Dr. Kathryn Becker Blease studies child abuse and trauma across the lifespan, Science of Teaching and Learning, and Implementation Science in Higher Education. She is also interested in ethical methods for researching and teaching about difficult topics like trauma.
Dr. Kathleen Bogart studies attitudes toward people with disabilities and the way people with disabilities adapt to their conditions and manage stigma. Specifically, much of her work focuses on facial movement disorders (e.g. facial paralysis, Parkinson’s disease).
Dr. Matteo Bugatti is an Assistant Professor of Psychology with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. His extensive background in psychotherapy research shapes his current work, which centers on leveraging technology to personalize and optimize psychological treatments.
Dr. Daniel Bradford studies the role of stress reactivity in mental health using experimental psychopathology and open, reproducible, and equitable psychophysiological methods with focus on psychological processes at the interface of affect and addiction.
Dr. Iván Carbajal studies cultural neuroscience, specifically looking at the unique cognitive process in bicultural and bilingual Latinxs, and in racial, social justice, and critical consciousness identity development.
Dr. Shana Carpenter studies learning and memory, including theoretical mechanisms involved in memory formation and retrieval, myths and misconceptions about memory, and how to improve the efficiency of students’ learning in real-world situations.
Dr. Anita Cservenka studies the effects of young adult substance use (primarily cannabis and alcohol use) on neurocognitive functioning, behavior, and health outcomes.
Dr. Jessee Dietch is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified in behavioral sleep medicine. Her research specifically focuses on 1) developing, testing, and disseminating behavioral sleep health interventions, 2) characterizing sleep health in special populations, and 3) developing and evaluating measures of sleep health and sleep disorders.
Dr. Goldman’s research focuses on increasing first-generation college student retention in higher education through task value and engagement interventions.
Dr. Regan A.R. Gurung research encompasses social, health, and pedagogical psychology and is currently investigating ways to diffuse prejudice and sexism, and unpacking the factors that can increase learning.
Dr. Sabine Huemer is an environmental psychologist who studies the effects of nature, natural elements, and environmental challenges on cognitive processes and mental wellbeing. Dr. Huemer holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and is a trained Nature Health Coach certified by the University of Munich, Germany in collaboration with the German Kneipp Physicians Association. Dr. Huemer is founding member of OSU’s Nature Rx Alliance, member of the Carbon Commitment Committee of the OSU Faculty Senate, and the Climate Advisory Board of the city of Corvallis.
Dr. David Kerr studies individual, community, and policy-level influences on substance use, health, and adjustment among adolescents and young adults.
Dr. Mei-Ching Lien studies the relationship between attention and human performance as well as cognitive changes associated with aging.
Dr. Kristen Macuga studies engineering psychology, multi-sensory perception, motor control and learning, action observation, motor imagery, tool use, virtual reality, driving, and cognitive neuroscience (fMRI).
Dr. Jason McCarley studies Attention, Decision making, Human Factors, and Bayesian Statistics.
Dr. Christopher Sanchez studies Individual differences, design of learning environments, STEM learning and instruction, human factors, human-computer interaction, visualizations, working-memory capacity, spatial reasoning, technology-mediated collaboration, text processing, cognitive performance under physical pain, small devices, eye-tracking, consumer branding, bilingualism, adaptive technology, and perceptual judgments.
Dr. Steven Sanders studies the experiences of historically marginalized individuals. Specifically, examining the identity and adjustment processes of Black and Brown people.
Dr. Aurora Sherman studies gender, gender socialization and health and social relationships across the life span, as well as personality factors in satisfaction with relationship, and the impact of sexualization on psycho-social and cognitive functioning in childhood and adulthood.