Psychology at University of South Florida

40 faculty and 0 courses in Psychology at University of South Florida.

Faculty

• Tammy Allen, Distinguished University Professor h-index 87
  Notable: “Consequences associated with work-to-family conflict: A review and agenda for future research.” (2000) · 2,039 citations
• David Diamond, Professor h-index 63
  Notable: “The stressed hippocampus, synaptic plasticity and lost memories” (2002) · 1,521 citations
• Steve W. J. Kozlowski, World Class Scholar and Distinguished University Professor h-index 61
  Notable: “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Work Groups and Teams” (2006) · 2,559 citations
• Jamie Goldenberg, Professor and Area Director h-index 48
  Es on psychological experiences associated with being a woman. To this end, she has conducted extensive research examining the causes and consequences of objectification of women. One approach to these questions is to apply terror managemen
  Notable: “Objectifying Sarah Palin: Evidence that objectification causes women to be perceived as less competent and less fully human” (2009) · 343 citations
• Jennifer Bosson, Professor h-index 45
  Gender beliefs; masculinity; stereotypes and prejudice; discrimination; culture; self and identity Research Synopsis My research examines widespread beliefs about gender and masculinity, and how these shape people's lives. In particular, I
  Notable: “Stalking the perfect measure of implicit self-esteem: The blind men and the elephant revisited?” (2000) · 1,033 citations
• Vicky Phares, Professor h-index 44
  Notable: “Fathers' role in the etiology, prevention and treatment of child anxiety: A review and new model” (2007) · 546 citations
• Edelyn Verona, Professor h-index 41
  Notable: “Psychopathy, antisocial personality, and suicide risk.” (2001) · 326 citations
• Marina Bornovalova, Associate Professor h-index 40
  Es on externalizing psychopathology, personality disorders (in particular, Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD), addiction, and their comorbidity throughout development. I also study nosology and quantitative methods. I am especially inter
  Notable: “Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology” (2018) · 501 citations
• Doug Rohrer, Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “Learning Styles” (2008) · 2,053 citations
• James McHale, Professor h-index 36
  Notable: “Coparenting and triadic interactions during infancy: The roles of marital distress and child gender.” (1995) · 452 citations
• Peter Clayson, Associate Professor h-index 35
  Notable: “Making sense of all the conflict: A theoretical review and critique of conflict-related ERPs” (2014) · 471 citations
• Joseph Vandello, Professor and Graduate Program Director h-index 34
  Manhood, work and family issues, LGBTQ+ issues, cultural psychology, conflict and violence, race, social perceptions of disadvantaged groups, morality and moral judgments Research Synopsis The fundamental question underlying much of my care
  Notable: “Hard won and easily lost: A review and synthesis of theory and research on precarious manhood.” (2012) · 850 citations
• Paul Atchley, Professor h-index 33
  Notable: “Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings” (2012) · 426 citations
• Kristen Salomon, Professor h-index 32
  . My goal throughout this diverse training has been to fully understand and integrate all aspects of a biopsychosocial perspective on stress, cardiovascular reactivity and risk for cardiovascular disease. SPECIALTY AREA CNS (Social Psycholo
  Notable: “Social "facilitation" as challenge and threat.” (1999) · 364 citations
• Toru Shimizu, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs h-index 29
  Notable: “Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei” (2004) · 1,151 citations
• Georgia T. Chao, Professor and Area Director h-index 28
  In the areas of teams, work adjustment, and work design with new technologies. Her research has won awards, including the Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior award presented by the Academy of Management’s OB Division (199
  Notable: “Organizational socialization: Its content and consequences.” (1994) · 1,177 citations
• Marc Karver, Associate Professor h-index 27
  Focus on evaluation and improvement of the quality of mental health services mainly in suicide prevention. I have studied what increases suicide/self-harm risk (building on my published model). I have studies published, presented, or under
  Notable: “Prediction of treatment outcome from relationship variables in child and adolescent therapy: A meta-analytic review.” (2003) · 702 citations
• Kenneth Malmberg, Associate Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Recognition memory: A review of the critical findings and an integrated theory for relating them” (2008) · 176 citations
• Elizabeth Schotter, Associate Professor h-index 23
  Es on understanding the neuro-cognitive mechanisms underlying language processing and comprehension during reading. Her research draws on theories and methods in cognitive science, neuroscience, linguistics, and experimental psychology
  Notable: “Parafoveal processing in reading” (2011) · 622 citations
• Max Owens, Associate Professor h-index 22
  Mood disorders, cognitive control, emotion regulation and working memory training. Proficient in the use of electroencephalography (EEG) and eye-tracking, Owens explores the links between mood disorders and brain function, and seeks
  Notable: “Developmental changes in spontaneous electrocortical activity and network organization from early to late childhood” (2015) · 182 citations
• Diana Rancourt, Professor h-index 21
  Interoceptive awareness of hunger and satiety cues (e.g., food craving, self-reported hunger/satiety, blood glucose fluctuations) as a transdiagnostic mechanism of eating disorders and obesity. The intersection of individual factors and the
  Notable: “Peer Influence and Nonsuicidal Self Injury: Longitudinal Results in Community and Clinically-Referred Adolescent Samples” (2010) · 231 citations
