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The Department of Psychology Faculty
The names of full time Psychology faculty who regularly teach undergraduate courses and advise undergraduate students appear below. Also listed are each faculty member's primary teaching & research areas, office location, campus telephone number, and e-mail address. For all faculty the mailing address is Name, Department of Psychology, MSC 7704, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Faxes should include the recipient's name and can be sent to (540) 568-3322.
Craig E. Abrahamson Ph.D., Union Institute and University Teaching: Introduction to Psychology; Life-Span Human Development; Abnormal Behavior; Counseling Psychology; Community Psychology within Developing Societies; Individuals in the Human Community: The Individual Perspective; Individuals in the Human Community: The Community Perspective. Research: Psychophysiology of physical and psychological trauma; trauma and dissociation from multicultural perspectives; addictive properties of domestic violence; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); human diversity; teaching pedagogies, student motivation within variances of learning perspectives; heart rate variability biofeedback in reducing anxiety among undergraduate students. |
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Jeffrey T. Andre Ph.D., Penn State University Teaching : Sensation & Perception; Statistics; Vision & Audition (Gen. Ed.); Research Methods; Human Factors. Research: Visual perception and performance: Guidance and wayfinding, cartography, eye movements, vision and computers, cross-modal research. |
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Kevin J. Apple Ph.D., Ohio University Teaching: Statistics; Research Methods; General Psychology; and Psychology of the Holocaust. Research: Intergroup relations; human perception; attribution theory. |
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Suzanne C. Baker Ph.D., University of Georgia Teaching: Animal Behavior; Companion Animal Behavior; Primatology; General Psychology. Research: Spatial learning and foraging; environmental effects on animal behavior; attitudes towards animals; social interaction in virtual worlds; teaching in psychology. |
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Kenn E. Barron Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Teaching: Research Methods; Statistics; Social Psychology; Motivation. Research: Motivation; goals; psychological well-being; college student success. |
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JoAnne Brewster Ph.D., McMaster University Teaching: Abnormal Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Police Psychology. Research: Forensic psychology; personnel selection in law enforcement; personality assessment in police officers. Drs. Brewster and Stoloff maintain the web site for the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology . |
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David Daniel Research: Cognitive development; pedagogy, teaching and learning; mind, brain and education. |
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| Kimberly DuVall Lecturer Academic Advisor for Declared Psychology Majors Miller Hall, Room 1141 (540) 568-4914 duvallkd@jmu.edu Teaching: Life-span Human Development Research: Student Development – Academic advising and college student success. |
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William F. Evans Ph.D., The University of South Carolina Teaching: Peer Advising, Psychology of Adulthood, Psychology of Leadership, Death and Dying, Career Development. Research: Life meaning; holistic health; leadership; psychology of religion/spirituality; stress management. |
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Pamela R. Gibson Ph.D., University of Rhode Island |
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Joann H. Grayson Ph.D., Washington University Teaching: Clinical Psychology; Child Clinical Psychology; Child Abuse and Neglect; Field Placement. Research: Child abuse; family violence; trauma assessment. Dr. Grayson is the editor and publisher of the Virginia Child Protection Newsletter Information about Psyc 495 (Field Placement) Opportunities Information about Psyc 450 (Psyc of Child Abuse and Neglect) Information about Psyc 290 (Field Experiences) |
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Michael D. Hall Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton Teaching: Vision and Audition; Sensation and Perception; Research Methods. Research: Auditory perception and cognition; speech and music perception. |
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Charles M. Harris Ph.D., Ohio State University Teaching: Life-Span Human Development. Research: Multimedia-based online and hybrid instruction; information literacy. |
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Jessica G. Irons Ph.D., Auburn University Teaching: Psychological Research Methods; Neuroscience. Research: Behavioral pharmacology (effects of caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol); behavioral interventions of substance abuse, specifically contingency management; psychological mechanisms of addiction; delay discounting and impulsivity as it relates to substance abuse and behavioral interventions; scholarship of teaching and learning. |
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Arnold (Arnie) S. Kahn Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Teaching: Psychology of Gender; Social Psychology. Research: Sexual assault; social psychology of gender; impact of gender on social behavior. |
