Faculty Research Labs and Areas of Interest

The Psychology department has various research labs focused on studying contemporary issues in psychology. Research generated in university labs worldwide are the driving force behind scientific knowledge. Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in research labs on campus. The experience gained from working in a lab will make students appealing candidates for any graduate program, in addition to providing basic skills for employment in research labs outside of campus.

Students interested in any of the available labs should contact the instructor or principal investigator of the respective lab.

Labs	Faculty	Location	Research
The Human Auditory Lab	Bell, Theodore	KH D3081D
The Multicultural Research Lab	Dennis, Jessica	KH C3063	My research background deals with development during adolescence and emerging adulthood in ethnic minority youth.
Health Psychology Lab	Durvasula, Ramani	KH D3080	Research interests have focused on neuropsychiatric effects of HIV on men and women among ethnic minority communities and related health behaviors.
Forensic Psychology Lab	Eisen, Mitchell	KH D3071E	Research interests span over two broad areas. Much of his current work examines issues related to eyewitness memory and suggestibility. In addition, Dr. Eisen does research on children's memory and suggestibility with a focus on examining the impact of stress and trauma on memory reports, and disclosures of abuse.
Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory	Ellwanger, Joel	KH D3078	Research interests include cognitive psychology neuroscience, including the study of attention and memory through the use of physiological indices of cognition.
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Lab	Fernando, Gaithri	KH D3077	Primary interests are in posttraumatic stress in the context of war and extreme traumas such as torture, bomb blasts, and assassination attempts.
Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience	Izquierdo-Edler, Alicia	ASCL 334	Research interests include: Uncovering the neural mechanisms important for flexible cognition and behavior, exploring the factors contributing to reward-related decision-making, and studying the neuropharmacology of [and effects of psychostimulants on] executive function.
Silver Eagle Memory and Aging Lab	Kennison, Robert	KH C3105	My research interests are in cognitive aging and are twofold. The first area of research examines human memory performance across the lifespan. This involves modeling of longitudinal data to determine the nature, rate, and shape of change. The second line of research concerns experimental studies of age effects in theory-based memory and learning models.
Social Justice & Community Lab	King, Kimberly	KH D3076B	Research centers on individual and environmental differences that influence how people perceive and cope with discrimination.
Cross-Cultural Research Center	Kohatsu, Eric	KH A3042	Research focuses on racial identity issues, racism, stereotypes and prejudice, and the psychosocial impact of racism on people of color.
Clinical Research Lab	Matthies, Brigitte	KH D3073	Research focuses: law/psychology and social/personality psychology. I conduct law/psychology research into legal decision making and how jurors/judges reach judgments. I also conduct social/personality psychology research into factors influencing the perceptions of aggressors and intergroup/interpersonal conflict.
Social Relations Lab	Regan, Pamela	KH D3071	Research focuses on interpersonal attraction, gender, sexuality.
	Riggio, Heidi	KH D3083	Research interests include family relationships in young adulthood (including sibling relationships), parental marital conflict and divorce, attitudes in personal relationships, political attitudes and persuasion.
Behavior Analysis Lab	Schlinger, Henry	KH D3079	Research interests include basic learning processes, schedules of reinforcement, conceptual issues in behavior analysis and psychology, rule-governed behavior, and verbal behavior.
Multicultural Prevention and Intervention Lab	Shea, Munyi	KH D3073A	Research interests include ethnic minority mental health - especially those related to Asian/Asian Americans - and culturally responsive prevention and intervention programs.
Leaning Lab	Son, Ji	KH C165	Research focuses on the development of abstract, intelligent, and flexible thinking, and how children learn through the process of generalization
	Stenstrom, Douglas	KH D3064	Research focuses: law/psychology and social/personality psychology. I conduct law/psychology research into legal decision making and how jurors/judges reach judgments. I also conduct social/personality psychology research into factors influencing the perceptions of aggressors and intergroup/interpersonal conflict
Media & Language Lab	Subrahmanyam, Kaveri	KH D3076A	Research focuses on youth and digital media such as the internet (e.g., MySpace, Facebook), and Spanish-speakers' learning of English

KH = Martin Luther King Hall

ASCL = Annenberg Science Complex, La Kretz Hall