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BETH ADELSON  Ph.D. Harvard University
Office: Armitage 311; Phone (856) 225-6485;
email:
adelson@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Women
Research Interests: Theories of complex problem-solving; Analogical learning; Scientific discovery; Principled negotiation/conflict resolution; Negotiation and educational technology; Gender equity in education; Development of professional identities; Interaction of public and private identity.
Representative Publications:
   Adelson, B. (2003). Issues in scientific creativity: Insight, perseverance and personal technique. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 340, 163-189.
   Adelson, B. (1999). Developing strategic alliances: A framework for collaborative negotiation in design. Research in Engineering Design, 11, 133-144.
   Adelson, B. (1999). Tradeoffs in capitalizing on pre-existing interests. The GEMS Project: Girls in engineering, mathematics and science. In NSF workshop on improving and assessing the impact of programs to encourage high school girls to pursue science, engineering, and mathematics.  Santa Clara University.
   Hewett, T., & Adelson, B. (1998). Can psychological principles be used to guide the design of artifacts? Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 30, 314-319.
   Adelson, B. (1991). Educational tools for what you wanted to do anyway. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 558-563.

Work in Progress:
  Fun and Aesthetics: A look at the relationship between the design of a device and the emotional reaction it elicits.

MARY J. BRAVO  Ph.D. Northwestern University
Office: Armitage 347; Phone (856) 225-6431;
email:
mbravo@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Physiological Psychology
Research Interests: Visual processes involved in perceptual organization
Representative Publications:
   Bravo, M.J., & Farid, H. (2004). Search for a category target in clutter. Perception, 33, 643-652.
   Bravo, M.J., & Farid, H. (2003). Object segmentation by top-down processes. Visual Cognition, 10, 471-491.
   Bravo, M.J., & Farid, H. (2000). Effects of 3D structure on motion segmentation. Vision Research, 40, 695-704.
   Bravo, M.J. (1998). A global process in motion segregation. Vision Research, 38, 853-864.

Work in Progress:
   An examination of how human observers are able to find a target object in a cluttered scene. Central to this ability are two of the most extensively studied processes in vision: visual search and object recognition.  Previously, these processes have been studied separately. but when these processes are combined, new unexplored issues emerge, such as how we search for an abstractly specified target, and how we recognize an object camouflaged against a cluttered background. The ultimate goal of this research is to understand how humans perform everyday visual tasks, such as searching for the mustard in the refrigerator, as well as critical visual tasks, such as searching for a weapon in a suitcase.

SEAN DUFFY  Ph.D. University of Chicago
Office: Armitage 343; Phone (856) 225-6204;
email:
seduffy@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Cognitive development, Cultural Psychology, Memory
Research Interests: Development of quantitative reasoning and representation in children, category use in reconstructive memory, and cultural variations in psychological processes

Representative Publications:
   Duffy, S., & Verges, M. (under review). Forces of nature affect implicit connection with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology.      
   Duffy, S., & Kitayama, S. (in press). Cultural modes of seeing through cultural modes of being: Cultural influences on visual attention. To appear in E. Balcetis & G.D. Lassiter (Eds.) The Social Psychology of Visual Perception. New York: Psychology Press.
   Duffy, S., & Verges, M. (in press). It matters a hole lot: Perceptual affordances of waste containers influence recycling compliance. Environment and Behavior.
   Duffy, S., Toriyama, R., Itakura, S., & Kitayama, S. (in press). Development of culturally-contingent attention strategies in young children in North America and Japan. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
     Duffy, S., & Crawford, L. E. (2008). Primacy or recency effects in the formation of inductive categories. Memory and Cognition, 36, 567-577. 
Work in Progress:
  Ethnic variations in self-concepts among Italian, Irish, and Puerto Rican Americans; Perceptions and conceptions about natural and built environments; Context effects on climate change concerns; Improving urban children's environmental attitudes and behaviors.

LUIS GARCIA  Ph.D. Kansas State University
Office: Armitage 344; Phone (856) 225-6619;
email:
lgarcia@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Social Psychology, Human Sexuality
Research Interests: Social cognitions about sexuality
Representative Publications:
   Garcia, L., Cavalie, C., Goins, L., King, E. (under review). Enjoyment of sexual activities and attributions of enjoyment to the other gender.
   Garcia, L., & Markey, C. (2007). Matching in sexual experience for married, cohabiting, and dating couples. Journal of Sex Research, 44 (3), 1-6.
   Garcia, L. (2006). Perceptions of sexual experience and preferences for dating and marriage. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 15 (2), 31-41.
   Garcia, L., & Hoskins, R. (2001). Actual-ideal self discrepancy and sexual esteem and depression. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 13 (2), 49-61.

