Faculty
Allan Berman, Ph.D., Clinical, Louisiana State University, Neuropsychological assessment, child and adolescent
learning and behavioral disorders
Chafee 302 | Phone: 874-4257 | | E-mail: alberman@uri.edu
Henry Biller, Ph.D., Clinical, Duke University, Fathering, parent-child relationships on personality development and cognitive functioning
Chafee 408 | Phone: 874-4255
Su L. Boatright, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, The City University of New York, Director of the Undergraduate Program in Psychology (Kingston), Undergraduate research and programming, teaching antiracism, domestic violence, background in primate learning and cognition, animal behavior
Chafee 310 | Phone: 874-4231 | E-mail: suboath@uri.edu
Susan Brady, Ph.D., School, University of Connecticut, Reading disability, language and cognition, developmental psychology
CPRC 50W, Chafee 406 | Phone:4-4258 | E-mail: sbrady@uri.edu
Jerry Cohen, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Illinois, Social motivation, methodology, cognition
Chafee 315 | Phone: 874-4222 | E-mail: dr.j.l.cohen@uri.edu
Charles Collyer, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, Princeton University, Cognition, Psychology of violence
and non-violence
Chafee 312 | Phone: 874-4227 | E-mail: collyer@uri.edu
Paul Bueno de Mesquita, Ph.D., School, University of Texas at Austin, Primary prevention, mental health consultation, problem-based learning, child development, exceptionalities, diversity, nonviolence, and social emotional learning.
Chafee 416 | Phone: 874-4216 | E-mail: pauldem@uri.edu
David Faust, Ph.D., Clinical, Ohio University, Forensic psychology, neuropsychology, clinical judgment,
philosophy/psychology of science
Chafee 409 | Phone: 874-4237
Ellen Flannery-Schroeder, Ph.D., Clinical, Temple University, The nature of anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adults: efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment and prevention programs for children at risk for anxiety; parent training and the role of family factors in the onset, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders. Cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety and depressive disorders; individual, family, and group approaches to treating anxious youth; indicated prevention for children at risk for anxiety. Chafee 303 | Phone: (401)874-4219 | E-mail: efschroeder@uri.edu
Paul Florin, Ph.D., Clinical, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt, Community psychology, substance abuse
Chafee 411 | Phone: 874-4234, 277-5491 (FCCE) | E-mail: pflorin@uri.edu
Kathleen Gorman, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences/Developmental, University of Maryland, Director of URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America. Infant and child development; Malnutrition and behavior; risk and resilience in a context of poverty.
CPRC 25, | Phone: 874-9089, 277-5450 (FCCE) | E-mail: kgorman@uri.edu
Lisa Harlow, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, Experimental,
University of California, Los Angeles. Research Interests: Increasing
interest, participation, performance and diversity in quantitative science;
multivariate statistics, structural equation modeling, methodology,
meaning in life, women's health.
Office: Chafee 412, | Phone: 874-4242| E-mail: Lharlow@uri.edu
Shanette Harris, Ph.D., Clinical, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Gender role behavior and cross-cultural interactions, cross-cultural differences in drug behavior and self-image, cognitive/behavioral therapy for individuals and groups, health psychology
Chafee 420 | Phone: 874-4591 | E-mail: sha5534u@postoffice.uri.edu
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Robert Laforge, Sc.D., Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Longitudinal intervention research, health promotion, Behavioral Epidemiology, biostatistics, substance abuse and smoking, alcohol and tobacco use, exercise management, and dietary fat reduction
CPRC 48W | Phone: 874-5571 | E-mail: rlaforge@uri.edu
Biographical information
Susan Loftus, Ph.D., School, University of Connecticut, Language development, students at-risk for academic problems, academic assessment and intervention, early intervention/prevention of reading difficulties, exceptional children.
Chafee 410 | Phone: 874-4246 | E-mail: sloftus@mail.uri.edu
Patricia Morokoff, Ph.D., Clinical, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Department Chair, Health psychology and
human sexuality, Women's studies, AIDS research
CPRC 27, Chafee 413 | Phone: 874-4239 | E-mail: morokoff@uri.edu
Nan-Sook Park, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of South Carolina, Psychological well-being, cultural and developmental factors in life satisfaction
CPRC24 | Phone: 874-4243 | E-mail: npark@uri.edu
James Prochaska, Ph.D., Clinical, Wayne State University, Processes of self-change in psychotherapy, addictive behaviors, and health-related behaviors
CPRC | Phone: 874-4251 | E-mail: jop@uri.edu
Kathryn Quina, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Georgia, Coordinator, Psychology Program, Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education, Perception and Women's Studies, Sexual Abuse, HIV, Women in Prison
Chafee 416 | Phone: 874-2777, 277-5164 (FCCE) | E-mail:kquina@uri.edu
Mark L. Robbins, Ph.D., Clinical, Rutgers University - Clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing, decision-making in organ donation and transplantation, health promotion and disease prevention.
