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

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, 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

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

Graduate Director, 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

Ira Roseman

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

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

Lecturers

Michelle Dixon Palmer
michelle.dixon@rutgers.edu

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

Barbara Leavy
bgleavy@camden.rutgers.edu