Faculty

Research Interests: As a developmental health psychologist my work has focused on research and intervention efforts aimed at addressing the needs of marginalized and underserved populations. In particular, her program of research has centered around the following areas: 1) the development, implementation, and evaluation of brief lifestyle interventions that are culturally and contextually appropriate with […]

Research Interests: A child clinical-community psychologist, my interests center around children and families and: (a) factors influencing the development of children at-risk for emotional, behavioral, and/or academic difficulties, particularly risk and resilience and youngsters’ adjustment to trauma; and (b) the use of evaluation research to guide system change, program refinement, service delivery, and policy. My […]

Research Interests: Dr. L-R is a Clinical Psychologist who has amassed over 175 peer-reviewed publications across her career. The majority of these publications focus on intimate partner and family violence (e.g., stalking, sexual assault, physical abuse, and the intergenerational transmission of relationship behaviors) and young adult engagement in risky, unhealthy, suicidal, and/or life-diminishing behaviors. Most […]

Education: Ph.D., Columbia University CAGS, Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston UniversityMSW, Smith College Research Interests: Gerontology, health promotion and cultural diversity.

Research Interests: Emotion Executive control & working memory Neural & genetic mechanisms underlying emotion processing and cognition Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors and decisions fMRI, DTI, behavioral genetics, lesion research & behavioral methodologies My research examines emotion, executive control and decision making. In particular, I am tracking the emotion-cognition process-from underlying emotion processing and executive function […]

Education: B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 2005 , Education: Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognition and Perception) from New York University Research Interests: Dr. Markant received his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 2005 (with concentrations in Cognitive Science and Information Science), after which he worked as a research assistant in a neuroimaging lab […]

Research Interests: Sexual behavior, sexual misconduct, and sexual offending (including pedophilia). Dating and intimacy, including factors related to relationship satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

Research Interests: HIV prevention often begins with a targeted behavior, for example, a young woman negotiating condom use with her partner. It is important to understand what factors contribute to HIV risk behavior in order to create effective interventions. Additionally, HIV disproportionately impacts young minority populations. To that end, the goal of my research program […]

Research Interests: My research interests center on developing a deeper understanding of the role played by psychological and behavioral factors in the socioeconomic gradient of health. I am also very interested in the role that health psychology interventions, including those delivered in primary care settings, can play in minimizing SES-related health disparities.

Research Interests: Margaret M. Quinlan (Ph.D.) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and core faculty in the interdisciplinary Health Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She explores how communication creates, resists, and transforms knowledges about bodies. She critiques power structures in order to empower individuals who […]