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FacultyDisciplineResearch InterestsWebsiteMinimum RequirementsHow to ContactCurrently Recruitng?Notes
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Baghdoyan, HelenNeuroscience & Behavior• Neurochemical regulation of sleep and wakefulness
• Opioid-induced sleep disruption
http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/baghdoyan.phpEmail: hbaghdoy@utk.edu
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Baldwin, DeboraNeuroscience & Behavior• Stress and Well-being in adult and elderly populations
• Biomarkers of positive affect
• Neuroendocrine and immunological outcomes as a function of stress and anxiety
• Optimism and resiliency as psychological resources
• Stress and Subjective well-being in African-Americans		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/baldwin.phpEmail: dbaldwin@utk.edu
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Bolden, JenniferClinical • The complex interplay among memory, behavior, and learning to inform psychological science
• The development of impairment-specific interventions for individuals diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
http://www.utkbehaviorandlearninglab.org/ Review website and Email RA application to ball@utk.edu
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Buss, AaronCognitive and Developmental ScienceExecutive function, attention, neuroimaging, neurocomputational simulations
http://abclabutk.weebly.com/Email: Abuss@utk.edu
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Cooper, MatthewNeuroscience & Behavior• Animal models of social stress, dominance relationships, and aggression
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of stress resilience and coping strategies		http://cooperlab.weebly.com/Email: mcoope10@utk.edu
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Corbetta, DanielaCognitive and Developmental Science• Perceptual & motor development in infancy
• Infant eye-tracking in the context of goal-directed action
• Visual attention, action selection, and action planning
• Object exploration and learning in infancy
• Sensory-motor development in the first year of life		http://ipal.utk.edu/Email: dcorbett@utk.edu
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Elledge, ChrisClinical • Etiology and prevention of child aggression and bullying
• Interventions for chronically bullied children
• Youth mentoring as a form of selective prevention
• Parent-child, sibling, and peer relationships of children at risk for socio-emotional dysfunction		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/elledge.php• GPA ≥ 3.0
• A work commitment of 5-10 hours per week
• Typically require a two semester committment.
Email: paveslab@gmail.comYes
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Freeberg, ToddNeuroscience & Behavior• Vocal communication with a focus thus far on bird species by using a combination of field and laboratory approaches
• Group-level processes that influence individual behavior in songbirds (off campus) and in wood roaches (on campus)		http://web.utk.edu/~tfreeber/Email: tfreeber@utk.edu Office Phone: 865-974-3975yes
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Gaertner, LowellSocial• The Social Psychology of groups and self
https://psychology.utk.edu/people/lowell-gaertner/


https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i-fbbh4AAAAJ&hl=en		Email: gaertner@utk.edu or stop by his office: 303E Austin Peay.yes
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Gonzalez, KirstenCounseling• The psychological well-being of individuals with marginalized identities including racial/ethnic minorities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people
• The use intersectional theory to explore the experiences of marginalized communities across race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality
• Social justice ally work
• The development and study of the efficacy of interventions designed to reduce prejudice and build social justice allies in privileged communities		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/gonzalez.phpEmail: kirstenagonzalez724@gmail.com or take a class with her
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Gordon, KristinaClinical • Developing and maintaining relationship health
• Brief couple interventions
• Impact of relationships on physical and emotional health
• Relationship traumas (e.g., infidelity, IPV) and forgiveness
• Mindfulness and relationship functioning
Email: kgordon1@utk.edu
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Grzanka, PatrickCounseling• Intersectionality
• Emotions
• The psychosocial dimensions of race and racism
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues
• Mental health, science, and society
• Multicultural feminist theories and research practices		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/grzanka.phpEmail: patrick.grzanka@utk.edu
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Hardin, ErinCounseling• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
• Vocational psychology
• Self-construal
• Self-discrepancies		Http://pipes.utk.edu
http://aspire.utk.edu
http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/hardin.php		Email: erin.hardin@utk.eduNoIf you are interested in PSYC 399 credit for our PiPES Intervention with rural TN high school students, please contact Hayden Womack at znr244@vols.utk.edu
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Hay, JessicaCognitive and Developmental Science• Infant language acquisition
• Speech perception
• Perceptual learning
• Perceptual & cognitive development		http://infantlanguagelab.utk.edu/ Email: jhay@tennessee.edu
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Lamer, SarahSocial• Social Perception
• The development of biases about social groups (e.g. gender, race)
• Visual processes
• Media • Nonverbal emotion		www.spaclab.comMinimum two-semester (or semester and a summer) commitment; students from any year (including first year) encouraged to applyhttps://www.spaclab.com/jointhelabNoWe will recruit again for the Summer and Fall 2024 in the coming months. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist for future positions, please fill out the application on our webpage.
