Amy Badura Brack
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Teaches Courses in:
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Health Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Crisis Intervention; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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As a counseling psychologist with a specialty in health psychology, I am interested in two main research areas: chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I am currently exploring the overlap between these medical and psychological conditions.
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Representative Publications:
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Badura, A.S. (2003). Theoretical and empirical exploration of the similarities between emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder and secondary alexithymia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 349-360.
Badura, A. S., & Grohmann, J. M. (2002). Psychological issues in pain perception and treatment in the elderly. Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging, 10 (7), 29-34.
Badura, A.S. (2002). Capturing students' attention: Movie clips set the stage for learning in abnormal psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 29, 58-60.
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Jill Brown
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaches Courses in:
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Multicultural Issues; Infant & Child Development; Adolescent & Adult Development; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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I study child fosterage in Africa, specifically looking at the impact of socially distributed child care on HIV/AIDS orphans. I am interested in these practices among African immigrants. I also study parental ethno-theories, or what mother’s hope for their children, cross culturally.
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Representative Publications:
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Brown, J., Sorrell, J.H., McClaren, J., & Creswell, J.W. (2006). Waiting for a liver transplant. Qualitative Health Research, 16(1), 119-136..
Edwards, C.P., de Guzman, M.R.T., Brown, J., & Kumru, A. (2006). Children's social behaviors and peer interactions in diverse cultures. In X. Chen, D.C. French, & B.H. Schneider (Eds.), Peer relationships in cultural context (pp. 23-51). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Brown, J., Sorrell, J., & Raffaelli, M. (2005). An exploratory study of constructions of masculinity, sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Namibia, Southern Africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 7(6), 585-598.
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Thomas Lee Budesheim
Department Chairperson, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Teaches Courses in:
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Cognitive Psychology; Social Psychology; Multicultural Issues in Psychology; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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My research focuses on understanding the impressions people form of others in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., criminal defendants, political candidates, college roommates). I study the social and cognitive processes underlying judgments of others, as well as the type of information people choose to base their judgments. |
Representative Publications:
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Hunt, J.S., & Budesheim, T.L. (2004). How jurors use and misuse character evidence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 347-361.
Budesheim, T.L., & Bonnelle, K. (1998). The use of abstract trait knowledge and behavioral exemplars in causal explanations of behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 24, 575-584.
Budesheim, T.L., Houston, D.A., & DePaola, S.J. (1996). The persuasiveness of in-group and out-group political messages: The case of negative political campaigning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 70, 523-534.
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Isabelle D. Cherney
Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaches Courses in:
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Cognitive Psychology; Psychology of Memory; Psychology of Gender; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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My areas of research focus on several aspects of cognition such as the factors influencing cognitive sex differences and eyewitness memory; the development of gender stereotypes; children's perceptions of their rights; students' metacognitive skills; the link between anxiety and memory, and how anxiety affects performance. |
Representative Publications:
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Cherney, I.D. & London, K. (in press). Gender-linked differences in the toys, television shows, computer games, and outdoor activities of 5- to 13-year-old children. Sex Roles.
Cherney, I.D . , & Collaer, M.L. (2005). Sex differences in line judgment: relationship to mathematics preparation and strategy use. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100, 615-627.
Cherney, I.D . , & Ryalls, B.O. (1999). Gender-linked differences in the incidental memory of children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 72, 305-328. |
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Laura L. Finken
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaches Courses in:
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Infant & Child Development; Adolescent & Adult Development; Marriage & Family; Human Sexuality; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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I am continuing three research projects: (1) adolescents’ decisions about risk taking, (2) adolescents’ decisions about unintended pregnancy, and (3) factors related to sexual orientation prejudice. Students can participate in all aspects of research (e.g., data collection, presentations) but must demonstrate responsibility in handling the sensitive issues inherent in this type of research.
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Representative Publications:
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Finken, L.L. (2005). The role of consultants in adolescents’ decision making: A focus on abortion decisions. In J.E. Jacobs & P.A. Klaczynski (Eds.) The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents (pp. 255-278). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Finken, L.L. (2003) The complexity of student responses to in-class debates in a human sexuality course. Teaching of Psychology, 30, 263-265.
Finken, L.L., Jacobs, J.E. & Laguna, K D. (1998). Risky drinking and driving/riding decisions: The role of previous experience. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 27, 491-508. |
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Corey L. Guenther
Assistant Professor
Teaches Courses in:
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Psychology
of Personality, Research Methods and Statistics I and
Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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My primary research examines how various
motivational and cognitive mechanisms interact during the
development and maintenance of one’s self-concept. A second
area of interest involves exploring how individuals’ naive
theories about the social world influence their judgments
and predictions for future events. |
Representative Publications:
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Alicke, M. D., & Guenther,
C. L. (in press). Self-enhancement and self-protection
in social judgment. Chapter to appear in M. D. Alicke. & C.
Sedikides (Eds.), Handbook of Self Enhancement and
Self-Protection. NY: Guilford.
Guenther, C. L., &
Alicke, M. D. (2008). Self-enhancement and belief
perseverance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,
44, 706-712.
