Department of Psychology Faculty

321 Asbury Building (South Wing)
American University
Washington, D.C. 20016-8062
202-885-1710

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FACULTY

Faculty Office Hours and E-Mail--Fall 2008

Office Hours and E-Mail-Spring 2002

ahrens@american.edu, 202-885-1714; Associate Professor
Ph.D., Stanford UniversityResearch Interests: Depression, Mindfulness, Gratitude, Fear of Emotion, Self-Evaluation Processes. Sample Publications: (See website) Articles in: (See website)

Michele M. Carter; mcart@american.edu, 202-885-1712; Associate Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; Research Interests: Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, African-American Issues, Depression.; Sample Publications: "Effects of a safe-person on artificially induced anxiety in panic disorder with agoraphobia." in Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Articles in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Behavior Therapist, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and Psychological Assessment.

: Clara M. Cheng; cheng@american.edu, 202-885-1711; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006 (Social Psychology)
M.A., The Ohio State University, 2002
Hon. B.Sc., University of Toronto, 2000; Research Interests: Effects of nonconscious processes on mood, cognition, judgment, and behavior, The role of the self in nonconscious processes, Nonconscious behavioral mimicry, Mindfulness and self-esteem; Sample Publications: See full CV (PDF file; updated June 2006)

Bryan D. Fantie

bfantie@american.edu, 202-885-1790

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Dalhousie University

Research Interests: Clinical and cognitive neuropsychology, neural mechanisms and correlates of behavior, cognition and emotion, brain damage, neurological disorders, closed head injury, schizophrenia, autism, ADD/ADHD.

Sample Publications: "Avoidance responding and closed head injury: Replication and re-evaluation of the "anticipatory behaviour deficit" in The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 8(4). Articles in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Brain Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Psychobiology, Behavioral and Neural Biology, British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, Canadian Psychology, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, and chapters in Neuropsychology and the Law, Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology, Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment, and Functional Neural Transplantation.


: Maria Gomez-Serrano; MGomez@american.edu, 202-885-1710; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., American University, Behavioral Neuroscience; Research Interests: Neuroscience, basic physiology, immunoreactivity, epigenetic factors in drug abuse, maternal behavior in drug use and abuse.


: James J. Gray; jgray@american.edu, 202-885-1716; Professor; Ph.D., Fordham University; Research Interests: Behavior therapy, psychotherapy, abnormal psychology, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, psychology of religion.; Sample Publications: "No longer just a pretty face: Fashion magazine's depictions of ideal female beauty 1959 to 1999". International Journal of Eating Disorders.; Articles in Professional Psychology, British Review of Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa, Eating Disorders Review, Journal of Personality Assessment, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Oncology Nursing Forum, The Behavior Therapist, Psychological Reports, Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis, and Behavior Therapy.


: Kathleen C. Gunthert; gunthert@american.edu, 202-885-1701; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Delaware; Research Interests: Stress and Coping, Cognitive Therapy Outcomes, Depression, and AnxietyEating Disorders, Daily Experiences Methodology

David A. F. Haaga

dhaaga@american.edu, 202-885-1718

Professor

Ph.D., University of Southern California

Research Interests: Cognitive Assessment, Depression, Addiction Relapse, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mood Disorders, Cigarette Smoking

Sample Publications: "Metatraits and cognitive assessment: Application to attributional style and depressive symptoms." in Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 121-142.

Articles in Behavior Therapy, Behavior Research and Therapy, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology Review, Cognitive Therapy and Research, International Journal of the Addictions, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Journal of Psycho and Behavioral Pathology Assessment, Journal of Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Journal of Substance Abuse, Psychological Assessment, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Inquiry, Psychotherapy, Social Behavior and Personality, and Teaching of Psychology.


: Laura M. Juliano; juliano@american.edu, 202-885-1715; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton; Research Interests: Smoking, caffeine, drug expectancies, placebo effects, anxiety; Sample Publications: (See website) Articles in: (See website)

David N. Kearns

dkearns@american.edu, 202-885-1725

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., American University

Research Interests: Learning. Conditioned inhibition. Stimulus control. Drug self-administration.

