Faculty Research Interests
At Pitt, faculty research interests cross program boundaries.
Students' research training is enriched by drawing from faculty with complementary areas of research. Department faculty are affiliated with one or more of the core graduate training programs, and many faculty from other departments in the University hold adjunct appointments in the Department of Psychology. This permits them to serve as resources to graduate students, including serving on students' advising and examination committees.
This list represents this larger community of scholars, and is organized by the major areas of research within the department. See individual programs for more specific descriptions of faculty research interests.
Addictive Behavior & Psychopharmacology
Caggiula, Donny, Loeber, Molina, Perkins, Sayette, Shiffman
Aggression and Violence
Attention Processes
Luna, McCall, Schneider, Wheeler
Behavior Genetics
Ganger, Manuck, Pogue-Geile, Roecklein
Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine
Cognitive or Affective Neuroscience
Becker, Cohn, Erickson, Fiez, Luna, Perfetti, Pogue-Geile, Reichle, Schneider, Siegle, Wheeler
Concepts, Concept Acquisition
Crowley, Johnson, Nokes, Schunn
Emotions, Emotional Development, Motivation
Brownell, Campbell, Cohn, Frank, Frieze, Greenberg, Johnson, Loeber, McCall, Nelson-Le Gall, Roecklein, Sayette, Shaw, Siegle
Family Processes in Development
Brownell, Campbell, Cohn, Crowley, Loeber, McCall, Molina, Nelson-Le Gall, Shaw
Group, Intergroup, and Collaborative Processes
Brownell, Crowley, Lesgold, Levine, Moreland, Nelson-Le Gall, Resnick, Schofield, Schunn
Instruction, Assessment, Achievement
Crowley, Frieze, Lesgold, McCall, Nelson-Le Gall, Nokes, Perfetti, Resnick, Schofield, Schunn
Language Processes
Fiez, Ganger, Iverson, Perfetti, Reichle, Warren
Learning, Problem-solving, Reasoning
Crowley, Johnson, Lesgold, Luna, McCall, Nokes, Perfetti, Reichle, Resnick, Schneider, Schunn, Warren
Memory Processes
Psychoneuroimmunology & Behavioral Oncology
Caggiula, Manuck, Marsland, Matthews
Psychopathology, Behavior Problems
Campbell, Cohn, Frank, Kamarck, Loeber, Luna, Marcus, Molina, Pogue-Geile, Roecklein, Sayette, Shaw, Siegle
Psychophysiology
Kamarck, Manuck, Marsland, Matthews, Siegle
Sensory and Perceptual Processes
Fiez, Iverson, Luna, McCall, Reichle, Schneider
Social Cognition
Brownell, Greenberg, Johnson, Levine, Moreland, Nelson-Le Gall, Resnick, Schofield
Social Interaction and Social Influence Processes
Brownell, Campbell, Cohn, Frieze, Greenberg, Levine, Loeber, Moreland, Nelson-Le Gall, Resnick, Schofield, Shaw