Faculty

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) 335-4463 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