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| Faculty | Contact | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
 | Chris Barry Professor chris.barry@wsu.edu (509) 335-4906 Johnson Tower 316, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Adolescent Narcissism and Self-Esteem • Psychopathy • Social Media Behavior • Assessment of Child Conduct Problems • Risk/Protective Factors for Youth Behavioral Problems |
 | Tammy Barry Professor tammy.barry@wsu.edu (509) 335-1583 Johnson Tower 348, Pullman | Research Interests: • Child externalizing behaviors • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) • Aggression and disruptive behavior disorders in children and adolescents |
 | Stephanie Bauman Associate Professor sbauman@wsu.edu (509) 372-7363 CIC 202D, Tri-Cities | In the area of health psychology, my research interests include the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers across the lifespan. In the area of multicultural psychology, my research interests include risk and resiliency of diverse students in educational and career contexts. |
 | Arthur Blume Professor art.blume@wsu.edu (360) 546-9414 VCLS 208L, Vancouver | My current research is at the intersection of Indigenous psychology, strategies to diversify psychology and the academy, and health, particularly related to addictive behaviors. |
 | G. Leonard Burns Professor glburns@wsu.edu (509) 335-8229 Johnson Tower 212, Pullman | I am currently using latent variable modeling procedures (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis, structural regression analysis, latent growth analysis, item response theory) to study ADHD, Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, and ODD within and across countries. |
 | Elizabeth Canning Assistant Professor elizabeth.canning@wsu.edu (509) 335-9127 Johnson Tower 210, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Achievement motivation • Social inequality and diversity • Social-psychological interventions in education and organizations |
 | Carrie Cuttler Associate Professor carrie.cuttler@wsu.edu (509) 335-0681 Johnson Tower 211, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: My research focuses on elucidating the potentially beneficial and detrimental effects of chronic cannabis use and acute cannabis intoxication on mental health, stress, and cognition. |
 | Lee William Daffin Jr. Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor, Career Track ldaffin@wsu.edu (509) 335-2802 Johnson Tower 207, Pullman | As the director of the online psychology degree, I split my time between teaching and administrative duties for the Department of Psychology |
 | Blythe Duell Associate Professor, Career Track blythe_duell@wsu.edu (509) 335-5547 Johnson Tower 315, Pullman | Research Interests: • Effective teaching and learning strategies • Social dilemmas • Environmental behavior • Human Sexuality |
 | Jessica Fales Associate Professor jessica.fales@wsu.edu (360) 546-9717 VCLS 208E, Vancouver | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • psychosocial risk and protective factors for youth with chronic pain • individual and family-based cognitive-behavioral interventions for pain • the impact of persistent pain on social development and functioning in adolescence |
 | Lisa R. Fournier Professor lfournier@wsu.edu (509) 335-4415 Johnson Tower 214, Pullman | Research Interests: • Visual attention • Memory • Perception • Action |
 | Maria (Masha) Gartstein Professor Department Chair gartstma@wsu.edu (509) 335-4651 Johnson Tower 233E, Pullman | Research Interests: • Child temperament • Developmental psychopathology • Biological underpinnings of temperament • Cross-cultural differences |
 | Angela Henricks Assistant Professor angela.henricks@wsu.edu (509) 335-8946 Johnson Tower 313, Pullman | Research Interests: • Substance use disorder and co-occurring mental illness • Impact of early life stressors on brain development • Sex differences and hormonal influences • Neural circuit dynamics and machine learning |
 | Lucas Huckaby Assistant Professor-Career Track lucas.huckaby@wsu.edu (509) 335-4634 Johnson Tower 213, Pullman | Research Interests: • Prejudice against Atheists • Sexual and Gender Minorities • Religion and Spirituality • Forgiveness/Self-forgiveness • Romantic Relationships • Multicultural Psychology |
 | Cornelia Kirchhoff Clinical Associate Professor c.kirchhoff@wsu.edu (509) 335-3935 Johnson Tower 367, Pullman | As associate director of the Psychology Clinic, I divide my time between teaching, supervision, and administrative duties. Research interests: • Temperament and Personality • Cross-cultural differences |