GiShawn A. Mance

mance@american.edu, 202-885-1710

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., DePaul University

Research Interests: Prevention; depression; African American youth; mental health disparities; stress and coping. Primary research interests are understanding how context and culture influence symptom presentation in communities of color, with a particular interest in youth residing in low-income enviornments. Goals include developing, implementing, and evaluating cultural and contextual interventions for youth who have witnessed or experienced multiple traumas that create vulnerability to depression. Additionally, interested in determining if community networks such as familial relationships and community prevention and intervention programs act as protective factors, how these protective factors change over time, and how to maintain the protective nature of these networks.

: Barry W. McCarthy; McCarthy160@comcast.net, 202-364-1575 at the Washington Psychological Center; Professor -- Dr. Barry McCarthy does not supervise students in research at American University.
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

: Scott Parker; sparker@american.edu, 202-885-1719; Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Research Interests: Psychophysics; statistical and quantitative methods; Sample Publications: "Top-down gain control in the auditory system: Evidence from identification and discrimination studies"; Articles in American Psychologist, Appetite, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Perception & Psychophysics, Psychological Bulletin.

: Zehra F. Peynircioglu; peynir@american.edu, 202-885-1713; Professor; Ph.D., Rice University; Research Interests: Human memory and cognition.; Sample Publications: "Feeling of Knowing for Translations of Words".; Articles in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, Memory and Cognition, Acta Psychologica, Journal of Memory and Language, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology.


: Anthony L. Riley; alriley@american.edu, 202-885-1720; Professor and Chair; Ph.D., University of Washington; Research Interests: Behavioral pharmacology, neurotoxicology, conditioned food aversions, feeding, prenatal drug effects.; Sample Publications: "Buprenorphine as a stimulus in drug discrimination learning: An assessment of mu and kappa receptor activity."; Articles in The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Physiology & Behavior, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior and Animal Learning Behavior, Behavioral Pharmacology and Neurotoxicology and Teratology.


: Alan M. Silberberg; asilber@american.edu, 202-885-1709; Professor; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Research Interests: Experimental analysis of behavior, autoshaping, choice behavior, microstructural choice behavior, microstructural analysis of rate, behavioral economics.; Sample Publications: "Maximizing Present Value: A Model to Explain what Moderate Response Rates Obtain on Value-interval Schedules";; Articles in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes.



: Stanley J. Weiss; sweiss@american.edu, 202-885-1724; Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State University; Research Interests: Conditioning and learning, stimulus control, avoidance behavior, biological constraints and learning, contingencies of reinforcement, incentive motivation.; Sample Publications: "Integrating Control Generated by Positive and Negative Reinforcement: Appetitive-aversive Interactions";; Articles in Animal Learning and Behavior, The Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Animal Learning and Behavior, Learning and Motivation and Journal of Experimental psychology: Animal Behavior Processes.


: Carol S. Weissbrod; cweissb@american.edu, 202-885-1726; Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Research Interests: Clinical child psychology; socialization and affective development; gender issues; athletes and competativeness.; Sample Publication: Prediction of externalizing behavior problems from early to middle childhood: The role of parental socialization and emotion expression.";; Sample journals: Child Development and Development and Psychopathology.


: Brian T. Yates; byates@american.edu, 202-885-1727; Professor; Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Interests: Evaluation and systematic improvement of cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of mental health services, substance abuse treatment, consumer-operated services, and other programs.
Sample Publications: "Toward the incorporation of costs, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-benefit analysis into clinical research," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62,729-736.

"Measuring and improving cost, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit for substance abuse treatment programs." Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH Publication Number 99-4518, 124-page manual. Full copy readable and downloadable from NIDA internet site: http://165.112.78.61/IMPCOST/IMPCOSTIndex.html

Articles in American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, American Journal of Psychiatry, Behavior Assessment, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Congressional Record, Evaluation and the Health Professions, Hospital and Community Psychiatry, International Journal of Obesity, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Mental Health Administration, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Professional Psychologist, Psychotherapy, Teaching of Psychology, and Journal of Youth and Adolescence.


: Professors Emeriti
: Elliot M. McGinnies; Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Harvard University; Research Interests: Functional analysis of social behavior, persuasion and attitude change, selective exposure, cross-cultural research.; Publications: "Better Liked than Right: Trustworthiness and Expertise as Factors in Creditability".; Articles in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Psychological Record, and Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology.
Burton M. Slotnick

Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., University of Illinois
Research Interests: Olfaction and taste.
Sample Publications: "Olfactory Perception in Animals."
Articles in Behavioral Neuroscience, Comparative Perception, Chemical Senses, Physiology and Behavior, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Brain Research.

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