• Robert Schlauch, Professor, Area Director, and Director of Clinical Training h-index 21
  My research interests focus broadly in understanding the role of individual differences in alcohol and drug use behavior. Specifically, I am interested in applying multidisciplinary approaches to the study of: a) processes associated with
  Notable: “Specificity of social anxiety disorder as a risk factor for alcohol and cannabis dependence” (2007) · 507 citations
• Jennifer O'Brien, Associate Professor h-index 21
  Es on the fundamental mechanisms behind perception, attention, and decision-making in healthy adults and in changes to these systems during normal and abnormal aging using both behavioral and neurophysiologicial methods. She is especially i
  Notable: “Selective Visual Attention and Motivation” (2009) · 277 citations
• Tiina Ojanen, Associate Professor h-index 20
  Es on forms and functions of aggression, school bullying and peer victimization (with additional expertise in parenting, prosocial development and social withdrawal). With the goal of understanding psychological predictors and social adjust
  Notable: “An Interpersonal Circumplex Model of Children's Social Goals: Links With Peer-Reported Behavior and Sociometric Status.” (2005) · 249 citations
• Chad Dube, Associate Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “Assessing the belief bias effect with ROCs: It's a response bias effect.” (2010) · 118 citations
• Wendy Rote, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director h-index 17
  Es on answering questions about how individual differences and goals within the relationship between children and parents influence the way family members interact and perceive their interactions. Topics examined include adolescent autonomy
  Notable: “Adolescent–Parent Relationships: Progress, Processes, and Prospects” (2019) · 211 citations
• Tiffany Chenneville, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV Treatment and Research: A Call to Action” (2020) · 182 citations
• Mark Pezzo, Associate Professor h-index 15
  Es on judgmental biases, with a focus on the competing influences of motivational and cognitive processes in a number of areas, including hindsight bias, planning fallacy, perceptions of offensiveness, and the spread of rumors. My most rece
  Notable: “The Psychology of Windfall Gains” (1994) · 403 citations
• Judith Bryant, Professor and Chair h-index 15
  Es on language development and psycholinguistics. She is best known for her work on pragmatic socialization and lexical innovation in the preschool years. She has also conducted research on gender and age differences in expressions of affec
  Notable: “Development and validation of the Compensatory Eating and Behaviors in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale (CEBRACS)” (2011) · 99 citations
• Michael Gillespie, Associate Professor h-index 13
  Decision-making at work, critical thinking, values, organizational culture, psychological measures, and job attitudes. He teaches Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Research Methods, Tests & Measurement, and Statistics. Dr. G
  Notable: “Developing a Biodata Measure and Situational Judgment Inventory as Predictors of College Student Performance.” (2004) · 307 citations
• Anthony Coy, Associate Professor h-index 13
  Es on dyadic perspectives on relationships. Specifically, he examines how partners’ behavior influence each other in romantic relationships. Dr. Coy has also extended relationship theories to understand environmental behavior and person-pet
  Notable: “Building a model of commitment to the natural environment to predict ecological behavior and willingness to sacrifice” (2011) · 315 citations
• Kemesha Gabbidon, Assistant Professor h-index 11
  Youth sexual health, health equity and intersectionality. Dr. Gabbidon leads the I-CARE lab that focuses on intersectional health research relevant to vulnerable communities. Gabbidon has published in the areas of HIV stigma, inters
  Notable: “The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV Treatment and Research: A Call to Action” (2020) · 182 citations
• Juliana French, Assistant Professor h-index 11
  Notable: “Violent video games and real-world violence: Rhetoric versus data.” (2014) · 158 citations
• Christine Ruva, Professor h-index 10
  Broadly construed, my research interests fall in the area of Psychology and Law. More specifically, my research focuses on applying principles of memory, social perception, and group decision-making to the area of jury decision-making. Rese
  Notable: “Effects of pre‐trial publicity and jury deliberation on juror bias and source memory errors” (2006) · 65 citations
• Jay Michaels, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Social Capital, carbon dependency, and public response to climate change in 22 European countries” (2020) · 52 citations
• Claire Smith, Assistant Professor h-index 8
  Notable: “Resign or carry‐on? District and principal leadership as drivers of change in teacher turnover intentions during the COVID ‐19 crisis: A latent growth model examination” (2022) · 38 citations
• Daniel Griffin, Assistant Professor h-index 4
  Es on studying team coordination, cohesion, and performance in high-stakes situations including military, emergency response, and space exploration teams. EDUCATION 2023 Michigan State University: Dual Ph.D. – Organizatio
  Notable: “The dynamic nature of interpersonal conflict and psychological strain in extreme work settings.” (2021) · 43 citations
• Ruthann Atchley, Professor and Associate Chair h-index 3
  Notable: “fMRI Studies of Stroop Tasks Reveal Unique Roles of Anterior and Posterior Brain Systems in Attentional Selection” (2000) · 433 citations
• Daphne Xin Hou, Assistant Professor h-index 2
  Notable: “Measuring SETPOINT vocational interest dimensions: The development and validation of three short scales” (2023) · 5 citations
• Jamie Spiegel, Assistant 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.