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Psychology Faculty

Psychology Faculty	Lecturers	Faculty with Joint Appointments	Research/Adjunct Faculty
Behavior Therapy & Psychotheraphy Center Faculty	Faculty Emeriti	Faculty Research Interests	Office Hours

Biobehavioral/Neuroscience
Mark Bouton	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Washington, 1980
	Areas	Learning, memory and emotion
	Duties	Director, General/Experimental Graduate Program Assistant Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
William Falls	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Yale University, 1993
	Areas	Neurobiological mechanisms of emotion and emotional learning
	Duties	Department Chair Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC)
John Green	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Temple University, 1998
	Areas	Neurobiology of learning and memory
Sayamwong (Jom) Hammack	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Colorado, 2001
	Areas	Neurobiological mechanisms of emotion and emotional learning
Donna Toufexis	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	McGill University, 1999
	Areas	Sex differences and sex hormone effects on emotional learning and anxiety behavior; development of animal models of endocrine-related psychopathologies including post-traumatic stress disorder and post-partum depression
Clinical
Keith Burt	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Minnesota, 2007
	Areas	Risk and resilience, developmental psychopathology, transition to adulthood
Rex Forehand	Title	University Distinguished Professor and Heinz and Rowena Ansbacher Endowed Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Alabama, 1970
	Areas	Family stress and child behavior problems, prevention, and intervention
	Status	On Sabbatical Fall 2009
	Duties	Director, Graduate Clinical Training Program
Betsy Hoza	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Maine, 1989
	Areas	Etiology and prevention of behavior problems for children with ADHD
	Duties	Associate Chair, Committee on Human Research in the Behavioral Sciences
Alessandra Rellini	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Texas at Austin, 2007
	Areas	Sexual function and dysfunction
Kelly Rohan	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Maine, 1998
	Areas	Adult mood disorders and women's health
Sondra Solomon	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychiatry
	Ph.D	University of Vermont, 1994
	Areas	Psychosocial sequalae of HIV/AIDS in rural settings; Multicultural concerns and programming
	Duties	Affiliated Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies
Timothy Stickle	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Arizona, 2000
	Areas	Developmental psychopathology of antisocial behavior, child anxiety, research methodology, program evaluation
	Duties	Acting Director, Graduate Clinical Training Program
Michael Zvolensky	Title	Richard and Pamela Ader Green and Gold Distinguished Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	West Virginia University, 2001
	Areas	Experimental psychopathology research on anxiety-related disorders and substance use
Developmental
Lynne Bond	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Tufts University, 1975
	Areas	Family and community contexts for primary prevention and promotion
	Duties	Director, Undergraduate Program Affiliated Faculty, Women's and Gender Studies
Heather Bouchey	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Denver, 2000
	Areas	Socialization of achievement motivation; development of romantic relationships
	Status	On Leave 2009-2010
Susan Crockenberg	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Stanford University, 1970
	Areas	Understanding family social and emotional processes
Dianna Murray-Close	Title	Assistant Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Minnesota, 2006
	Areas	Aggressive behavior, gender development, peer relationships
2010 Hire	Post	The Department expects to hire a new faculty member in Developmental Psychology to begin teaching in the Fall of 2010
Social
Robert Lawson	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Delaware, 1965
	Areas	Strengthening organizational culture & leadership
Carol Miller	Title	Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Purdue University, 1979
	Areas	The social psychology of coping with stigma
Elizabeth Pinel	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	University of Texas at Austin, 1998
	Areas	Targets of stereotypes, the social self, the accuracy of folk beliefs
Dharam Yadav	Title	Associate Professor of Psychology
	Ph.D	Michigan State University, 1967
	Areas	Psychosocial and developmental effects of communications media
Human Behavioral Psychopharmacology
Sarah Heil	Title	Research Assistant Professor of Psychology Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
	Ph.D	Dartmouth College, 1997
	Areas	Drug abuse treatments for pregnant and postpartum women, including behavioral treatments such as contingency management and pharmacological treatments such as opioid replacement therapies
	Duties	Faculty, Substance Abuse Treatment Center Faculty, Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory Faculty, Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Dependence Training Program
Stephen Higgins	Title	Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychiatry
	Ph.D	University of Kansas, 1983
	Areas	Development of contingency management and other treatments for substance use disorders, understanding environmental and biological factors that promote substance use disorders and other chronic health conditions
	Duties	Director, Substance Abuse Treatment Center Director, Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory Director, Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Dependence Training Program
John Hughes	Title	Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychiatry Professor of Family Practice
	MD	Univ. of Mississippi Medical School, 1975
	Areas	New treatments for smokers who do and do not want to stop, and natural history of attempts to change tobacco use and marijuana use
	Duties	Faculty, Substance Abuse Treatment Center Faculty, Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory Faculty, Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Dependence Training Program
Stacey Sigmon	Title	Research Associate Professor of Psychology Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry
	Ph.D	University of Vermont, 2002
	Areas	Behavioral and pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence; Novel formulations of pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence; Smoking cessation among opioid-dependent patients using a behavioral approach; Laboratory models for understanding the interactions between stimulant medications, including nicotine, cocaine, d-amphetamine and methylphenidate; Behavioral treatments of substance use/abuse among individuals with serious mental illness
	Duties	Director, The Chittenden Clinic Faculty, Substance Abuse Treatment Center Faculty, Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory Faculty, Behavioral Pharmacology of Drug Dependence Training Program

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