CPRC 13W, | Phone: 874-5082, | E-mail: markrobb@uri.edu | www: http://www.uri.edu/research/cprc/
Margaret Rogers, Ph.D., School, University of Nebraska - cross-cultural training of psychologists, cross-cultural school psychology competencies, and professional issues in school psychology
Chafee 419 | Phone: 874-7999 | E-mail: mrogers@uri.edu
Joseph S. Rossi, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences,University of Rhode Island - statistics and research methods, measurement development, health promotion and disease prevention, addictive behaviors
CPRC | Phone: 874-5983 | E-mail: jsrossi@uri.edu
Lyn Stein, Ph.D., Clinical, Kent State University, Treatment and assessment, substance abuse and crime
CPRC 417 | Phone: 874-2830 | E-mail: larstein
John Stevenson, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan, Personality and social, mental health and
alcohol program evaluation research
Chafee 417 | Phone: 874-4240 | E-mail: jsteve@uri.edu
Gary Stoner, Ph.D., School, University of Rhode Island, Prevention and intervention with achievement and behavior problems, early school success, parent and teacher support, professional issues in school psychology
Chafee 411 | Phone:
874-4234 | E-mail: gstoner@uri.edu
Wayne Velicer, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, Purdue University, Behavioral statistics, health psychology, computer-based intervention for health promotion, factor analysis, time series analysis, and measurement development
CPRC 44W | Phone: 874-4254 | E-mail: Velicer@uri.edu | www: http://www.uri.edu/research/cprc/
Theodore A. Walls, Ph.D. Behavioral Sciences, Boston College, Intensive Longitudinal Data; Quantitative Models; Developmental topics, such as substance abuse, academic performance and well-being. CPRC | Phone: 874-2105 | E-mail:walls@uri.edu | www: http://www.uri.edu/faculty/walls/
Lisa Weyandt, Ph.D., School, University of Rhode Island, Psychological bases of cognitive and behavioral disorders, Assessment, ADHD in college students, learning disabilities, Tourette's disorder
Chafee | Phone: 874-2087 | E-mail: LISAWEYANDT@URI.EDU
W. Grant Willis, Ph.D., School, University of Georgia, Developmental neuropsychology, psychoeducational decision making
Chafee 415 | Phone: 874-4245 | E-mail: wgwillis@uri.edu
Mark Wood, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Social psychology, etiology of alcohol use and misuse, early interventions to reduce alcohol misuse, alcohol-related aggressive behavior, research methodology
CPRC 51W | Phone: 874-4252 | E-mail: Mark_Wood@uri.edu | www:http://www.uri.edu/alcohol/Mark-Wood/
Emeritus Faculty
Lawrence Grebstein, Ph.D., Clinical, University of Kentucky, Emeritus Professor, Family systems approaches
to treatment and research on personal and social problems
Chafee 410 | Phone: 874-4246 | E-mail: lgrebstein@uri.edu
Ira Gross, Ph.D., School, University of Illinois, Emeritus Professor, Child sexual abuse, sex role specialization, cognitive development, exceptional individual
Albert Lott, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, Emeritus Professor, Social and men's studies
| Phone: 789-7003 | E-mail:alott@uri.edu
Bernice Lott, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences/Social, University of California, Los Angeles, Emerita
Professor, interpersonal discrimination; multicultural issues; gender issues; social learning; feminist psychology; poverty and social class
Phone: 789-7003 | E-mail: blott@uri.edu
Peter Merenda, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Emeritus Professor, Statistics and methodology
Albert Silverstein, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Emeritus Professor, Human learning & memory, acquisition of motives, history of scientific thought in psychology
Chafee 414 | Phone: 727-2087 | E-mail: DocSilve@aol.com
Nelson Smith, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, Princeton University, Emeritus Professor, Conditioning processes, behavior change through multimedia
Chafee 303 | Phone: 874-4219 | E-mail: nsmith@uri.edu
Dominic Valentino, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of California Riverside, Emeritus Professor, Physiological, biological bases of attention, motivation, emotion, and mental disorders, human electroencephalography
Chafee 309,307 | Phone: 874-4233 | E-mail: valend@uri.edu
Alan Willoughby, Ph.D., ClinicaI, University of Connecticut, Emeritus Professor, Alcoholism and substance abuse
William T. Vosburgh, Ph.D., School, Syracuse University, Emeritus Professor, School failure, impact of institutional structures on individuals, program evaluation, primary prevention