 | Benjamin Ladd Associate Professor benjamin.ladd@wsu.edu (360) 546-9723 VCLS 208P, Vancouver | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental and Clinical Psychology PhD Programs. Research Interests: • Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Prevention • Mechanisms of Behavior Change • Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Cannabis Use |
 | Hsin-Ya Liao Associate Professor hsinya.liao@wsu.edu (509) 335-0680 Johnson Tower 353, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Culture, Diversity, and Intergroup Relations • Cross-Cultural Assessment • Stigma and Help-Seeking • Vocational Interests |
 | Chang Liu Assistant Professor c.liu@wsu.edu (509) 335-4633 Johnson Tower 233D, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. Research interests: • Maternal-Child Health Inequities • Child Social-Emotional Development • Developmental Psychopathology • Childhood Obesity • Research Methods (Dynamic System Approach; Behavioral Genetics Approach) |
 | Renee E. Magnan Associate Professor Director of Experimental Training renee.magnan@wsu.edu (360) 546-9403 VCLS 208R, Vancouver | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Cognitive versus affective predictors of health behaviors (physical activity, tobacco use, cannabis use…) • Perceptions of harms, benefits, and knowledge about ambiguous health behaviors such as e-cigs and cannabis use • Communicating risk information (e.g., cigarette graphic warnings) • Health decision-making |
 | David Marcus Professor, Director of Clinical Training david.marcus@wsu.edu (509) 335-7750 Johnson Tower 209, Pullman | Research Interests: • Psychopathy and other dark personality traits (e.g., Machiavellianism, sadism) • Latent structure of psychological disorders and related constructs • The psychology or spite and spitefulness • Conceptual and methodological issues in psychotherapy and assessment research (e.g., allegiance effects, dodo bird hypothesis) |
 | Allison Matthews Associate Professor, Career Track almatthews@wsu.edu (509) 372-7146 CIC 125B, Tri-Cities | Research Interests: • Decision making and reasoning, including the role of working memory, the influence of affective information, impact of bias, and the use of heuristics • Alternatives to suspension for substance-use violations in schools • Student and faculty engagement and retention • Curriculum-embedded undergraduate research experiences • Misconceptions in academic settings about psychology |
 | Kim Meidenbauer Assistant Professor k.meidenbauer@wsu.edu (509) 335-3508 Johnson Tower 319, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research interests: • Effects of heat stress on cognitive function, affective states, and aggression • The role of environmental racism in creating and perpetuating physical and mental health inequities • Effects of environmental factors (greenspace access, park qualities, heat exposure, air quality) on violent crime and mental health outcomes in urban areas • Developing methods to bridge lab-based experiments with computational models of large-scale environmental effects • Using mobile neuroimaging (functional NIRS) to measure neural activity in naturalistic settings |
 | Michael M. Morgan Professor mmmorgan@wsu.edu (360) 546-9726 VCLS 208G, Vancouver | Research Interests: • Neural Mechanisms of Pain Modulation • Animal models of opioid withdrawal |
 | Janet Peters Associate Professor, Career Track janet.peters@wsu.edu 509-372-7431 CIC 125D, Tri-Cities | Research Interests: • Student, Employee, and Faculty Engagement • Innovative Instruction and High Engagement Pedagogy • Student Leadership Development • Student Attitudes Towards Statistics |
 | Donelle “Dee” C. Posey Professor, Career-Track deeposey@wsu.edu (509) 335-8427 Johnson Tower 233C, Pullman | Research Interests: • Self-Regulated Learning • Rubric Development • Guided Notes Design and Implementation • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Training • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
 | Tahira M. Probst Professor probst@wsu.edu (360) 546-9746 VCLS 208K, Vancouver | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Occupational Health, Well-Being and Safety • Economic Stress and Job Insecurity • Organizational Safety Climate • Accident Under-reporting |
 | Karen Schmaling Professor karen.schmaling@wsu.edu (360) 546-9412 VCLS 208D, Vancouver | Research Interests: • Clinical research on depressive disorders and other chronic conditions; health disparities • Peer review • Diversity in higher education |
 | Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe Regents Professor schmitter-e@wsu.edu (509) 335-0170 Johnson Tower 312, Pullman | Research Interests: • Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology • Everyday Functioning • Memory and Executive Abilities • Rehabilitation • Smart and Assistive Technologies • Aging and Cognitively Impaired Populations (e.g., MCI, AD, PD and TBI) |
