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Meet the Faculty and Staff

Our faculty are passionate about the field of psychology and the success of our students. Renowned in their area of expertise, our faculty are researchers, educators and life-long learners.

Full time Faculty
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Arcediano, Francisco (Pako)
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Office: 202 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4612
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Escobar, Martha
Professor
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Office: 124 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2303

Evolutionary; animal models of psychological dysfunction
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Kozak, Andrea
Associate Professor
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Office: 210 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2319

Clinical Health; cardiovascular health
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Lewis, Mary. B. Eberly
Associate Professor
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Office: 208 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2314

Developmental; adolescent pro-social behavior
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Malatesta, Rebecca
Special Instructor
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Office: 107 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2693

Psychology Student Success Coordinator/Chief Adviser
Industrial/Organizational
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Manning, Mark
Assistant Professor
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Office: 202 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2343

Social Health; preventative health behaviors
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McDonald, Melissa M.
Associate Professor
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Office: 204 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4195

Evolutionary; intergroup conflict
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McGinnis, Deb
Associate Professor
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Office: 119 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2310

Developmental; language and aging
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Miller, Matt L.
Assistant Professor
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Office: 111 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2301

Quantitative Methods; substance use and abuse
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Purcell, Dean
Professor
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Office: 220 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2305

Perception; visual perception
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Parkhill Purdie, Michele
Associate Professor
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Office: 137 Dodge Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3247

Social Health; violence against women and LGBTQ individuals; emotion regulation; childhood trauma
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Randall, Brandy A.
Professor and Dean of Graduate School
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Office: 520 O’Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3169
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Raman, Lakshmi
Associate Professor
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Office: 122 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2302

Developmental; children's cognitive development
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Shackelford, Todd K.
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology
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Office: 112 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2285

Evolutionary; sperm competition, religion, and sexual coercion
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Sifonis, Cynthia
Associate Professor
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Office: 222 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4680

Cognitive; Creative learning, creativity, analogy
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Taku, Kanako
Professor
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Office: 123 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2309

Social; post-traumatic growth
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Vonk, Jennifer
Professor
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Office: 211 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2318

Comparative; animal cognition and cognitive development
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Welling, Lisa
Associate Professor
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Office: 212 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2915

Evolutionary; hormones and behavior
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Williams, Keith
Associate Professor
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Office: 224 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2308

Biopsychology; addiction and pharmacology
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Zeigler-Hill, Virgil
Professor
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Office: 212A Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2676

Personality; self-esteem, narcissism, and interpersonal relationships
Adjunct Faculty

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Arcediano, Francisco
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Bergeron, Nicholas
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Bernstein, Paul
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Camden, Adrian
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Delecce, Tara
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Fishta, Sebi
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Meyer, Tina
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Weekes-Shackelford, Viviana
[email protected]

Graduate Students

Adams, Haleigh 
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Program: MS
Advisor: Vonk

Akinseye, Abiodun 
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Manning

Atak, Selen  
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Kozak

Benton, Bridget  
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Program: MS
Advisor: Vonk

Czmer, Matthew  
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Program: PhD
Advisors: Purdie and Kozak

Dimock, Charles  
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Program: BA/MS
Advisors: Purdie and Kozak

Elam, Taylor  
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Taku

Erck, Brianna  
[email protected]
Program: MS
Advisor: Vonk

Greene, Brittany
[email protected]
 Program: PhD 
Advisor: Vonk

Gross, Robert
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 Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Hart, Samantha  
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Program: MS
Advisor: Taku

Hicks, Paxton 
[email protected]
 Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Taku

Holler, Richard 
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Welling

Kokko, Maria 
[email protected]
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Lewis

Kuskye, Kristin 
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Program: MS
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

LaVallee, Jocelyn
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

LeBlanc, Renee  
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Program: MS
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Lunge, Jenna  
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Welling

Maricle, Keri  
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Program: PhD
Advisor: McDonald

May, Cassidy  
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Program: MS
Advisor: McDonald

McFarland, Ainsley
[email protected]
Program: MS
Advisor: McDonald

Meehan, Madeleine  
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Melton, Campbell
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Morris, Marina 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Taku

Quay, James 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Rice, Jayden 
[email protected]
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Lewis

Romzek, Katie    
[email protected]
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Taku

Schoemann, Michael  
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Program: MS
Advisor: Purdie

Sheetz, Katherine 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Welling

Sobah, Samantha  
[email protected]
Program: MS
Advisor: Shackelford

Stabile, Vincent 
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Szala, Anna
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Taylor, Elizabeth 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Purdie

Wehbe, Yzar 
[email protected]
 Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Zheng, Wenqi 
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Purdie
Staff

Danielle Bildson
[email protected]
248-370-2300

Department of Psychology

Pryale Hall, Room 111
654 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
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(248) 370-2300
Fax: (248) 370-4612
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