Psychology and Counseling

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Faculty Areas of Research Interest

ELSON BIHM, Ph.D.(Counseling Psychology) Texas Tech University

  • Counseling Psychology; Mental Retardation; Behavior Analysis

BRIAN BOLTER, Ph.D. (Higher Ed. Administration) Michigan State University

  • Sport Psychology; Cross-Cultural Issues in Personality, Education & School Relating to Identity Development

KURT BONIECKI, Ph.D. (Social Psychology) University of Florida

  • Stereotype formation and activation; racism

SUZANNE BOOHER, M.S. (Counseling Psychology) University of Central Arkansas

  • Juvenile Delinquency and Recidivism

RON BRAMLETT, Ph.D. (School Psychology) University of Cincinnati

  • Child/Family Interventions; Assessment of Children/Adolescents; Predictors of School Success

JENNIFER BRINEGAR, Ph.D. (University of Montana) Experimental Psychology

  • self-control choice studies & induced-exercise anorexia in rats, behavioral economics, risk-sensitive foraging theory, comparative psychology, and theories of human learning

SHAWN CHARLTON, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) University of California-San Diego

  • Theories of Learning; Evolutionary Psychology; Human and Animal Behavior

KIM DIELMANN, Ph.D. (School Psychology) Oklahoma State University

  • ADHD; Linking Assessments to Intervention; Teacher Behavior Management Training; Labeling Bias; Child Clinical Issues

JAMES “ART” GILLASPY, Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology) Texas A&M University

  • Measurement Issues in Counseling Research; Addictions Counseling

NANCY HICKS, M.S.

  • Creativity (the use of it in managing and expressing emotions, depression, anxiety, and cancer) and (transcending the self, living more fully in the moment); Positive psychology; Art therapy; Existential therapy with adolescents and adults; Psychoneuroimmunology;  mindfulness based therapy

BILL LAMMERS, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) Bowling Green State University

  • Teaching Techniques; Technology & Teaching; Psychobiology; Brain Function During Sleep; Human Memory

JOHN MURPHY, Ph.D. (School Psychology) University of Cincinnati

  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy; Childhood Resilience; Behavioral Consultation/Intervention

PAUL R. NAIL, Ph.D. (Social Psychology) Texas Christian University

  • Social Influence; Social Response Models; Cognitive Dissonance Theory (individual differences); Prejudice

KEVIN ROWELL, Ph,D. (Counseling Psychology) Texas A&M University

  • Mental Health of Elderly In Long-Term Care; Alcohol Problems

MIKE SCOLES, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) Northern Illinois University

  • Drug Tolerance/Dependence/Reward; Aversive Control

JOAN SIMON, Ph.D. (School Psychology) University of Kansas

  • Children with Disabilities; Family Involvement in Education; Hospital to School Transitions.

DAVID SKOTKO, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) Wayne State University

  • Cognitive Development; Psycholinguistics; Private Speech

BILLY SMITH, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) University of Mississippi

  • Methods of Assessment

FEMINA VARGHESE, Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology) Texas Tech University

  • corrections, vocational development of offenders, and cultural diversity