 | Walt Scott Professor walter.scott@wsu.edu (509) 335-3588 Johnson Tower 364, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: •Social Cognitive Approaches to Personality/Psychopathology •Applications of Personality Science to Personality Assessment |
 | Alexander Spradlin Assistant Professor, Career Track a.spradlin@wsu.edu (360) 546-9354 VCLS 208 B, Vancouver | Research Interests: • Cannabis, stress, and coping • Interpersonal relationships and technology • Empathy and prosocial behavior |
 | Paul S. Strand Professor pstrand@wsu.edu (509) 372-7177 CIC 125S, Tri-Cities | Research Interests: • Emotional and social development in cultural context • Truancy assessment and intervention • Attachment and culture |
 | Samantha Swindell Professor, Career Track Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. College of Arts and Sciences sswindell@wsu.edu (509) 335-3715 Johnson Tower 339, Pullman | I have a 20% faculty appointment in the Department of Psychology and an 80% administrative appointment as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. College of Arts and Sciences. As a faculty member, I coordinate Psych 105: Introductory Psychology on the Pullman campus and routinely teach Psych 505: Teaching introductory Psychology, which psychology graduate students take prior to their appointments as primary instructors in Psych 105. |
 | Sarah L. Tragesser Associate Professor sarah_tragesser@wsu.edu (509) 372-7388 CIC 125Q, Tri-Cities | Research Interests: • Personality • Personality Disorders • Substance Use |
 | Paul Whitney Professor pwhitney@wsu.edu (509) 335-2541 Bryan Hall 301, Pullman | Currently considering graduate students for the Experimental Psychology PhD Program. Research Interests: • Memory, Affect, and Decision Making • Sleep Deprivation Effects on Cognition |
Email: sarah_tragesser@wsu.edu
Office: CIC 125, Tri-Cities Campus
Phone: (509) 372-7388
Dr. Tragesser studies the associations between personality, personality disorders, and substance use. In particular, she focuses on Borderline Personality Disorder features of affective instability/negative affectivity and impulsivity, and how these relate to alcohol and prescription opioid abuse and dependence. Because Dr. Tragesser works from a dimensional perspective, her research includes the use of both community and college student samples, as well as the study of individuals in treatment for chronic pain or substance use disorders. Dr. Tragesser is also interested in other aspects of personality, including its role in interpersonal relationships and a range of impulsive behaviors.
Tragesser, S. L., Jones, R., Robinson, R. J., Stutler, A., & Stewart, A. (2013) Borderline Personality Disorder features and risk for prescription opioid use disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 27(4), 427-441.
Tomko, R. S., Brown, W. C., Tragesser, S. L., Wood, P. K., Mehl, M. R., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Social context of anger in Borderline Personality Disorder and Depressive Disorders: Findings from a naturalistic observation study. Journal of Personality Disorders.
Tragesser, S. L., & Benfield, J. (2012). Borderline Personality Disorder features and mate retention tactics. Journal of Personality Disorders, 26(3), 334-344.
Jahng, S., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., Tragesser, S. L., Tomko, R., Grant, J. D., Bucholz, K. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Distinguishing general and specific personality disorder features and implications for substance dependence comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(3), 656-669.
Tragesser, S. L., Bruns, D., & Disorbio, M. (2010). Borderline Personality Disorder features and pain: The mediating role of negative affect in a patient sample. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 26(4), 348-353. *Also abstracted in Pain Management News and Research, May 2010.
Tragesser, S. L., Beauvais, F., Jumper-Thurman, P., & Burnside, M. (2010). Differences in Illicit Drug Use Rates Among Oklahoma and Non-Oklahoma Indian Youth. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(13), 2323-2339.
Tragesser, S. L., Solhan, M., Brown, W. C., Tomko, R. L., Bagge, C., & Trull, T. J. (2010). Longitudinal associations in Borderline Personality Disorder Features: Diagnostic Inter- view for Borderlines- Revised (DIB-R) scores over time. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24(3), 377-391.
For more publications, please see Dr. Tragesser’s Vita.
