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Faculty
UCF Department of Psychology
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Robert Dipboye, Ph.D., Chair and Professor
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from Purdue University (1973)
Interests: Personality, employment discrimination, training, group behavior in organizations, leadership, and employee selection
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Applied Experimental and Human Factors Ph.D. Program Faculty
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Clint Bowers, Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (1987)
Interests: Use of technology to facilitate teamwork; virtual reality; training; stress, workload, and fatigue.
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Richard Gilson, Professor and Program Director
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from Princeton University (1968)
Interests: Human sensory and information processing, particularly as they apply to human factors design and training in aviation and in aerospace operations.
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Peter Hancock, Provost's Distinguished Research Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of Illinois (1983)
Interests: Stress, workload
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Florian Jentsch, Associate Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of Central Florida (1997)
Interests: Aviation human factors, simulation, teams, driving, military psychology
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Mustapha Mouloua, Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from Catholic University (1992)
Interests: Attention and human performance, cognitive aging, automation, and aviation psychology
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Edward Rinalducci, Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of Rochester (1966)
Interests: Basic and applied aspects of vision and visual perception
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Eduardo Salas, Trustee Chair and Professor of Psychology
Industrial/Organizational and Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from Old Dominion University (1984)
Interests: Team performance, training
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Valerie Sims, Associate Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors (1996)
Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests: Computer interaction, human-animal interaction, and individual differences in spatial ability
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Janan Smither, Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from John Hopkins University
Interests: Technology and aging
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James Szalma, Assistant Professor
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of Cincinnati (1999)
Interests: signal detection theory, sustained attention, stress and workload, individual differences in performance and stress response.
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Clinical Ph.D. Program Faculty
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Jeffrey S. Bedwell, Assistant Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from University of Georgia (2004)
Interests: Neurocognitive and genetic aspects of schizophrenia and anxiety disorders
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Deborah C. Beidel, Professor and Clinical Ph.D. Program Director
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from University of Pittsburgh (1986)
Interests: Etiology and treatment of anxiety disorders in adults and children.
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Michael Dunn, Associate Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (1995)
Interests: Alcohol and substance, development of prevention programs for children and college students, eating behavior, and body image
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Stacey Dunn, Associate Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (1994)
Interests: Body image and eating behavior
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Charles Negy, Associate Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from Texas A&M University (1994)
Interests: How Hispanic Americans adapt to the United States' culture and how that adaptation manifests itself on psychological and personality tests
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Mark Rapport, Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from Florida State University (1991)
Interests: Children and developmental psychopathology
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Kim Renk, Associate Professor
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (2000)
Interests: Infant mental health, clinical child psychology, and pediatric psychology
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Clinical M.A. Program Faculty (Daytona Campus)
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Steven Berman, Associate Professor
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from Florida International University (1996)
Interests: Identity development and interventions to reduce related distress and promote positive growth
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Jeffrey Cassisi, Professor and Program Director
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from University of Florida (1986)
Interests: Psychophysiology, health psychology, pain rehabilitation, professional training, and cultural diversity in psychology.
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H. Edward Fouty Jr.,Lecturer
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from University of New Mexico (1992)
Interests: Applied Neuropsychology
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Bernard Jensen, Associate Professor and Assistant Vice President, Regional Campuses
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University (1981)
Interests: Marital dysfunction, self-efficacy and athletic performance, sports psychology interventions and variables associated with exercise behaviors
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Margaret Kennerley, Lecturer
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from University of South Carolina (2001)
Interests: long-term retention, imagery-based mnemonics, and cognitive processing demands of text-to-speech computer-generated speech
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Robert Kennerley, Lecturer
Clinical Psychology - Daytona Campus
Ph.D. from University of South Carolina (1999)
Interests: Substance Abuse - particularly co-occurring disorders, trauma, applications of motivational interviewing, and clinical supervision.
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Industrial/Organizational Ph.D. Program Faculty
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Leslie DeChurch, Assistant Professor
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from Florida International University (2002)
Interests: Team and multiteam system effectiveness, leadership, conflict & negotiations, and workĘ& family conflict
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Robert Dipboye, Chair and Professor
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from Purdue University (1973)
Interests: Personality, employment discrimination, training, group behavior in organizations, leadership, and employee selection
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Barbara Fritzsche, Associate Professor; Program Director
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (1993)
Interests: Decision making in job selection, personality predictors of job performance, diversity in the workplace, and prosocial personality in the workplace
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Huy Le, Assistant Professor
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from University of Iowa (2003)
Interests: Personnel selection, test construction and validation, cross-cultural issues, and quantitative research methods.
