40 faculty and 40 courses in Psychology at North Carolina State University.
- Thomas Hess, Emeritus Distinguished Professor h-index 47
Notable: “The Impact of Stereotype Threat on Age Differences in Memory Performance” (2003) · 567 citations
- Amy Halberstadt, Professor h-index 40
Notable: “Affective Social Competence” (2001) · 793 citations
- Jennifer Burnette, Professor h-index 36
Notable: “Mind-sets matter: A meta-analytic review of implicit theories and self-regulation.” (2012) · 1,345 citations
- Adam Meade, Professor h-index 35
Notable: “Identifying careless responses in survey data.” (2012) · 3,590 citations
- Chang S. Nam, Professor h-index 31
Notable: “Immersion of virtual reality for rehabilitation - Review” (2018) · 380 citations
- Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Professor h-index 31
Focus on social-cognitive development, in particular moral and social development. She conducts research examining theory of mind, social exclusion, and group dynamics, including when children challenge peer group norms. Her work focuses on
Notable: “The accidental transgressor: Morally-relevant theory of mind” (2011) · 386 citations
- Shevaun Neupert, Professor h-index 30
Notable: “Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity” (2020) · 595 citations
- Christopher Mayhorn, Department Head and Professor h-index 30
Everyday memory, decision-making, human-computer interaction, safety and risk communication. He has received external funding for his research from several government organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the North
Notable: “Effect of age on event-based and time-based prospective memory.” (1997) · 303 citations
- Lynne Baker-Ward, Professor h-index 29
Dr. Baker-Ward’s research, conducted with members of the Memory and Narrative Development (M&ND) Laboratory, examines the dynamic systems through which individuals develop capabilities in interpreting, remembering, and sharing significa
Notable: “Coherence of Personal Narratives Across the Lifespan: A Multidimensional Model and Coding Method” (2011) · 432 citations
- Jason Allaire, Associate Professor h-index 29
Notable: “Factor Structure and Validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form” (2006) · 563 citations
- Mary Haskett, Emeritus Professor h-index 26
Dr. Haskett conducts research related to college students’ food insecurity and homelessness. She co-founded the NC State Steering Committee on Student Food and Housing Security. See the summary of 2017 data collected by Dr. Haskett
Notable: “Factor Structure and Validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form” (2006) · 563 citations
- Jing Feng, Professor h-index 25
Notable: “Playing an Action Video Game Reduces Gender Differences in Spatial Cognition” (2007) · 1,151 citations
- William Erchul, Emeritus Professor h-index 25
School Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked for the Human Interaction Research Institute in Los Angeles and has been a consultant to school systems, public agencies, and private businesses. Dr. Erchul is a Fellow
Notable: “A relational communication analysis of control in school consultation.” (1987) · 143 citations
- John Begeny, Professor h-index 24
Notable: “Running Out of Time: Physician Management of Behavioral Health Concerns in Rural Pediatric Primary Care” (2006) · 144 citations
- Daniel Gruehn, Associate Professor h-index 23
Es primarily on socio-emotional functioning and emotion-cognition interactions in adulthood and old age. – Development of emotion across the adult lifespan Does the nature of emotions change as we age? Is an emotion such as sadness or
Notable: “Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking: Linear and Quadratic Effects of Age Across the Adult Life Span” (2012) · 350 citations
- Scott Stage, Associate Professor h-index 22
That included a wide-range of topics pertinent to school-aged children and adolescents at-risk for exposure to excessive disciplinary practices, social alienation, segregated school education, unreliable or invalid assessment practices, and
Notable: “A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Decrease Disruptive Classroom Behavior in Public Education Settings” (1997) · 353 citations
- Anne McLaughlin, Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Improving Methodological Standards in Behavioral Interventions for Cognitive Enhancement” (2019) · 237 citations
- Vanessa Volpe, Associate Professor h-index 21
Black communities, stress and coping, psychophysiology, online contexts and technology, social media, strengths/protective factors, cardiovascular risk, health behaviors. Website Research Publ
Notable: “Music education, academic achievement, and executive functions.” (2017) · 183 citations
- Katharine Stewart, Emeritus Professor h-index 17
Notable: “Fibromyalgia in women” (1995) · 391 citations
- Lori Hoggard, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Es on racism as a chronic psychosocial stressor that heightens African Americans’ risk for physical (e.g., cardiovascular disease; dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system) and mental (e.g., depression and anxiety) health concerns. She
Notable: “Emerging into adulthood in the face of racial discrimination: Physiological, psychological, and sociopolitical consequences for african american youth.” (2015) · 172 citations
