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    Psychology Faculty and Research Interests

 

 
Jeffrey AdamsDr. Jeffrey Adams, Chair

Associate Professor of Psychology 

Current courses:  General Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Social Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Advanced Topics: The Self, and Advanced Social.

Research interests:  Psychology of religious and spiritual thought and behavior, pedagogy, and the interface between social and clinical psychology.

Contact Info: E-mail jadams@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2473
 


Dr. Sue Kuntz

Professor of Psychology

Current courses: Adolescent and Adult Development, Educational Psychology, Peace and Justice, Gender Studies and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Research Interests: Adolescents and their lives; schools and their influence on student’s lives; resiliency.

Contact Info: E-mail skuntz@smcvt.edu
                         Phone: 802-654-2269


Dr. Sharon Lamb

Professor of Psychology

Current courses:  Gender Issues in Psychology, Theories of Personality, Abuse & Victimization, and Practicum.

Research interests:  Girls’ development, media and marketing influences on girls, sexual development in children, blame and responsibility as related to sexual abuse and victimization, abuse and victimization in general, and forgiveness in relation to victims of abuse.

Contact Info: E-mail slamb@smcvt.edu
                         Phone: 802-654-2638
 


Ronald MillerDr. Ronald Miller

Director of Clinical Psychology Graduate Program; Professor of Psychology

Current courses:  Abnormal Psychology, Personality Theories, Systems of Psychotherapy, Peace Psychology, and graduate courses on clinical intervention and intensive psychotherapy.

Research interests:  Philosophy of psychology and the theories of psychotherapy.

Contact Info: E-mail rmiller@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2288



David LandersDr. David Landers

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology

Current Courses :   Abnormal Psychology, Sports Psychology, Men & Masculinities.

Research Interests:  Academic Achievement and Gender, Hazing, Adolescents and their challenges, Student-Athletes, and Self-Assessment and Goal Development.

Contact Info: E-mail dlanders@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2817


David BoyntonDr. David Boynton

Associate Professor of Psychology

Current courses:  Psychological Statistics, Research Methods, Cognitive Psychology, The Psychology of Intuition, and History of Psychology.

Research interests:  Judgment and decision making, gambling behavior, intuition, and connectionist models of cognitive psychology.

Contact Info: E-mail dboynton@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2641


Renee CarricoDr. Renee Carrico

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Current courses: Research Methods, Child Development, The Thinking Child, Children and Media.

Research interests:  Perceptual-motor and cognitive development of infants and young children.

Contact Info: E-mail rcarrico@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2383


Dr. Ari Kirshenbaum

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Current courses:  Graduate course in Psychopharmacology & Neuropsychology, Undergraduate courses in Animal Learning and Behavior, General Psychology, Drugs and Behavior, & Research Methods.

Research interests:  Behavioral models of substance abuse and dependence.

Contact Info: E-mail akirshenbaum@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2846


Dr. Molly Millwood

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Current courses:  Practicum I and II, Personality Theories, Research Methods, Psychology of Marriage and Relationships, and Abnormal Psychology.

Research interests:  Couple/marital therapy and relationship functioning, the transition to parenthood, adult attachment, trauma and posttraumatic stress, and emotion dysregulation.

Contact Info: E-mail mmillwood@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2446


Anthony RichardsonDr. Anthony Richardson

Assistant Professor of Psychology 

Current courses:  Physiological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Perception, Statistics.

Research Interests:  Spatial cognition, individual differences, human navigation, and virtual environment interaction.

Contact Info: E-mail arichardson@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2461


Melissa VanderkaayDr. Melissa VanderKaay

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Current courses: Research Methods, Physiological Psychology, the Psychology of Health and Illness.

Research Interests: Cardiovascular reactivity, psychophysiology, health psychology, cigarette smoking, and positive and negative health behaviors.

Contact Info: E-mail mvanderkaay@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2921


Carolyn WhitneyDr. Carolyn Whitney

Assistant Professor of Psychology 

Current courses:  Research Methods, Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Ethical Issues in Psychology, and Positive Psychology.

Research interests:  Health and Well-being among College Students, Resilience, Positive Psychology and Flourishing, and Positive Psychology in the Workplace.

Contact Info: E-mail cwhitney@smcvt.edu
                        Phone: 802-654-2890