Research Interests of Faculty

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

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)

Professor

and Department Chair

Effects of stress on hippocampus and amygdala function.

Jane E. Kestner (Ph.D. - University of Notre Dame)

Professor

and 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.