- S. Bartholomew Craig, Associate Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Identifying careless responses in survey data.” (2012) · 3,590 citations
- Michelle Russell, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 13
Notable: “When “negative” behaviors are positive: A contextual analysis of the long-term effects of problem-solving behaviors on changes in relationship satisfaction.” (2010) · 192 citations
- Aura Mishra, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Es on biopsychosocial contexts and mechanisms linking life-course adversity to health and behavioral problems. Please visit lab website for information on joining the lab: &nbs
Notable: “Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors and Epigenetic Aging in US Young Adults” (2024) · 58 citations
- Lori Foster, Professor h-index 11
Notable: “VR as a choice: what drives learners’ technology acceptance?” (2022) · 69 citations
- Yingchen He, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Baseline MNREAD Measures for Normally Sighted Subjects From Childhood to Old Age” (2016) · 106 citations
- Anna Behler, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 9
Notable: “To Help or To Harm? Assessing the Impact of Envy on Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors” (2020) · 41 citations
- Jason Frydman, Associate Professor h-index 8
Extend to school mental health and beyond, including the role of the arts in school-based mental health intervention, trauma-informed programming in schools, adolescent mental health literacy promotion, and summer camp mental health. He is
Notable: “Trauma and Early Adolescent Development: Case Examples from a Trauma-Informed Public Health Middle School Program” (2017) · 39 citations
- Breanne Wylie, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Notable: “Apologies Repair Trust via Perceived Trustworthiness and Negative Emotions” (2019) · 25 citations
- Isaac Woods, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Es on the assessment of Black students and non-discriminatory assessment; the advancement of social justice by school-based professionals for the purpose of achieving equitable outcomes through consultation/collaboration; increasing diversi
Notable: ““White people stress me out all the time”: Black students define racial trauma.” (2021) · 31 citations
- Colleen Patton, Assistant Professor h-index 5
. She now directs the CHAT Lab at NCSU, where the research is focused on human-automation interaction, specifically surrounding perceptions and decisions of human operators in using automation. As automation, artificial intelligence and mac
Notable: “The relationship of trust and dependence” (2024) · 29 citations
- Sydney Reichin, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Examining Factors Influencing Use of a Decision Aid in Personnel Selection” (2019) · 9 citations
- Doug Gillan, Emeritus Professor h-index 3
Focus broadly on the interaction between humans and technology. He has investigated issues in human-computer interaction and human-robot interaction. Much of his research has centered around the cognitive and perceptual processes that under
Notable: “The Presentation of Risk and Uncertainty in the Context of National Missile Defense Simulations” (2003) · 7 citations
- Natalie Murr, Associate Clinical Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Preliminary Effects of the Incredible Years Teacher Training Program on Classroom Management Skills.” (2012) · 6 citations
- Kristen Mahony-Atallah, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Es on designing and implementing strengths-based, positive psychology–informed interventions that promote well-being across educational systems. Her work emphasizes Tier 2 supports that integrate academic engagement, student mental health
Notable: “A virtual adaptation of the taped problems intervention for increasing math fact fluency.” (2022) · 5 citations
- Whitney Griffin, Assistant Clinical Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Peer Perceptions of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders” (2018) · 13 citations
- Tim Michaelis, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Entrepreneurial Frugality: A New Measure” (2017) · 1 citations
- Dana Kotter-Gruehn, Teaching Professor and Director of Advising
On psychosocial development in adulthood. Dr. Kotter-Gruehn is committed to fostering students’ academic, cognitive, and personal growth through advising, mentorship, and teaching. She is involved in course, curriculum, and program developm
- Denis Gray, Emeritus Professor
Es on science and technology policy issues, particularly the outcomes and implications of cooperative research centers. For the past twenty-five years he has led a unique, multi-faceted ‘improvement-focused’ evaluation of the National Scien
- Jeff Braden, Professor Emeritus
Lie primarily in enhancing the robustness of published research in school psychology, the intended and unintended consequences of assessment, deafness and cognition, assessment of cognitive abilities in students with disabilities, and preve
- Marisa Lytle, Assistant Teaching Professor
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.