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Meet the Faculty and Staff

Our faculty are passionate about the field of psychology and the success of our students. Renowned in their area of expertise, our faculty are researchers, educators and life-long learners.

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Arcediano, Francisco (Pako)
Visiting Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Office: 202 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4612

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Escobar, Martha
Professor
[email protected] Office: 124 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2303

Evolutionary; animal models of psychological dysfunction

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Kozak, Andrea
Associate Professor
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Office: 210 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2319

Clinical Health; cardiovascular health

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Lewis, Mary. B. Eberly
Associate Professor
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Office: 208 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2314

Developmental; adolescent pro-social behavior

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Malatesta, RebeccaSpecial Instructor
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Office: 107 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2693

Psychology Student Success Coordinator/Chief Adviser

Industrial/Organizational

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Manning, Mark
Assistant Professor
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Office: 202 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2343

Social Health; preventative health behaviors

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McDonald, Melissa M.
Associate Professor
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Office: 204 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4195

Evolutionary; intergroup conflict

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McGinnis, Deb
Associate Professor
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Office: 119 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2310

Developmental; language and aging

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Purcell, Dean
Professor
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Office: 220 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2305

Perception; visual perception

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Parkhill Purdie, Michele
Associate Professor
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Office: 137 Dodge Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3247

Social Health; violence against women and LGBTQ individuals; emotion regulation; childhood trauma

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Randall, Brandy A.
Professor and Dean of Graduate School
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Office: 520 O’Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3169

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Raman, Lakshmi
Associate Professor
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Office: 122 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2302

Developmental; children's cognitive development

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Shackelford, Todd K.
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology
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Office: 112 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2285

Evolutionary; sperm competition, religion, and sexual coercion

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Sifonis, Cynthia
Associate Professor
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Office: 222 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4680

Cognitive; Creative learning, creativity, analogy

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Taku, Kanako
Professor
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Office: 123 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2309

Social; post-traumatic growth

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Vonk, Jennifer
Professor
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Office: 211 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2318

Comparative; animal cognition and cognitive development

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Welling, Lisa
Associate Professor
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Office: 212 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2915

Evolutionary; hormones and behavior

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Williams, Keith
Associate Professor
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Office: 224 Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2308

Biopsychology; addiction and pharmacology

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Zeigler-Hill, Virgil
Professor
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Office: 212A Pryale Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2676

Personality; self-esteem, narcissism, and interpersonal relationships

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Arcediano, Francisco
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Bergeron, Nicholas
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Bernstein, Paul
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Camden, Adrian
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Delecce, Tara
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Fishta, Sebi
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Meyer, Tina
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Weekes-Shackelford, Viviana
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Akinseye, Abiodun 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Manning

Benton, Bridget
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Program: MS
Advisor: Vonk

Edge, Jared
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Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Elam, Taylor
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Taku

Greene, Brittany
[email protected]
Program: PhD 
Advisor: Vonk

Gross, Robert
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Hicks, Paxton 
[email protected]
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Taku

Holler, Richard 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Welling

Hunt, Kaylynn 
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Lewis

James, Rachel 
Program: PhD
Advisor: McDonald

Lunge, Jenna 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Welling

Luttrell, Lewis 
Program: MS
Advisor: Taku

Majewski, Haylee 
Program: BA/MS
Advisor: Escobar

Meehan, Madeleine 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Mongene, Noelle 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Purdie

Montalto, Gina 
Program: MS
Advisor: Vonk

Motzny, Samuel 
Program: MS
Advisor: McDonald

O'Connor, Victoria 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Ott, Joy 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Pappas, Jacob 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Pouncy, Michael 
Program: MS
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Quay, James 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Sauls, Destaney 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Schoemann, Michael 
Program: MS
Advisor: Purdie

Sheetz, Katherine 
Program: MS
Advisor: Welling

Stabile, Vincent 
Program: MS
Advisor: Shackelford

Szala, Anna
Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Taylor, Elizabeth 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Purdie

Taylor, Sean 
[email protected]
Program: MS
Advisor: Purdie

Truax, Jordyn
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Vonk

Vance, Gavin 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor : Shackelford

Vrabel, Jennifer
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Zeigler-Hill

Walquist, Emma 
[email protected]
Program: MS
Advisor: McDonald

Wehbe, Yzar 
[email protected]
Program: PhD
Advisor: Shackelford

Zheng, Wenqi 
Program: PhD
Advisor: Purdie

Danielle Bildson
[email protected]
248-370-2300

Department of Psychology

Pryale Hall, Room 111
654 Pioneer Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
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(248) 370-2300
Fax: (248) 370-4612