Email: pstrand@wsu.edu
Office: CIC 125S (Tri-Cities Campus)
Phone: (509) 372-7177
Website: Researchgate
My research is concerned with the social skills development and school readiness of children and youth from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Also of concern to me are verbal processes that emerge in cultural context and guide behavior, such as emotion knowledge and social values. With respect to applications, we seek to investigate and identify assessment-intervention frameworks that improve outcomes for children in school settings.
Strand, P. S. (2020). The security-seeking impulse and the unification of attachment and culture. Psychological Review, 127(5), 778-791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rev0000194
Strand, P. S. (2020). A deeper and distributed search for culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, E115, 50-51. doi:10.1017/S0140525X19002693
Strand, P.S., Vossen, J.J., & Savage, E. (2019). Culture and child attachment patterns: A behavioral systems synthesis. Perspectives on Behavior Science. DOI: 10.1007/s40614-019-00220-3 (online preprint).
Strand, P.S., Gotch, C., French, B.F., & Beaver, J. (2019). Factor structure and invariance of an adolescent risks and needs assessment. Assessment, 26, 1105-1116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191117706021
Strand, P.S., & Downs, A. (2018). The social values development of preschoolers: An investigation of the joint impact hypothesis. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1063-1071.
Iverson, A., French, B., Strand, P.S., & McCurley, C. (2018). Understanding school truancy: Risk-need latent profiles of adolescents. Assessment, 25, 978-987.
Beecher, C., Strand, P., & French, B.F. (2018). Investigation of the Development of Pre-Academic Skills for Preschoolers in Head Start. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 230-249.
Downs, A. & Strand, P.S. (2018). A longitudinal study of social-emotional development in a multicultural preschool setting. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
Strand, P. S., Downs, A., & Barbosa-Leiker, C. (2016). Does facial expression recognition provide a toehold for the development of emotion understanding? Developmental Psychology, 52, 1182-1191.
Strand, P.S., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Piedra, M.A., & Downs, A. (2015). Exploring the bi-directionality of emotion understanding and preschooler classroom behavior: A latent variable analysis. Social Development, 24, 579-600.
Strand, P.S., Pula, K., & Downs, A. (2015). Social values and preschool behavioral adjustment: A comparative investigation of Latino and European American preschool children. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21, 400-408.
Refinement and Further Development of the Washington Assessment of Risk and Needs of Students. Institute for Education Sciences. PI: PS Strand, Co-PIs: BF French, C Gotch, M Poppen. ($1,408,482). July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025.
Email: almatthews@wsu.edu
Office: CIC 125B (Tri-Cities campus)
Phone: (509) 372-7146
Email: sbauman@wsu.edu
Office: CIC 202D (Tri-Cities campus)
Phone: (509) 372-7363
My research addresses the challenges of sustaining health and of advancing opportunity and equity. In the area of health psychology, I examine the long-term adjustment, health and well-being of survivors of childhood cancer and their families. In 2015, I received a grant from the Association for Research of Childhood Cancer to support my research in this area. In the area of multicultural psychology, I have studied the unique social and ecological circumstances and the corresponding developmental competencies of racial/ethnic minority and/or first-generation students.
Bauman, S., & Taylor, G. (2020). College and the cure: Education and career considerations of childhood cancer survivors. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 58(3), 310-321. doi: 10.1080/19496591.2019.1704769
Bauman, S. S., Acker-Hocevar, M., Talbot, D., Visaya, A., Valencia, M., & Ambriz, J. (2019). Exploring and promoting the college attendance and success of racial/ethnic minority students. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 47, 37-48. doi: 100.1002/jmcd.12119
Bauman, S. S. (2015). Fostering resilience in children experiencing developmental disruptions. In C.L. Juntunen & J. P. Schwartz (Eds). Counseling across the lifespan: Prevention and treatment (2nd ed., pp. 39-53). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Bauman, S., Acker-Hocevar, M., & Talbot, D. (2012). Heuristic understanding as a component of collaborative, interdisciplinary, social justice advocacy research. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 4, 59-84.
Bauman, S. S. (2010). School counselors and survivors of childhood cancer: Reconceptualizing and advancing the cure. Professional School Counseling, 14, 156-164.
