Faculty

Psychology Faculty

Andrew Abeyta

Undergraduate Director,, Assistant Professor
andrew.abeyta@rutgers.edu
Satisfying the meaning of life and the need for social belonging

Sarah Allred

Associate Professor
srallred@camden.rutgers.edu
Understanding how the human brain parses information with an interest in health equity

Kristin August

Director, Graduate Programs in Prevention Sciences, Associate Professor
kristin.august@rutgers.edu
How relationships help or hinder engagement in health behaviors with an emphasis on the link between physical and mental health

Courtenay Cavanaugh

Associate Professor
cocavana@camden.rutgers.edu
Impact of violence on health (e.g., psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, suicide, and HIV/STIs)

Lauren Daniel

Associate Professor
lauren.daniel@rutgers.edu
Improving health and quality of life in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer, with an emphasis on the impact of sleep

Sean Duffy

Sean Duffy

Associate Professor
seduffy@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Cognition, development, culture, and memory

Jamie Dunaev

Associate Teaching Professor
jamie.dunaev@rutgers.edu

Daniel Hart

University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
hart@camden.rutgers.edu
Cognitive, civic, moral and personality development in childhood and adolescence, particularly in urban contexts

Yoona Kang

Assistant Professor
yoona.kang@rutgers.edu
The influence of social experiences on the health of individuals and groups

Charlotte Markey

Chair of Department of Health Sciences, Professor
chmarkey@camden.rutgers.edu
Development of eating behaviors and body image

Naomi Marmorstein

Associate Provost, Professor
marmorst@camden.rutgers.edu

Tamara Nelson

Assistant Professor
tamara.nelson@rutgers.edu
Impact of cultural and contextual factors and help-seeking among racial and ethnic minoritized groups

Lisa Payne

Assistant Professor
lisa.payne@rutgers.edu
Suppressing distraction in order to pay better attention and improve memory

Ira Roseman

Interim Graduate Director, Professor
ira.roseman@rutgers.edu
Causes, properties and effects of specific negative and positive emotions; Causes that lead people to endorse particular political or religious beliefs

Robrecht van der Wel

Chairperson, Associate Professor
r.vanderwel@rutgers.edu
Psychological mechanisms underlying everyday physical actions, motor control, sequence planning and the sense of agency

Bill Whitlow

Professor
bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu
Understanding how learning leads to intelligence and how to improve education, specifically science education, for all

Lecturers

Thomas F. Haworth, Jr.
tfh@haworthpsych.com

Barbara Leavy
bgleavy@camden.rutgers.edu

Angela C. Meluso-Scafidi
acmeluso@gmail.com