Faculty/Staff Directory

General Contact Information

Psychological Sciences MA Program
Department of Graduate Psychology and Department of Psychology
70 Alumnae Dr., MSC 7401
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Program Director:
Jeff Dyche
Department of Psychology
Office: Miller Hall, Room G089
Phone: 540-568-4965
Email: dychejs@jmu.edu

Staff

Name	Phone	E-mail	Room
Guerin, Carl A. Administrative Assistant	540-568-6439	guerinca@jmu.edu	Johnston 101
Henriques, Andee Administrative Assistant	540-568-5352	henriqas@jmu.edu	Johnston 112
Turner, Rosa Administrative Assistant	540-568-2556	turnerrm@jmu.edu	Johnston 101

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 2020. 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 Accepting Students in Fall 2020:

Name and Contact	Concentration
Bandalos, Deborah Ph.D., University of Maryland Office: Lakeview 1126 Phone: (540) 568-7132 Email: bandaldl@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Assessment, Measurement, and Statistics
Barron, Kenn Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison Office: Miller Hall, 1161 Phone: 540-568-4065 Email: barronke@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Motivation, goal setting, well being, program evaluation, research methodology and statistics
Dyche, Jeff Ph.D., Saint Louis University Office: Miller Hall, G089 Phone: 540-568-4965 Email: dychejs@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Sleep and human performance, chronobiology, actigraphy, rat models of sleep deprivation and behavioral pharmacology
Finney, Sara Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln Office: Lakeview 1128 Phone: 540-568-6757 Email: finneysj@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Examinee motivation, emotional reactions to testing, outcomes assessment in student affairs
Fogler, Kethera Ph.D., Saint Louis University Office: Miller Hall 1175 Phone: 540-568-2931 Email: foglerka@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Memory, false memory, language comprehension, cognitive aging, sleep
Hall, Michael Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton Office: Miller Hall 1115 Phone: 540-568-7877 Email: hallmd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Auditory Perception Laboratory website, Auditory perception and cognition, Speech perception, Music perception
Hathcoat, John Ph.D., Oklahoma State University Office: Lakeview 1120 Phone: 540-568-2516 Email: hathcojd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Validity theory, applications of generalizability theory, general education assessment and institutional effectiveness, philosophy of science (measurement and validity, psychology of religion
Holt, Daniel Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis Office: Miller Hall, 1145 Phone: 540-568-5051 Email: holtdd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Behavior Analysis, Experimental Learning, choice behavior (e.g. behavioral economics), discounting (the decrease in a reward’s subjective value as the delay to or odds against its receipt increase) in both humans and non-human animals
Horst, S. Jeanne Ph.D., James Madison University Office: Lakeview 1122 Phone: 540-568-7103 Email: horstsj@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Assessment in higher education, student motivation, validity, instrument development, measurement, statistics
Irons, Jessica Ph.D., Auburn University Office: Miller Hall 1177 Phone: 540-568-6565 Email: ironsjg@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Behavior Analysis; behavioral pharmacology, psychological mechanisms of addiction and behavioral interventions for substance abuse; scholarship of teaching and learning
Leventhal, Brian Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Office: Lakeview 1124 Phone: 540-568-5004 Email: leventbc@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Response Styles; Multidimensional Item Response Theory; Bayesian Item Response Theory; Classification Errors; Survey Development
Marcopulos, Bernice Ph.D., University of Victoria Office: Johnston Hall 215 Phone: 540-568-5002 Email: marcopba@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Clinical Neuropsychology, forensic neuropsychology, schizophrenia
Melchiori, Kala (Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago) Office: Miller Hall 1175 Phone: 540-568-3177 Email: melchikj@jmu.edu Website: http://kalajmelchiori.weebly.com	Concentration: Experimental Prejudice and intergroup relations, Diversity issues in the classroom, Eco-friendly behavior
Pastor, Dena Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin Office: Lakeview 1118 Phone: 540-568-1670 Email: pastorda@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative The application of hierarchical and latent variable modeling to study measurement issues as well as college student learning and development
Saville, Bryan Ph.D., Auburn University Office: Miller Hall 1143 Phone: 540-568-2277 Email: savillbk@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Psychology of passion (specifically, passion for activities), interteaching and other behavioral teaching methods
Shoup-Knox, Melanie Ph.D., SUNY - University at Albany Office: Miller Hall 1145 Phone: 540-568-6846 Email: shoupml@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Central nervous system thermoregulation, Yawning, Evolved mate choice mechanisms
Stokes, Trevor Ph.D., University of Kansas Office: Johnston Hall 119 Phone: 540-568-5067 Email: stokestf@jmu.edu	Concentration: Behavior Analysis Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Teacher Child Interaction Training
Stoloff, Michael Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Office: Madison Hall 4067 Phone: 540-568-6396 Email: stolofml@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Graduate student recruitment including online marketing; graduate admissions including holistic review; academic program review; activities that promote student development
Szwedo, David Ph.D., University of Virginia Office: Miller Hall 1165 Phone: 540-568-3568 Email: szwedode@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research, Experimental Social Relationships Lab (SRL). Adolescent and young adult social/emotional development and adjustment; influence of family, peer, and romantic relationships during adolescence/young adulthood.
Upadhyay, Sri Siddhi N. Ph.D., Binghamton University Office: Miller Hall 1145 Phone: 540-568-3163 Email: upadhyay@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental DReaM Lab: Discourse, Reading, & Memory: Cognitive processes involved in reading and language; Readers’ comprehension and memory for text; Discourse Processing
Zinn, Tracy Ph.D., Auburn University Office: Miller Hall 1167 Phone: 540-568-6309 Email: zinnte@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Behavior analysis in industry and education, industrial/organizational psychology, student/faculty interactions, and maternal health issues

