SUNY Cortland Psychology DepartmentFaculty Highlights

-Facultyinvariedareas:normalandabnormaldevelopment,social/personalitypsychology,behavioralneuroscience,cognition,andemotion,aswellasseveralareasofappliedpsychologysuchascounseling,educationalandschoolpsychology,forensicpsychology,healthpsychology,andpsychopharmacology.

-ActivelabswithundergraduateRAsinvolvedinplanningstudies,collectingandanalyzingdata,andpresenting/publishingfindings

-Recentfacultypublicationsincludescholarlybooksaswellaspeer-reviewedarticlesinsuchjournalsas:BrainResearch PsychopharmacologyJournalofAttentionDisorders AdolescentResearchReviewAppliedPsychophysiologyandBiofeedback IdentityInfantBehaviorandDevelopment

Michael BerzonskyDistinguished Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– UniversityofToronto– M.A.– BucknellUniversity– B.A.– IndianaUniversityofPennsylvania

•CoursesTaught– AdolescentPsychology– ResearchMethods– SeniorSeminar

•ScholarlyInterests– Social-cognitivedevelopmentinadolescenceand

youngadulthood.Recentresearchhasfocusedonidentityformation,identityprocessingstyles,self-processes,andcollegestudentdevelopment.

Katherine BonafideAssistant Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– SyracuseUniversity– M.S.– SyracuseUniversity– M.A.–BostonCollege– B.S.– LehighUniversity

•CoursesTaught– AbnormalPsychology– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology– IntroductiontoClinicalPractice– ClinicalHealthPsychology

•ScholarlyInterests– Healthpromotionanddiseaseprevention– Sexualriskreductioninterventions

Raymond CollingsAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Post-DoctoralFellowship,theM.I.N.D.Institute,

UniversityofCalifornia,Davis– Ph.D.– UniversityofCalifornia,Davis– B.S.– CaliforniaStateUniversityinFullerton

•CoursesTaught– StatisticalMethodsforPsychology– CognitivePsychology– DevelopmentalPsychology– ResearchMethods

•ScholarlyInterests– MystudentsandIstudytherolethatattention

playsincognitiveandsocialdevelopment.Forexample:wehaveexaminedhowattentionisimpairedduringcellphoneconversations,howin-labassessmentsofattentionrelatetothewayindividualsattendtothingsinreal-world,andhowinducedmindfulnessmightaffectspecificattentionabilities.

Karen DavisAssistant Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– SamHoustonStateUniversity– M.A.– SamHoustonStateUniversity– B.A.– UniversityofKentucky

•CoursesTaught– ForensicPsychology– PsychologyofCriminalBehavior– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology

•ScholarlyInterests– Forensicevaluation(e.g.,insanityatthe

timeoftheoffense,terminationofparentalrights,andriskassessments)andpsychopathy. Recentinterestshaveincludedtheutilityofpersonalityassessmentwithsexualoffendersandtheimpactoflabelingadefendantaspsychopathic.

Leslie G. EatonAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside– M.A.– UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside– B.A.– UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside

•CoursesTaught– IntroductoryPsychology– StatisticalMethodsforPsychology– TheoriesofPersonality– PsychologyofHumanEmotion– SocialPsychology

•ScholarlyInterests– Emotionalexperienceindailylife;social

judgmentsandpersonperception.

Kaitlin M. FlanneryAssistant Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– UniversityofConnecticut– M.A.– UniversityofConnecticut– B.S.– UniversityofDelaware

•CoursesTaught– DevelopmentalPsychology– StatisticalMethodsforPsychology– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology

•ScholarlyInterests– Friendshipandfriendshipdissolutionin

adolescence– Social-cognition,gender,andsocialmediause– Adolescentadjustment

David Kilpatrick Associate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– SyracuseUniversity– B.A.– SUNYCortland

•CourseTaught– Childrenwith

Exceptionalities– EducationalPsychology– LearningDisabilities

•ScholarlyInterests– Learningtoread– Dyslexia

Melvyn KingAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.- PrincetonUniversity– M.A.- PrincetonUniversity– B.S.- UnionCollege

•CoursesTaught– IntroductoryPsychology– ChildPsychology– AdvancedDevelopmentalPsychology– SeniorSeminar

•ScholarlyInterests– EducationalMaterialsforpsychology– Objectpermanenceininfants– Mousekillingbyrats

Kimberly Kraebel JacksonProfessor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.- BinghamtonUniversity– M.A.- BinghamtonUniversity– B.A.- Edinboro University

•CoursesTaught– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology– ChildPsychology– TheCortlandExperience– PetTherapy

•ScholarlyInterests– TheSUNYCortlandInfantLearningand

MemoryProjectisdesignedtoincreaseourunderstandingofhowinfantslearnandremember,examinedifferencesinlearningasafunctionofage,andtoexaminetheroleofsensoryinformationininfantlearningandmemory.

John LombardoProfessor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.– UniversityofOklahoma– B.A.– St.JohnsUniversity

•CoursesTaught– CounselingPsychology– TheoriesofPersonality– AbnormalPsychology– Psychopharmacology

•ScholarlyInterests– Behavioralandneurophysiologicaleffects

ofexposuretoenvironmentaltoxins,includinganimalmodelsofhyperactivityandimpulsiveness,andaddictivebehavior;alsostressandbehavioralmedicine,hormone-behaviorrelationships.

Benjamin J. LovettAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.- SyracuseUniversity– M.S.- SyracuseUniversity– B.A.- PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

•CoursesTaught– AppliedBehaviorAnalysis– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology– PsychologyofChildrenwithExceptionalities– Learning

•ScholarlyInterests– Diagnosisoflearningandattentionproblems– Testingaccommodationsforstudentswithdisabilities– Conceptualissuesinpsychiatricdiagnosis

Michie OdleAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Post-doctoralFellow- NeurodevelopmentalDisabilities– JohnsHopkins

UniversitySchoolofMedicine,KennedyKriegerInstitute,1994-1996– Ph.D.– UniversityofTennessee– B.S.– TennesseeTechnologicalUniversity

•CoursesTaught– IntroductoryPsychology– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology– Motivation– SeniorSeminar

•ScholarlyInterests– Developmentalneuroscience,motivation,andself-regulation.

Judith A. OuelletteAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– PostdoctoralFellow- IowaStateUniversity– Ph.D.– TexasA&M University– M.S.– TexasA&M University– B.A.– UniversityofCentralFlorida

•CourseTaught– StatisticsforPsychology;AppliedStatistics– SocialPsychology– HealthPsychology

•ScholarlyInterests– Habitsineverydaylife;healthbeliefs,attitudesand

healthbehavior.

Joshua PeckAssistant Professor & Chair

•EducationalHistory– Ph.D.- CUNYTheGraduateCenter– M.S.- QueensCollege– B.S.- SUNYCortland

•CoursesTaught– ApplyingResearchMethodsinPsychology– Learning– Neuroscience– Statistics

•ScholarlyInterests– Behavioralandneuralmechanismsunderlying

therelapseofdrug-takinganddrug-seeking.

Jeffrey SwartwoodAssociate Professor

•EducationalHistory– Post-doctoralFellow— TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchool

ofMedicine,Pediatrics,KennedyKriegerInstitute– Ph.D.– UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville– M.S.– UniversityofTennessee,Chattanooga– B.A.– UniversityofFlorida

•CoursesTaught– Learning– EducationalPsychology– PositivePsychology– SeniorSeminar

•ScholarlyInterests– Executivefunctionandattentioninchildrenand

youngadults;mindfulnessbasedapproachestoeducation.