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Kimberly Smith-Jentsch, Assistant Professor
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from University of South Florida (1994)
Interests: Mentoring, teamwork, leadership, assertiveness, training and development, and performance measurement.
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Robert Pritchard, Professor
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Ph.D. from University of Minnesota (1969)
Interests: Measuring and improving organizational performance, and motivation
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Eduardo Salas, Trustee Chair and Professor of Psychology
Industrial/Organizational and Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from Old Dominion University (1984)
Interests: Team performance, training
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Industrial/Organizational M.S. Program Faculty (Heathrow Campus)
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Robert F. Goldsmith, Adjunct Faculty
Industrial/Organizational Psychology - Heathrow Campus
Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University (1982)
Interests: selection and assessment, leadership, job analysis.
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Edwin Shirkey, Lecturer, Retired Associate Professor
Industrial/Organizational Psychology - Heathrow Campus + Main Campus
Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: EEG biofeedback, brain mapping and other aspects of psychobiology
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William Wooten, Professor and Program Director
Industrial/Organizational Psychology - Heathrow Campus
Ph.D. from University of Memphis
Interests: Job analysis methodology, selection placement, and performance appraisal, but also include the formation and measurement of racial attitudes and issues related to diversity management
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Regional Campus Undergraduate Program Faculty
Eastern Regional Area Campuses
Southern Regional Area Campuses
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Erin Quinlivan Murdoch, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Cocoa Campus
Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University (2006)
Interests: social construction of the self, self-presentation, body image, and prejudice
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Maria Lavooy, Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Teaching: Cocoa Campus
Ph.D. from Miami University (Ohio) (1988)
Interests: Internet as a teaching tool and diversity issues
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Karen Mottarella, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Palm Bay Campus
Psy.D. from Florida Institute of Technology (1993)
Interests: In-home counseling and outreach models, and psychological assessment, particularly assessment and intervention of learning disabilities in adults
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Shannon Whitten, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Palm Bay Campus
Ph.D. from University of Memphis (2003)
Interests: Cognitive Psychology, discourse processes, and educational psychology
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Western Regional Area Campuses
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Paula Reynoso, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Western Region at the Southlake(Clermont) and Ocala campus
Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine (1991)
Interests: Cognitive Psychology, with a focus on semantic memory and aging
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Steven Saunders, Lecturer
Undergraduate teaching: Western region
Psy.D. from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology
Interests: Clinical psychology, forensics psychology
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Main Campus Undergraduate Program Faculty
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Cyrus Azimi, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from Michigan State University
Interests: Clinical Psychology
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Jay Brophy, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University (1969)
Interests: Computer applications to psychology, especially the utilization of the World Wide Web
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Matthew Chin, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from the University of Califonia, Santa Barbara
Interests: Intergroup discrimination, social identity, and human-animal interaction.
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Karen Cox, Instructor and Director of the Advising Center
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
M.A. from the University of Central Florida
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Randy Fisher, Adjunct
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University
Interests: Human sexuality, homophobia and its correlates, and attitudes towards censorship.
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Alisha Janowsky, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University
Interests: Social/personality, social cognition, better than average perspective, morality as a function of social norms
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Dan McConnell, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from Indiana University
Interests: Human factors, perception/action, vision, motor control
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Jack McGuire, Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Sciences
Ph.D. from the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Interests: Clinical psychology, ethics issues, confidentiality and informed consent, group process issues, and sports psychology
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Christopher Sager, Lecturer
Undergraduate Teaching: Main Campus
Ph.D. from University of Minnesota
Interests: I/O psychology, job analysis, test evaluation, job performance measurement
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Alvin Wang, Professor and Dean of the Burnnett Honors College
Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook (1980)
Interests: Individual differences in learning and retention; characteristics of successful web-based students
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Emeritus Faculty
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David Abott, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts
Interests: Applied Experimental and Human Performance
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Wayne E. Burroughs, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. from University of Tennessee
Interests: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Ben Morgan, Retired Senior Research Professor - Team Performance Laboratory, Professor Emeritus
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from University of Lousville (1968)
Interests: Team performance
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Jack Rollins, Professor Emeritus
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Margaret Thomas, Professor Emeritus
Applied Experimental and Human Factors
Ph.D. from Tulane University (1971)
Interests: Providing psychological services to a homeless population
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Richard Tucker, Retired - Emeritus
Ph.D. from Emory University
Interests: Aging issues
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