Work in Progress:
   Perceptions of sexual experience and preferences for dating and marriage.
   What is sex?  People’s definitions of sexual behavior.
   Assimilation to American culture among Hispanics and sexually risky behaviors.

DANIEL HART   Ed.D. Harvard University
Office: Childhood Studies Ctr 204; Phone (856) 225-6741;
email:
hart@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Developmental, Personality Psychology
Research Interests: Moral Development and development of personality and social relations 
Representative Publications:
   
Hart, D., Donnelly, T. M., Youniss, J., & Atkins, R. (in press). High school predictors of adult civic engagement: The roles of volunteering, civic knowledge, extracurricular activities, and attitudes. American Educational Research Journal.
   Hart, D., Atkins, R., Burock, D., London, B., & Bonilla-Santiago, G. (2005). The relation of personality type to salivary cortisol, classroom behavior, and academic achievement. European Journal of Personality, 19, 391-407.
   Hart, D. (2005). The development of moral identity. In G. Carlo & C. P. Edwards (Eds.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 51. Moral motivation through the lifespan (pp. 165-196). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
   Hart, D., Atkins, R., & Youniss, J. (2005). Knowledge, youth bulges, and rebellion. Psychological Science, 16, 661-662.
   Hart, D., Atkins, R., Markey, P., & Youniss, J. (2004). Youth bulges in communities: The effects of age structure on adolescent civic knowledge and civic participation. Psychological Science, 15, 591-597.
Work in Progress:
   Research focusing on the intersection of personality with adaptation and development in an attempt to understand what are the components of personality, how they are acquired over the course of development, and the ways in which personality influences successful adjustment to different social contexts.
   "The Development of Civic Competence in Adolescence," a joint 2-year project between research teams at the Catholic University of American (Washington, D.C.) and at Rutgers.

CHARLOTTE MARKEY   Ph.D. University of California-Riverside
Office: Armitage 348; Phone (856) 225-6332;
email:
chmarkey@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Health Psychology
Research Interests: Body image, eating-related behaviors, romantic relationships and health, personality and health
Representative Publications:
   Markey, C.N., Markey, P.M., & Birch, L.L. (2001). Interpersonal predictors of dieting practices among married couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 464-475.
   Markey, C.N., Markey, P.M.,& Tinsley, B.J. (2003). Personality, Puberty, and Preadolescent Girls' Risky Behaviors: Examining the Predictive Value of the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 405-419.
   Markey, C.N., Markey, P.M., & Birch, L.L. (2004). Understanding Women’s Body Satisfaction: The Role of Husbands. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 51, 209-216.
   Markey, P. M., & Markey, C. N. (2007). Romantic ideals, romantic obtainment and relationship experiences: The complementarity of interpersonal traits among romantic partners. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (Special Issue on Personality Processes in Romantic Relationships), 24, 517-534.
   Markey, C. N., Gomel, J. N., & Markey, P. M. (2008). Romantic relationships and eating regulation: An investigation of partners' attempts to control each others' eating behaviors. Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 422-432.

Work in Progress:
    Correlates of Young Women’s Desire to Obtain Cosmetic Surgery.
    A Correlational and Experimental Investigation of Emerging Adults’ Physical Appearance Concerns, Cosmetic Surgery, and Reality Television.
    Complementarity of Substance Use Among Romantic Couples: Implications for Relationship and Individual Well-Being.

NAOMI MARMORSTEIN  Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Office: Armitage 308; Phone (856) 225-6434;
email:
marmorst@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise:Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Disorders in children and adolescents

Representative Publications:
    Marmorstein, N.R. (in press). Longitudinal associations between alcohol problems and depressive symptoms: Early adolescence through early adulthood. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
    Marmorstein, N.R., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (in press). Alcohol versus drug dependence among parents: Associations with offspring externalizing disorders. Psychological Medicine.
    Marmorstein, N.R. (2007). Relationships between anxiety and externalizing disorders in youth: The influence of age and gender. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 420-432.
    Marmorstein, N.R. & Iacono, W.G. (2005). Longitudinal follow-up of adolescents with late-onset antisocial behavior: A pathological yet overlooked group. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 1284-1291.
    Marmorstein, N.R., Malone, S.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2004). Psychiatric disorders among offspring of depressed mothers: Associations with paternal psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 1588-1594.   


Work in Progress:
    Several projects examining associations between mental health problems and alcohol and drug problems over time.

