James Madison University

Program Faculty

Over 20 faculty from both the Department of Psychology and Department of Graduate Psychology contribute to the Psychological Sciences program. The program operates on a mentorship philosophy, where students enter the program based on the fit with a particular faculty member who serves as the student's research advisor. Below is a list of faculty members accepting students in Fall 2010. Additional faculty and associate faculty who teach courses, serve on committees, and work with students in the program in a variety of capacities also are listed.

Faculty Taking Students in Fall 2010:

Robin Anderson, (Psy.D., James Madison University). Validation of assessment and program evaluation procedures, engineering assessment, teacher education
Kenn E. Barron, (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison). Motivation, goal setting, well being, program evaluation, research methodology and statistics
Sara Finney, (Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln). Practical issues in structural equation modeling, instrument development, validity, and statistics education
Keston Fulcher, (Ph.D., James Madison University). Validity in higher education assessment, measuring cognitive and developmental changes in college student
Joshua Goodman (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Applications of Item Response Theory, Multidimensional IRT, Model and Person Fit, Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Michael Hall, (Ph.D., SUNY - Binghamton). Auditory perception and cognition, speech perception, music perception, attention
Robert Harmison, (Ph.D., University of North Texas).  Applied sport psychology; athletic counseling; group dynamics in sport; mental toughness in sport; peak performance
Chris Hulleman, (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison). Motivation; interest; expectancy-value models; goal theory; rewards and motivation; fidelity of implementation; educational interventions.
Jessica Irons, (Ph.D., Auburn University). Behavior Analysis; behavioral pharmacology, psychological mechanisms of addiction and behavioral interventions for substance abuse; scholarship of teaching and learning
Matthew Lee, (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Ethnic minority empowerment, effects of diversity coursework, racial prototypicality, intergroup relations on college campuses,
Dena Pastor, (Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin). The application of hierarchical and latent variable modeling to study measurement issues as well as college student learning and development
Bryan Saville, (Ph.D., Auburn University) - Interteaching, self-control and impulsivity, experimental analysis of human social behavior
Sherry Serdikoff, (Ph.D., West Virginia University). Behavior analysis; laboratory models of psychopathology; behavioral pharmacology; stimulus control; instructional design, assessment, & program evaluation
Trevor Stokes,(Ph.D., University of Kansas). Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Teacher Child Interaction Training.       
Michael Stoloff, (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University ) The Psychology Major curriculum, effective college teaching, and program assessment                   
Rich West, (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Judgment, decision making, and critical thinking; why even bright people are susceptible to cognitive illusions and biases
Tracy Zinn, (Ph.D., Auburn University) - Behavior analysis in industry and education, industrial/organizational psychology, student/faculty interactions, and maternal health issues

Additional Faculty and Associate Faculty (NOT accepting students in Fall 2010):

JoAnne Brewster, (Ph.D., McMaster University). Police and forensic psychology
Gregg Henriques, (Ph.D., University of Vermont). Theoretical unification of psychology and well-being
Monica Reis-Bergan, (Ph.D., Iowa State University ). Health psychology: health risk behaviors (e.g., perceived risk and tanning behaviors) and health promotion behaviors (e.g., attitudes and exercise); teaching of psychology
Sheena Rogers, (Ph.D., Royal College of Art, London). Perceptual processes in our experience of painting, photography and film; perception of a 3-D world

Associate Faculty (NOT accepting students):

Jeffrey Andre , (Ph.D., Penn State University). Visual perception and performance: guidance and wayfinding; cartograpy, eye movements; vision and computers; cross-modal research
Suzanne Baker, (Ph.D., University of Georgia). Spatial learning and foraging, environmental effects on animal behavior, attitudes towards animals, social interaction in virtual worlds
David Daniel, (Ph.D., West Virginia University). Cognitive development, pedagogy, teaching and learning; mind, brain, and education
Pam Gibson, (Ph.D., University Rhode Island). Environmental Sensitivities, environmental Health, women’s health, disabilities
Christine Harmes, (Ph.D., University of South Florida). Computer-based testing, innovative item design and development, usability testing and, item response theory
Arnie Kahn, (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University). Psychology of gender, social psychology, psychology of women, violence against women
Donna Sundre, (Ed.D., University of North Carolina - Greensboro). Examinee motivation, measurement issues and theory, construct and instrument development, program evaluation, quantitative and scientific reasoning, and assessment practice