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Ulas Kaplan Ed.D., Harvard University Teaching: Developmental Psychology; Psychology of Personality; Life-Span Human Development; Psychology and Culture. Research: Moral motivation and development across cultures; emotions and morality; human motivation and psychological well-being; the study of violence. |
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Natalie Lawrence Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Teaching: General Psychology; Statistics; Research Methods; Social Psychology, and Social Influence. Research: Social Psychology and depression; teaching of psychology. |
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Matthew Lee |
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Monica Reis-Bergan Ph.D., Iowa State University Teaching: Health Psychology; Personality Psychology; Social Psychology; Addictive Behaviors. Research: Health risk behaviors and health promotion behaviors; social comparison; social images. |
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Bryan K. Saville Ph.D., Auburn University Teaching: Introduction to Behavior Analysis; Psychology of Learning; Psychological Research Methods. Research: Experimental analysis of social behavior; behavioral decision-making; evidence-base teaching methods. |
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Sherry L. Serdikoff Ph.D., West Virginia University Teaching: Behavior Analysis (basic, applied, and conceptual); Research Design and Data Analysis. Research: Basic and applied behavior analysis, including: laboratory models of psychopathology (currently, AD/HD, Anxiety, Depression, & Drug Addiction); behavioral pharmacology; contingency management interventions for health behavior change; and instructional design, performance assessment, and program evaluation in education and industry |
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Michael L. Stoloff Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Teaching: Biopsychology; Senior Seminar; Biopsychology of Human Sexual Behavior. Research: Academic program development, assessment, and improvement; college student success; forensic psychology; police selection. Drs. Brewster and Stoloff maintain the web site for the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology |
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Ashton D. Trice Ed.D. , West Virginia University Teaching: Life-span Human Development; Developmental Psychology; School Psychology; Educational Psychology; Psychology of Film; Psychological Research Methods; History of Psychology. Research: Children's occupational aspirations; children's understanding of disease; disability and injury; adaptation to college; images of masculinity in the media. |
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| Krisztina Varga Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Georgia Miller Hall, Room 1175 (540) 568-4301 vargakx@jmu.edu Teaching: Life-span Human Development. Research: Cognitive development, visual attention, symbolic understanding. |
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Richard F. West Ph.D., University of Michigan Teaching: Cognitive psychology; developmental psychology. Research: Decision making, judgment, and critical thinking; reading processes. |
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Tracy E. Zinn Ph.D., Auburn University Teaching: Statistics; Research Methods; Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Performance Management. Research: Behavioral teaching methods, organizational behavior management, student/faculty interactions, student entitlement, students perception of diversity in universities, & women’s healthcare/maternity issues. |
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Associate Faculty
Members of the Department of Graduate Psychology, JMU Administrators and Staff Members who teach and/or advise students in the Department of Psychology are listed below.
- Dr. Devi Bhuyan, bhuyandx@jmu.edu, Department of Graduate Psychology
- Dr. Wendy Borlabi, borlabwn@jmu.edu, Counseling and Student Development Center
- Dr. Cheree Hammond, hammoncl@jmu.edu, Department of Graduate Psychology
- Dr. Robert Harmison, harmisrj@jmu.edu, Department of Graduate Psychology
- Dr. Donielle Janow, Counseling and Student Development Center
- Ms. Kara Karr, karrkm@jmu.edu, Counseling and Student Development Center
- Dr. Sharon Lovell, lovellse@jmu.edu, Interim Dean, College of Integrated Science and Technology
- Dr. Sheena Rogers, rogerssj@jmu.edu, Department of Graduate Psychology
- Ms. Celeste Thomas, thomascr@jmu.edu, Counseling and Student Development Center
Adjunct, Emeritus and Part-Time Faculty and Teaching Graduate Assistants
- Craig Asselin, asselica@jmu.edu
- Dr. Jim Benedict, benedijo@jmu.edu
- Mr. Hugh Brown, brownhh@jmu.edu
- Steven Clemer, scelmer@harrisonburg.k12.va.us
- Dr. Kristen Davidson, david2km@jmu.edu
- Mr. B. Marshall Graham, grahambm@jmu.edu
- Dr. William Hall, hallwo@jmu.edu
- Dr. Marcus Hastings, hastinmw@jmu.edu
- Rebecca Lahaie, lahaierm@jmu.edu
- Molly Reams, reamsmb@jmu.edu
- Dr. Judith Reifsteck, reifstjb@jmu.edu
- Dr. Holly Robedeau, robedehg@jmu.edu
- Dr. Bijan Saadatmand, saadatbx@jmu.edu
- Dr. Michael Shutty, shuttyms@jmu.edu
- Jessica Spaeth, jessica.spaeth@gmail.com
- Jessica Umhoefer, umhoefja@jmu.edu
- Ms. Kay Walsh, walshks@jmu.edu
- Ms. Judy West, westjh@jmu.edu
- Dr. Phillip Wickline, philwickline@hotmail.com
- Ms. Hillary Wing-Richards, wingrihx@jmu.edu