IRA ROSEMAN  Ph.D. Yale University
Office: Armitage 306; Phone (856) 225-6341;
email: roseman@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise:Social Psychology, Human Emotions
Research Interests:  Cognitive determinants of emotion; human motivation; belief systems 
Representative Publications:
   Roseman, I. J., & Evdokas, A. (2004). Appraisals cause experienced emotions: Experimental evidence. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 1-28.
   Roseman, I. J., & Kaiser, S. (2001). Applications of appraisal theory to
understanding and treating emotional pathology. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal Processes in Emotion: Theory, Methods, Research (pp. 249-267). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
   Roseman, I. J. (2001). A model of appraisal in the emotion system: Integrating theory, research, and applications. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal Processes in Emotion: Theory, Methods, Research (pp. 68-91). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
   Roseman, I. J., Dhawan, N., Rettek, S. I., Naidu, R. K., & Thapa, K. (1995). Cultural differences and cross-cultural similarities in appraisals and emotional responses. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 26, 23-48.
Roseman, I. J., Wiest, C., & Swartz, T. S. (1994). Phenomenology, behaviors, and goals differentiate discrete emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 206-221.

Work in Progress:
   Testing and refining a theory of the cognitive and motivational determinants of discrete emotions, such as joy, hope, love, sadness, fear, anger, shame, and guilt.
   Specifying how these discrete emotions differ from each other in phenomenology, physiology, expression, behaviors, and goals.
   Showing how the set of human emotions forms a system of alternative ways of coping with crises and opportunities.
   Extending this model of the emotion system to help account for cultural, developmental, and individual differences in emotion and emotion regulation.
   Applying the model to help understand and influence maladaptive emotional responses (e.g., dysfunctional anxiety, depression, and hostility) and important emotion-related behaviors (e.g., aggression and social exclusion, intergroup conflict, and prosocial behavior).

WILLIAM TUCKER  Ph.D. Princeton University
Office: Armitage 345; Phone (856) 225-6545;
email:
btucker@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise:Psychometrics and History of Psychology
Research Interests:Use and misuse of science to support policy, especially concerning race 
Representative Publications:   
   Tucker, W.H. (2009). The Cattell Controversy: Race, Science, and Ideology. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
   Tucker, W.H. (2007). The ideology of racism: Misusing science to justify racial discrimination. UN Chronicle, 44, 18-19.
   Tucker, W.H. (2007). Burt's separated twins: The larger picture. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 43, 81-86.
   Tucker, W.H. (2003). Inharmoniously Adapted to Each Other: Science and Racial Crosses.  In A.S. Winston (ed.), Defining Difference: Race and Racism in the History of Psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
   Tucker, W.H. (2002). The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund.  Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Work in Progress:
   A study of the lives of 1960s SDS activists.

J. WILLIAM WHITLOW  Ph.D. Yale University
Office: Armitage 346; Phone (856) 225-6334;
email: bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise: Experimental Psychology, Learning
Research Interests:Models of learning and memory 
Representative Publications:
   
Whitlow, J.W. Jr. (2005). Configural learning in a social reasoning paradigm. International conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
   Whitlow, J.W. Jr. (2004). Tests of blocking in a social reasoning paradigm. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.
   Whitlow, J.W. Jr. (2004). Associative analysis of social reasoning. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
   Whitlow, J.W. Jr. (2002). Causal reasoning and conditioning. International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.
   Whitlow, J.W. Jr., Brogan, K., & Lucas, G. (2002). Effects of cumulative frequency instructions on blocking in causal judgments. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Work in Progress:
   Metacognition and Study Skills in students: This works seeks to determine what sorts of strategies and study beliefs students have, which of these are effective and which could be improved, and whether students can be taught strategies for studying that are more useful, more effective or more efficient.
   Environmental Psychology:  This work seeks to understand how to help individuals and communities deal with the burdens of environmental pollution and take advantage of the benefits of healthy environments. The academic interests are grounded in the reality of trying to help residents of Waterfront South improve their living conditions.
   Causal Reasoning: This work seeks to elucidate the interplay between consciously rational decision-making and judgment and the (perhaps) unconscious experiential foundations for choices and preferences. Theoretically, the work attempts to bridge the association theories of conditioning with the rule-based inference models of social cognition.

MICHAEL WOGAN (emeritus)  Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Office: Armitage 342; Phone (856) 225-6089;
email:
mwogan@camden.rutgers.edu

Area of Expertise:Clinical Psychology, Psychology and Law



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