35 faculty and 0 courses in Psychology at University at Buffalo (SUNY).
- John Roberts, Associate Professor h-index 64
Psychosocial and cognitive processes in risk for depression; impact of physical environment including green space, air pollutants and ambient temperature on mental health
Notable: “The quantum structure of spacetime at the Planck scale and quantum fields” (1995) · 1,379 citations
- Jennifer Read, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Chair h-index 54
Contributors and consequences of harmful drinking; intersection of trauma (including sexual trauma) and substance use; PTSD-alcohol use disorder comorbidity
Notable: “Evaluation of a behavioral measure of risk taking: The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART).” (2002) · 2,176 citations
- Craig Colder, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 53
Individual, family, and community influences on child and adolescent aggression and substance abuse
Notable: “Development and preliminary validation of the young adult alcohol consequences questionnaire.” (2006) · 601 citations
- Larry Hawk, Professor, Coordinator of Research Advancement h-index 45
Smoking and vaping; cessation; treatment mechanisms; psychophysiology; reinforcement; cognition and motivation/emotion
Notable: “Reaction Time Variability in ADHD: A Review” (2012) · 325 citations
- Leonard Simms, Professor h-index 44
Applied and basic psychological assessment; dimensional models of personality and psychopathology; item response theory applications to personality measures and computerized adaptive testing
Notable: “The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A dimensional alternative to traditional nosologies.” (2017) · 3,206 citations
- Jamie M. Ostrov, Professor h-index 40
Subtypes of aggression and victimization; developmental psychopathology; applied developmental psychology
Notable: “Gender Differences in Preschool Aggression During Free Play and Structured Interactions: An Observational Study” (2004) · 435 citations
- David W. Shucard, Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Psychology h-index 39
Neural basis of attention, cognition, and cognitive control in healthy and impaired individuals; clinical neurophysiology; clinical and experimental neuropsycholgy
Notable: “Neuropsychological effects of interferon ?-1a in relapsing multiple sclerosis” (2000) · 292 citations
- Julie Bowker, Professor h-index 33
Individual differences in socioemotional behaviors (e.g.,social withdrawal, aggression); peer relationships and friendships; internalizing problems
Notable: “Social Withdrawal in Childhood” (2008) · 1,475 citations
- Peter Pfordresher, Associate Dean, Professor h-index 33
Sensorimotor integration in sequence production; singing accuracy; the role of auditory feedback in production; the relationship between music and language
Notable: “The somatotopy of speech: Phonation and articulation in the human motor cortex” (2009) · 212 citations
- Kenneth DeMarree, Associate Professor h-index 32
Attitudes; metacognition; listening; self; emotion
Notable: “Leader Emergence: The Case of the Narcissistic Leader” (2008) · 521 citations
- Rebecca Ashare, Professor, Clinical Area Head, Director of Clinical Training h-index 31
Substance use in medical (HIV, cancer) and psychiatric (depression, serious mental illness) comorbidities; cannabis use for symptom management; serious illness communication
Notable: “Psychopathology, disordered eating, and impulsivity as predictors of outcomes of bariatric surgery” (2019) · 200 citations
- Shira Gabriel, Professor h-index 30
Social self; intimacy seeking and social comparison; need to belong
Notable: ““I” Value Freedom, but “We” Value Relationships: Self-Construal Priming Mirrors Cultural Differences in Judgment” (1999) · 1,066 citations
- Michael J. Poulin, Associate Professor h-index 29
Prosocial motivation; meaning; physical and psychological adjustment to stress and trauma
Notable: “Mental- and Physical-Health Effects of Acute Exposure to Media Images of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and the Iraq War” (2013) · 286 citations
- Kathleen A. Parks, Senior Research Scientist h-index 29
Women’s substance use and misuse; victimization; drinking contexts
Notable: “The role of women's alcohol consumption in sexual victimization” (1996) · 204 citations
- Mark Seery, Professor, Social-Personality Area Head h-index 27
Stress and coping; the self; motivation; psychophysiology
Notable: “Whatever does not kill us: Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience.” (2010) · 949 citations
- Scott Wersinger, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 26
Comparative behavioral endocrinology; sex differences in the brain and behavior; STEM education