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Larsen, JeffSocial• The understanding of the nature of emotional experience
• Mixed emotions indicates that it might be useful to think about positive and negative affect as separable dimensions in a bivariate space rather than opposite ends of a single dimension
• Identifying what the events that elicit mixed emotions have in common and whether some people are more likely to experience mixed emotions than others		http://affectandemotionlab.weebly.com/We're recruiting an unlimited number of students for a 1-unit section of Psy 489 for Spring 2023. To learn more and sign up, go to https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cu0pyCjLmvN0ShgEmail: jeff.larsen@utk.edu / learn more and sign up at https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cu0pyCjLmvN0Shg
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Levy, JacobCounseling• The intersection of personal characteristics with environmental demands, especially as it relates to career development, multicultural counseling, and counseling gifted and talented populations.
• The study of the Big Five Personality Factors and select narrow personality traits (most notably Self-Directed Learning, Sense of Identity, and Work Drive) in relation to career and educational satisfaction and performance
• The sub-culture of the gifted and talented, especially the issues related to the health and well-being of athletes and performing artists		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/levy.phpEmail: jlevy4.utk.edu
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Lydic, RalphNeuroscience & Behavior• Understanding the cellular and neurochemical mechanisms regulating states of consciousness and state-dependent changes in physiology
https://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/lydic.php
Email: rlydic@utk.edu
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Miles, JoeCounseling• The process and outcomes of intergroup dialogue and group counseling
• Multicultural education
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues
• Health equity		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/miles.phpEmail: joemiles@utk.edu
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Moore, ToddClinical • Substance use
• Intimate partner violence
• Gender role stress
• Men’s health		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/moore.phpEmail: tmoore24@utk.edu
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Olson, MichaelSocial• Attitude formation/persuasion
• Prejudice
• Interracial interactions
• Suicide
• Implicit cognition
• Implicit measurement (IAT, priming)		https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WmkL_csAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1EnthusiasmEmail: molson2@utk.eduYes
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Owens, GinaCounseling• Combat trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Meaning-making
• Trauma-related cognitions		http://psychology.utk.edu/faculty/owens.phpEmail: gowens4@utk.edu
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Reynolds, GregCognitive and Developmental Science• Developmental cognitive neuroscience of infant cognitive development
• The development of attention and memory in infancy
• Investigations of brain-behavior relations in early development using: behavioral measures, eye-tracking, EEG, and event-related potentials
• Perceptual development in infancy, including: intersensory processing, face processing, and processing of native and non-native audiovisual speech
http://dcnlab.utk.edu/Email: greynol3@utk.edu or speak directly with him
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Ross-Sheehy, ShannonCognitive and Developmental Science• Eye movementsThe co-development of visual attention and other cognitive systems
• Interactions between perception, attention and memory, and how these dynamics drive individual differences
• Exploration of typical and atypical (e.g., preterm infants) development		https://ivclab.utk.edu/prospective-students/Minimum two-semester commitmentFill out a form on my website
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Schulz, KalynnNeuroscience & Behavior• The impact of external factors such as stress and internal factors such as gonadal steroid hormones on brain and behavioral development
https://kalynn-schulz.squarespace.com/info
Email: kschulz3@utk.edu
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Shteynberg, GarriySocial• The understanding of the emergence of novel cultural norms and their role in regulating human behavior
• Shared experiences with our social groups influence what we remember, the goals we pursue, and the things we value
• Comparison of the power of cultural norms and personal values as drivers of human behavior
• The psychological consequences of cultural norm conflict—that is, how people negotiate their way out of normative conflict, and what the consequences of such conflict are for one's personal identity, values and beliefs		www.garriyshteynberg.comEmail: gshteynb@utk.edu
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Stuart, GregClinical https://raadlab.utk.edu https://psychology.utk.edu/people/gregory-l-stuart/https://raadlab.utk.edu https://psychology.utk.edu/people/gregory-l-stuart/Email: gstuart@utk.edu Also please email Graduate Students: amedenbl@vols.utk.edu ebasting@vols.utk.edu mjensen7@vols.utk.edu wson2@vols.utk.edu jsulli67@gmail.com If possible, take his class PSYC 481, Intimate Partner Violence.
