Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
My research focuses on interpersonal processes, including conflict, social support, and coping, as they occur in the health contexts. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] Specifically, I investigate how family members manage a variety of health stressors, including chronic illness, grief and loss, and mental illness.
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For more information: Faculty Connections > Dr. Erin Basinger
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Science
I am an experimental health psychologist who focuses on understanding the biopsychosociological antecedents of stress-related chronic disease. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] My research seeks to understand the physiological mechanisms that cause chronic diseases and how individual differences in emotion regulation ability and implementation of stress management interventions can holistically improve health and well-being. Currently, my lab, StressWAVES BRL, examines the relationships among emotional stressors, caffeine administration, and physiological markers such as heart rate variability and systemic inflammation. In addition, I developed and manage the Department of Psychological Science’s Biobehavioral Core (BBC) Lab that consists of a 500 ft2 BSL-2 wet lab, 2 data collection rooms designed for BSL-2 data collection, and office space.
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For more information: Faculty Connections > Dr. Jeanette M. Bennett
Assistant Professor
Psychology & Organizational Science
I research topics related to worker health, safety, and well-being, and I focus on potentially vulnerable working populations, including aging workers, disabled workers, and workers with chronic health conditions. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I am currently working on research related to preventing disability discrimination at work, understanding factors that relate to workers’ perceptions of their work ability, and designing an intervention to promote work ability and quality of work life for workers with chronic health conditions.[/read]
For more information: Faculty Connections > Dr. Alyssa McGonagle
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Science
My research interests center on developing a deeper understanding of the role played by psychological and behavioral factors in the socioeconomic gradient of health. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I am also very interested in the role that health psychology interventions, including those delivered in primary care settings, can play in minimizing SES-related health disparities.
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For more information: Faculty Connections > Dr. Amy Peterman
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
I received a Ph.D. in sociology from Michigan State University and pursued postdoctoral studies in Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University, and the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.[read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’]I was also a Fulbright Scholar. I study race and cultural differences in health behaviors and chronic disease among women of African descent in the U.S., including African American, Afro-Caribbean, and transnational African[/read]
For more information: Faculty Connections > Dr. Dorothy Smith Ruiz