Department of PsychologyDepartment of Psychology
Core Program Faculty
Jeffrey M. Conte (1998), B.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Personnel assessment & selection, personality, psychological testing & measurement, stress, type A behavior pattern, temporal issues, time management, safety factors at work.
Mark G. Ehrhart(2001), B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland. Leadership, organizational citizenship behavior, organizational justice, climate and culture, levels of analysis.
Keith Hattrup (1995), B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University. Psychological testing, bias and fairness in testing, personnel assessment and selection; self and social perception; organization development.
Lisa M. Kath (2005), B.S. University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut. Training motivation and effectiveness, self-efficacy, organizational climate and change, women and minorities in the workplace.
Sandra P. Marshall (1985), B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Cognitive psychology, problem solving, learning and memory, statistics.
Georg E. Matt (1988), Dipl. Psych., Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Freiburg, Germany; Ph.D., Northwestern University. Secondhand smoke exposure in infants. Psychotherapy outcomes in clinical practice. Fuzzy set models applied to behavioral measurement. Research methods including meta-analysis, quasi-experimentation, and causal modeling.
Scott C. Roesch (2002), B.S., University of California, Davis; M.A., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Trait-state models of stress and coping; coping with physical illness, and particularly cancer; cultural, ethnic, and acculturation differences in stress and coping; cross-ethnic measurement equivalence; structural equation modeling, meta-analysis.
Melody Sadler (2007), B.S,. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Quantitative psychology, stereotyping and prejudice.
Emilio Ulloa (2003), B.A., San Diego State University, Ph.D., Social Psychology Arizona State University. Social Psychology. Youth violence, bullying, dating (relationship) violence and the prevention of violence, and undergraduate student success.
Allison Vaughn (2008),
B.A., Cal Poly Pomona; M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Utah. Relationships (familial, friend, romantic) at various stages (new relationships, transitions within a relationship); health (psychological and cardiovascular).
Affiliated Faculty
Jeff B. Bryson (1970), A.B., University of Texas; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University. Social psychology, relationships between groups and individuals, jealousy, attribution process, psychological measurement.
Donna Castañeda (1993), B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Social psychological aspects of close relationships; health promotion within ethnic minority communities; gender issues among Latinas/os.
Radmila Prislin (1996), B.A., M.S., Ph.D. University of Zagrb. Attitude formation and change, social influence, change in group status and intergroup dynamics, evaluation of public health programs.
James F. Sallis, Jr. (1983), B.S., Belhaven College; M.S., Ph.D., Memphis State University. Health promotion; approaches to changing physical activity, nutrition, and smoking behaviors in adults and children.
