Faculty members are listed below with their areas of specialty and research interests. They are grouped according to concentration: Clinical Ph.D., J.D.-Ph.D., Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Note that many faculty members will be working in pairs. Please rank a second choice only if you have a genuine interest in the areas identified by those individuals. You do not need to mark two choices.
Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
Dr. Chute and Dr. Schultheis
Dr. Douglas Chute:
neuropsychology and rehabilitation; technological applications for the
cognitively compromised and those with acquired brain injuries.
Dr. Maria Schultheis: clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation
(traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis), driving after disability,
application of technologies in psychology, the use of virtual reality (VR)
simulation (e.g. driving, return to work, memory retraining), and
neurorehabilitation application of fNIRS technology.
Dr. DeMatteo
Dr. David DeMatteo:
Psychopathy, forensic mental health assessment, mental health law, and
drug-involved criminal offenders.
Dr. Forman and Dr. Herbert
Dr. Evan Forman:
cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based psychotherapies, psychotherapy
mechanisms of action, the development and evaluation of wellness-enhancing
interventions, suicide prevention.
Dr. James Herbert: anxiety disorders, cognitive behavior therapy
(including acceptance and mindfulness-based interventions), the role of
empiricism in clinical psychology.
Dr. Geller
Dr. Pamela Geller:
clinical and health psychology; psychiatric epidemiology; stressful life events
and physical health consequences, particularly in the area of woman’s
reproductive health(pregnancy; pregnancy loss; postpartum); medical education.
Dr. Goldstein
Dr. Naomi Goldstein:
forensic psychology, juvenile justice, forensic mental health assessment
development, Miranda rights comprehension and false confessions, anger
management and aggression reduction treatment, intervention development and
evaluation with female juvenile offenders.
Dr. Kloss
Dr. Jacqueline D. Kloss:
health psychology; cognitive-behavioral management of insomnia; sleep
disturbance among sub-populations, such as perimenopausal women and college
students; relationship between written emotional expression and health.
Dr. Lowe
Dr. Michael Lowe:
etiology, prevention and treatment of eating disorders and obesity; the
interactive effects of psychological variables (e.g., dietary restraint,
negative mood) and biological variables (e.g., hormone levels, brain activation)
on appetite and body weight.
Dr. A. Nezu and Dr. C. Nezu
Dr. Arthur M. Nezu:
Problem-solving and cognitive-behavior therapy applications in health
psychology/behavioral medicine (e.g., cardiology, oncology); stress and coping;
depression assessment and treatment.
Dr. Christine Maguth Nezu: cognitive behavior therapy, behavioral
medicine; social/interpersonal problem solving and personality disorders.
Dr. Williams
Dr. J. Michael Williams:
cognitive neuroscience, clinical applications of fMRI, memory disorders,
neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation.
J.D.-Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology
Dr. Bersoff
Dr. Donald Bersoff:
mental health law; social science applications to law; professional ethics,
empirically-based social policy.
Dr. DeMatteo
Dr. David DeMatteo:
forensic mental health assessment, psychopathy, substance abuse, use of social
science in judicial decision-making, examining the use and misuse of
psychological tests in forensic assessment contexts.
Dr. Goldstein
Dr. Naomi Goldstein:
forensic assessment development, juvenile delinquency, intervention development
with female juvenile offenders, anger management and Miranda rights
comprehension.
Dr. Heilbrun
Dr. Kirk Heilbrun:
forensic mental health assessment, violence risk assessment, and risk
management, interventions to reduce risk.
Ph.D. Program in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Dr. Kounios and Dr. Hurewitz
Dr. John Kounios:
cognitive psychology/cognitive neuroscience, focusing on problem solving,
intelligence, and creativity; specializing in electrophysiological methods (EEG,ERP,
neurofeedback), and other behavioral and neuroimaging methods (e.g., fMRI);
neuroplasticity and cognitive training.
Dr. Felicia Hurewitz: Developmental psychology, sentence
processing (online measures such as eyetracking), autism spectrum disorders
(focusing on educational approaches and assistive technology), numerical
cognition and dyscalculia, computerized interventions for learning.