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College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
in the Department of Psychology


Chafee Building, Kingston, RI 02881-0808
Phone: 401-874-2193 Fax: 401-874-2157
E-Mail: SuBoatH@uri.edu

 

 
Faculty in URI's Psychology Department

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.

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: Friendly science approaches to teaching, multivariate statistics, 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
Homepage

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

Patricia Morokoff, Ph.D., Clinical, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Director of the Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, 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,

Web: 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@uri.edu

John Stevenson, Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan, Chair of the Psychology Department, 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
WEB: 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
Homepage

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
Homepage

 

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

 

 
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