Markman, K. D., & Guenther,
C. L. (2007). Psychological momentum: Intuitive physics
and naïve beliefs. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 33, 800-812. |
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Matthew T. Huss
Professor
Ph.D., M.L.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaches Courses in:
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Abnormal Psychology, Psychology and the Law, Forensic Psychology, Research & Methods, and Introductory Psychology, |
Research interests:
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My research interests lie in law and psychology and forensic-clinical psychology. My primary interests focus on the prediction of violence, domestic violence, and sex offenders. However, I also am interested in non-clinical areas such as jurors’ notions of insanity and the admissibility of scientific evidence.
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Representative Publications:
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Elbogen, E.B., Huss, M.T., Tomkins, A J., & Scalora, M.J. (2005). Clinical decision making about psychopathy and violence risk assessment in public sector mental health settings. Psychological Services, 2,133-141
Huss, M.T., Randall, B., Patry, M., Davis, S.F., & Hansen, D.J. (2002). Factors influencing self-rated preparedness for graduate school: A survey of graduate students. Teaching of Psychology, 29, 275-281.
Huss, M.T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2000). Identification of the psychopathic batterer: The clinical, legal, and policy implications. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5, 403-422.
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Maya Khanna
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaches Courses in:
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Infant and Child Development; Adolescence and Adult Development; Research Methods & Statistics;
Cognition; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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My research focuses on cognitive development. Specifically, I am interested in the development of various reading skills, the development of semantic memory, and educational applications of psychological research. |
Representative Publications:
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Khanna, M. M
& Boland, J. E. (in press) The development of context-use for
lexical ambiguity resolution. Quarterly Journal
of Experimental Psychology.
Khanna, M.M.,
& Cortese, M.J. (in press). Children and adults are
differentially affected by presentation modality in the DRM
paradigm. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Cortese, M.J.,
Khanna, M. M., White, K. K.
Veljkovic, I* & Drumm, G*. (2008). The activation and monitoring
of memories produced by words and pseudohomophones.
Journal of Memory and Language, 58,
393 – 414
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Gary K. Leak
Associate Chairperson, Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Teaches Courses in:
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Social Psychology; Personality Psychology; Tests & Measurements; Research Methods & Statistics |
Research interests:
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My primary areas of research are in (1) optimal psychological functioning (e.g., self-actualization; social interest; subjective well-being), (2) the “psychology of religion” (in particular, the connection between religion, identity, and subjective well being), and (3) understanding the roots of sexual orientation prejudice.
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Representative Publications:
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Leak, G.K., & Leak, K.C. (in press). Adlerian social interest and positive psychology: A conceptual and empirical integration. Journal of Individual Psychology.
Leak, G.K. (2003). Validation of the Faith Development Scale using longitudinal and cross-sectional designs. Social Behaviour and Personality: An International Journal, 31, 637-642.
Leak, G.K., & Cooney, R.C. (2001). Self-determination, attachment styles, and well-being in adult romantic relationships. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 25, 55-63. |
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James V. Lupo
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Teaches Courses in:
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Psychology of Learning; Psychology of Perception; Physiological Psychology; Neuropsychology; Research Methods & Statistics |
Research interests:
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My research focuses on the role of contingency of reinforcement on the persistence of responding and patterns of responding in rats. Tests for persistence and patterning are carried out in both standard extinction sessions and also multiple schedule discrimination testing.
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Representative Publications:
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Lupo, J.V., Mitchell, R.E., & Grandy, T.G. (1987). The intellectual caliber of medical students of the 1980s and past decades. Journal of Medical Education, 62, 680-682.
Lupo, J.V., & Ware, M.E. (1984). Continuing education in micro-computers for academic and practicing psychologists. Teaching of Psychology, 11, 40-41.
Anderson, D.C., Koehn, C.C., & Lupo, J.V. (1976). Different intensities of unsignalled inescapable shock treatments as determinants of non-shock-motivated open field behavior: A resolution of disparate results. Physiology & Behavior, 17, 391-394
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Dustin Stairs
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Teaches Courses in:
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Physiological Psychology; Drugs & Behavior; Research Methods & Statistics; Introductory Psychology |
Research interests:
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My research interests involve the use of animal models to study the
biological bases of drug abuse. Research in my laboratory focuses on the
reinforcing properties and subjective effects of stimulant drugs.
Interested students help in the daily handling and care of the animals.
Students also obtain hands on experience with numerous behavioral
pharmacology techniques.
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Representative Publications:
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Dworkin, S.I. and Stairs, D.J. (2002). Self-administration of drugs of abuse. In B.D. Waterhouse (Ed.), Methods in drug abuse research: Cellular and Circuit Level Analyses of Drug Action. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Stairs, D.J. , Klein, E.D. and Bardo, M.T. (2006). Effects of environmental enrichment on extinction and reinstatement of amphetamine self-administration and sucrose-maintained responding. Behavioral Pharmacology, 17(7), 597-604.
Stairs, D.J. , Neugebauer, N. M. Wei, X., Boustany, C., Hojahmat, M., Cassis, L. A., Crooks, P. A., Dwoskin, L. P. and Bardo, M. T. (2007). Effects of nornicotine enantiomers on intravenous S(-)-nicotine self-administration and cardiovascular function in rats. Psychopharmacology, 190, 145-155.
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Debra Schwiesow
Adjunct Professor
Teaches Courses in
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Developmental Psychology, School Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology |
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Gene Walker
Adjunct Professor
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Personal Growth and Development; Psychology of Separation and Loss; Psychology of Aids |
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