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Tanner, JessieNeuroscience & Behavior• Acoustic communication in non-human animals: treefrogs and crickets
• Animal decision-making and its evolutionary consequences
• The impact of noise on communication
• Choice overload
• Sexual selection on animal behaviors		jessiectanner.netEmail: tanner@utk.edu
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Tas, CaglarCognition and Perception• Visual perception, visual attention, and visual working memory
• The relationship between visual attention and visual working memory
• Eye movements 		https://vpclab.weebly.com/GPA:3.0 Minimum two-semester commitment caglartas@utk.eduYes
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Welsh, DeborahClinical • Adolescent and emerging adult romantic relationships
• The transition to college
• Balance in emerging adulthood
• Mindfulness in adolescents and emerging adults
• Sexual behavior in adolescents and emerging adults (sexual consent, refusal, and coercion)
 http://welshlab.utk.eduEmail: dwelsh@utk.edu Email Graduate Students: mbarre24@vols.utk.edu, bchavira@vols.utk.edu, jkim171@vols.utk.eduNo for spring '24, yes for fall '24
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Coleman, JasmineClinical • Youth violence prevention (e.g., aggression, gun violence)
• Community violence exposure, parental messages about fighting, sibling incarceration
• Program development and evaluation
https://psychology.utk.edu/people/jasmine-coleman/GPA: 3.0; Minimum 2 semester committment; Completion of Research Methods courseEmail: jcolem71@utk.eduNo
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Mendez, LucybelClinical • Developmental pathways of marginalized and minoritized youth (e.g., minoritized racial and ethnic groups, LGTBQ+, low socioeconomic status, disadvantaged communities)
• Trauma exposure, victimization, violence, stigma, and discrimination
• Behavioral problems (e.g., juvenile offending, gang involvement, aggression, substance use)
• Mental health concerns (e.g., posttraumatic stress)
• Socioecological risk and protective factors (e.g., cultural beliefs and values, racial and ethnic identity, acculturation, family support)
• Trauma-focused prevention and intervention
• Youth-centered policies and advocacy 		1. Faculty profile: https://psychology.utk.edu/people/lucybel-mendez/ 2. Lab Website: staars-lab-utk.mystrikingly.com 3.RA application form: https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDRgwGLyJZjEYnQ GPA: 3.0; Minimum 2 semester committment; hard-working, detail-oriented, collaborative, responsible, and inquisitiveEmail: mendezl@utk.edu or gparke17@vols.utk.edu or spadill4@vols.utk.eduNoNo longer recruiting for Spring 2024
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Vélez Meléndez, Alejandro Neuroscience & Behavior• Animal Communication
• Sensory Ecology
• We study the extent to which human-generated noise affects how animals communicate, how they hear, and how they behave		http://www.velez-lab.com/Email: avelezme@utk.edu
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