cirillo, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Cuyahoga County Board of MR/DD
Lori D'Angelo, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, Magnolia Clubhouse
Mathew A. Fuller, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, VA Medical Center, Brecksville
Tom M. Hagesfeld, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Joint Commission for Behavioral Healthcare
William C. Hale, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, CWRU University Counseling Services
Maureen E. Kreick, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, Private Practice
Maryann L. McGlenn, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, CWRU University Counseling Services
Britt Nielson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Richard B. Pazol, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, University Counseling Services
Joy W. Pengilly-Wyatt, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor, University Counseling Services
Robert Smith, Ph.D.,Clinical Assistant Professor, Private Practice
Terry Tobias, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Private Practitioner
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