YSU
Psychology Department
Research
Interests of Faculty
Peter A. Beckett
(Ph.D. - Kent State University)
Professor Visual Illusions (especially the Poggendorff
Illusion)
Metamemory (predicting how much and what one
knows)
Implicit Memory.
Jeffrey T. Coldren
(Ph.D. - University of Kansas)
Professor
Attention and problem solving skills in infants and
young children
Difficulties in attention
Developmental delays (autism)
History of psychology
Steve L. Ellyson
(Ph.D. - University of Delaware)
Professor Human non-verbal behavior focusing on visual
and facial display and power and dominance.
Stephen R. Flora
(Ph.D. - University of Georgia)
Professor
Behavior analysis
Learning
Persistence
Self-control
Choice.
William R. Fry
(Ph.D. - Wayne State University)
Professor Effects of resource shortages in de-escalation
simulations (e.g. expanded Prisoners Dilemma Game).
Antecedents of integrative bargaining.
Applicability of Leventhal's model of procedural
fairness to fairness judgements.
Perceptions of distributive justice.
Antecedents of integrative bargaining.
Community mediation.
Margaret M. Gittis
(Ph.D. - Ohio State University)
Professor Gender similarities and differences.
Stephen A. Graf
(Ph.D. - Ohio State University)
Professor (Retired 2005)
Standard celleration charting of individual and
world trends.
Beverly A. Gray
(Ph.D. - Fordham University)
Professor Stress management and coping techniques.
Clinical issues in psychotherapy with minorities
Stress and support systems of black professionals.
Vernon F. Haynes (Ph.D.
- University of Florida)
Professorand Department Chair
Effects of stress on hippocampus and amygdala function.
Jane E. Kestner
(Ph.D. - University of Notre Dame)
Professorand Associate Dean
of Arts & Sciences
Misrepresentation of behaviorism in psychology.
College students' judgements of academic performance.
Teaching of psychology
Mark A. Masaki
(Ph.D. - Southern Illinois University)
Professor The discriminative stimulus function of neuropharmacological
drugs especially opioid agonists and antagonists.
Conditioned stimulus intensity effects on operant
situations.
The durability of conditioned reinforcers.
James C. Morrison
(Ph.D. - Michigan State University)
Professor (Retired
2005)
Social cognition
Group influence
Jerome K. Small
(Ph.D. - University of Georgia)
Professor Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Neo-Freudian Personality Theory
Applied Personality Theory
Clinical Psychopharmacology
Sharon A. Stringer
(Ph.D. - University of Miami, Florida)
Professor Maternal teaching
Attribution theory
Parental beliefs
Pediatric psychology
Christopher J. Sweeney
(Ph.D. - University of Oklahoma)
Professor Academic achievement-strategies to improve
Moral reasoning-issues and implications
Julie E. Thomas
(Ph.D. - University of Tennessee)
Associate Professor
Mental Health Issues pertaining to children,
adolescence and women
Assessing ways to foster resiliency
Multicultural Counseling
Exploring the connection between spirtuality
and mental health
Nancy A. White
(Ph.D. - University of Florida)
Professor
Cognitive aging
Gender differences in personality and cognition.