Notable: “Vasopressin V1b receptor knockout reduces aggressive behavior in male mice” (2002) · 396 citations
- Lora Park, Professor h-index 25
Self/identity; contingencies of self-worth; motivation; well-being; interpersonal processes
Notable: “The Costly Pursuit of Self-Esteem.” (2004) · 1,357 citations
- Paul Meyer, Associate Professor h-index 25
Behavioral and neurophysiological responses to food- and drug-associated stimuli
Notable: “Quantifying Individual Variation in the Propensity to Attribute Incentive Salience to Reward Cues” (2012) · 321 citations
- Micheal Dent, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Cognitive Area Head h-index 24
The effects of age, sex, and noise on acoustic communication in mice
Notable: “Auditory temporal resolution in birds: Discrimination of harmonic complexes” (2002) · 117 citations
- Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Training h-index 23
Social context and peer socialization of depression, self-injury, and suicide; interpersonal behavior; ethics and professional training issues
Notable: “Relations of friendship experiences with depressive symptoms and loneliness in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review.” (2020) · 304 citations
- Sandra Murray, Professor, Associate Chair h-index 19
Close relationships; self-esteem; motivated cognition
Notable: “The self-fulfilling nature of positive illusions in romantic relationships: Love is not blind, but prescient.” (1996) · 490 citations
- Gregory Loney, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Behavioral pharmacology and neural circuitry of motivated behavior; polysubstance abuse; obesity and overeating
Notable: “NC machining of free form surfaces” (1987) · 274 citations
- Federica Bulgarelli, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Language development; acoustic variability; word learning; statistical learning; bilingualism
Notable: “Accuracy of the Language Environment Analysis System Segmentation and Metrics: A Systematic Review” (2020) · 99 citations
- Wendy Quinton, Clinical Professor, Director Psychology Honors Program h-index 10
Prejudice, discrimination, and stigma; social identity; stress and coping; international students
Notable: “Attributions to discrimination and self-esteem: Impact of group identification and situational ambiguity” (2003) · 346 citations
- Rebecca Cipollina, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Social psychology; stigma and health; identity disclosure; concealable identities; health disparities; LGBTQ+
Notable: “Psychophysiological Stress Responses to Bicultural and Biracial Identity Denial” (2019) · 62 citations
- Sarah Taber-Thomas, Clinical Associate Professor, Director Psychological Services Center h-index 7
Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments for children; parenting; child maltreatment; disruptive behavior disorders
Notable: “Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation” (2017) · 159 citations
- Joyce Lacy, Clinical Associate Professor h-index 5
Memory; pattern separation; cognitive neuroscience
Notable: “Pattern separation deficits associated with increased hippocampal CA3 and dentate gyrus activity in nondemented older adults” (2010) · 620 citations
- Hollen Reischer, Visiting Assistant Professor h-index 5
Narrative identity; ethics; ego integrity; self-transcendence; gerontology
Notable: “Self‐transcendence and life stories of humanistic growth among late‐midlife adults” (2020) · 52 citations
- Tim Pruitt, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 4
Multimodal imagery; vocal imitation; music and language sensorimotor processes; psychophysiology of performance
Notable: “Covert singing in anticipatory auditory imagery” (2018) · 34 citations
- Ericka Nus, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 1
Hierarchical models of personality; measurement of personality; assessment of interpersonal relationships, particularly dating and marital relationships
Notable: “Development and Validation of the Faceted Inventory of the Five-Factor Model (FI-FFM)” (2017) · 86 citations
- Kim Chaney, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Social psychology; lay theories of prejudice; prejudice confrontations; allyship behavior; stigma
Notable: “The Complicit, the Invisible, and the Forgotten: Critically Integrating Intersectionality Into the Psychology of Intraminority Solidarity” (2026) · 1 citations
- Alexis Thompson, Clinical Assistant Professor
Substance abuse; maternal behavior; pain behavior
- Andres Buxo-Lugo, Assistant Professor
- Ann-Marie Torregrossa, Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience Area Head
Taste; feeding; food choice
- Matthew Paul, Associate Professor
Neuroendocrine regulation of reproductive and social development; biological rhythms; sex differences
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.