Faculty NOT accepting students in Fall 2020:

Name and Contact	Concentration
Anderson, Robin Psy.D., James Madison University Office: Johnston 102 Phone: 540-568-3293 Email: ander2rd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Validation of assessment and program evaluation procedures, engineering assessment, teacher education
Andre, Jeffrey Ph.D., Penn State University Office: Cleveland Hall 214 Phone: 540-568-1468 Email: andrejt@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Visual perception and performance: guidance and wayfinding; cartograpy, eye movements; vision and computers; cross-modal research
Apple, Kevin Ph.D., Ohio University Office: Miller Hall, 1123 Phone: 540-568-3696 Email: applekj@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Intergroup relations, human perception, attribution theory
Brewster, JoAnne Ph.D., McMaster University Office: Miller Hall, 1151 Phone: 540-568-6107 Email: brewstja@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Police and forensic psychology
Fulcher, Keston Ph.D., James Madison University Office: Lakeview 1108 Phone: 540-568-3292 Email: fulchekh@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Meta-Assessment, validity in higher education assessment, measuring cognitive and developmental changes in college students
Harmison, Robert Ph.D., University of North Texas Office: Johnston Hall 115 Phone: 540-568-7959 Email: harmisrj@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Applied sport psychology; athletic counseling; group dynamics in sport; mental toughness in sport; peak performance; performance psychology
Henriques, Gregg Ph.D., University of Vermont Office: Johnston Hall 216 Phone: 540-568-7857 Email: henriqgx@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Theoretical unification of psychology and well-being
Jakobsen, Krisztina Ph.D., University of Georgia Office: Miller Hall, 1159 Phone: 540-568-4301 Email: jakobskv@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Cognitive development, visual attention, face perception
Kurtz, Jaime Ph.D., University of Virginia Office: Miller Hall, Room 1169 Phone: 540-568-4966 Email: kurtzjl@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research, Experimental Positive psychology; happiness; savoring; self-knowledge; decision making; eating behaviors; weight management

Dean of The Graduate School (TGS):

John Burgess, Interim Dean
Office: Grace Street House
Phone: (540) 568-4213