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Faculty Research Interests


Allen, Mark D.-

Assistant Professor.  PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2000.  Cognitive Neuroscience; Functional Neuroimaging of Cognitive Processes.

Baldwin, Scott A.-

Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Memphis, 2006.  Psychotherapy Outcome and Process Research; Quantitative Methodology; Program Evaluation.

Ballif- Spanvill, Bonnie-

Professor.  PhD, Brigham Young University, 1966.  Peace and Violence in Women and Men across Ages and Cultures Worldwide. Director of Women’s Research Institute.

Barlow, Sally H.-

Professor.  PhD, University of Utah, 1978. Theory and Training in Individual and Group Therapy; Diversity; Peacemaking.

Bigler, Erin D.-

Professor.  PhD, Brigham Young University, 1974. Neuropsychology;  Neuroanatomy; Neuroimaging.

Brown, Bruce L.-

Professor. PhD, McGill University, Canada, 1969.  Statistical and Mathematical Methods and Measurement, Psycholinguistics, Theory and Philosophy.

Burlingame, Gary M.-

Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 1983. Group Therapy, Process and Outcome; Outcome Assessment; Measurement/Methodology.

Carpenter, Bruce N.-

Associate Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1980.  Clinical Assessment; Psychopathology; Stress and Coping.

Flom, Ross-

Associate Professor. PhD, University of Minnesota, 1999.  Perceptual and Cognitive Development in Human Infants.

Gantt, Edwin E.-

Associate Professor. PhD, Duquesne University, 1998.  Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology and Science; Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Approaches to the Psychological Study of Empathy and Altruism; Qualitative Research Methods.

Hardy, Sam A.-
Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2005. Adolescent and Adult Development; Personality; Morality; Religiosity; Self and Identity; Agency; Theory and Philosophy.

Hedges, Dawson W.-

Associate Professor. MD, University of Utah, 1998.  Psychiatry; Neuroscience; Neuroimaging and Neuroendocriniology

Higley, J. Dee-

Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1985. Developmental Psychopathology, Psychobiology, and Primate Behavior.

Holt-Lunstad, Julianne-

Associate Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 2001.  Social Relationships; Stress and Coping; Psychophysiology; Health Psychology.

Hopkins, Ramona O.-

Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 1996.  Effects of Hypoxia/Ischemia on the Brain; Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurobiological Approaches to Cognition; Brain Imaging; Brain Behavior Relationships; Learning and Memory; Effects of Brain Injury on Emotion; Health Related Quality of Life; and Family Stress Due to Illness.

Kirwan, C. Brock-

Assistant Professor.  PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2006.  Cognitive Neuroscience; Long-term Declarative Memory; Structure and Function of the Medial Temporal Lobe; Neuroimaging; Amnesia.

Lambert, Michael J.-

Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 1971.  Research in Psychotherapy Process and Outcome; Measuring Treatment Outcomes.

Larson, Michael J.-

Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Florida, 2008. Neuropsychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Cognitive Changes Following Traumatic Brain Injury; Cognitive Processes in Psychopathology such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Miller, Harold L. Jr.-

Professor. PhD, Harvard University, 1975.  Experimental Analysis of Learning and Motivation; Behavioral Economics; Self-control; Evolutionary Psychology; Educational Assessment; Pedagogy, Educational Reform.

Nelson, Julie P.-

Visiting Assistant Professor. PhD, Brigham Young University, 2006. Praise; Social Psychology and Gender.

Norton, Elizabeth J.-
Executive Coordinator of Clinical Psychology. PhD, Brigham Young University, 1978.  Clinical Child Psychology.

Ostenson, Joseph A.-
Visiting Assistant Professor.  PhD, Brigham Young University, 2009. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology; Marital Psychology.

Reber, Jeffrey S.-
Associate Professor.  PhD, Brigham Young University, 2000.  Critical Thinking; Teaching of Psychology; Altruism; Relational Social Psychology; Religion and Psychology.

Ridge, Robert D.-
Associate Professor. PhD, University of Minnesota, 1993.  Interpersonal Behavior; Social Influence; Applied Social Psychology.

Simon, Witold A.-
Visiting Assistant Professor. PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Warsaw, Poland, 2004.  Psychotherapy Outcome Research.

Slife, Brent D.-
Professor. PhD, Purdue University, 1981.  Theoretical Underpinnings of Personality and Psychotherapy; Relational and Theistic Approaches to Therapy.

South, Mikle D.-
Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 2005.  Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Emotion/Motivation, Functional Neuroimaging, Restricted/Repetitive Behaviors and Interests, Diagnostic Issues.

Spangler, Diane L.-
Associate Professor. PhD, University of Oregon, 1994.  Depression; Cognitive Theory; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Eating Disorders.

Steffen, Patrick R.-
Associate Professor. PhD, University of Miami, 1998. Clinical Health Psychology; Stress and Development of Disease; Spiritual and Cultural Factors in Health.

Steffensen, Scott C.-
Associate Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 1987.  Addiction; Learning/Memory; Anesthesia and Consciousness; Neuroscience.

Warren, Jared S.-
Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Kansas, 2003.  Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; Evaluating Child Psychotherapy Outcomes and Processes.

Yamawaki, Niwako-
Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Utah, 2002.  Counseling Psychology; Gender Role and Sexism; Cross-Cultural Studies; Attitudes Toward Mental Health; Individualism/Collectivism.