Psychology Department

Margaret Bierly, Professor, PhD, Stanford University, 1978. Developmental Psychology; Adult Attachment; Interpersonal Relationship Quality and Personality Variables

x5377, MODC 108
mbierly@csuchico.edu

Diane Chatlosh, Professor, PhD, University of Iowa, 1989.
Human Judgments and Decision-Making; Causality; Animal Cognition; Comparative Psychology; Psychology and the Law

x6486, MODOC 113 (on leave through Summer 2008)
DChatlosh@csuchico.edu

Katherine Cushing, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Arizona, 1988.
Assessment of Student Learning; K-12 Education/Teaching; Expertise/Expert-Novice Differences; Leadership Development; Mentoring/Induction Program; Qualitative Data Analysis

x5281, MODOC 121
KCushing@csuchico.edu

Michael Ennis, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of California, Davis, 2006.
Stress Responses, Anxiety, Interoception, and Coping Strategies; Human Psychophysiology

x4963, MODOC 204
MEnnis@csuchico.edu

Lawrence Herringer, Professor, PhD, University of California, Riverside, 1987.
Human personality, Religion and Spirituality, Positive Psychology, Self-concept, and Quantitative Methods

x4803, Modoc 203
LHerringer@csuchico.edu

David Hibbard, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006.
Developmental Psychology, Adolescent Social Development, Development of Perfectionism, Gender Differences in Social Interaction

x5430, Modoc 115
DRHibbard@csuchico.edu

Leesa Huang , Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Northern Colorado, 2004.
School Psychology; System-Level Intervention; Home-School Collaboration; Assessment of Low Incidence Disabilities

x5164, Modoc 109
LVHuang@csuchico.edu

Linda Kline, Associate Professor, PhD, Colorado State University, 1990.
Social and Environmental Psychology; Interpersonal Distance and Nonverbal Communication; Human-Animal Bond; Women's Issues; Exercise and Sports Psychology

x6263, Modoc 119
LKline@csuchico.edu

Penelope Kuhn, Associate Professor, PhD, Georgetown University, 2002
Central Nervous System Regeneration and Plasticity, Growth Factors, Spinal Cord Injury, Oligodendrocyte Response to Injury, and Mouse Models of Central Nervous System Disease

x6750, Modoc 208
Pkuhn@csuchico.edu

Peter Lopez , Associate Professor, PhD, University of New York, Buffalo, 1995.
Child and Adult Therapy; Family Systems Therapy; Sexual Behavior; Aggression

x5292, Modoc 104
PALopez@csuchico.edu

Sandra Machida,
Professor, PhD, Stanford University, 1981.
Developmental psychology with a focus on variations in socialization contexts including parenting styles, cross-cultural variations, intervention programs, poverty, early childhood development, school readiness evaluation

x4912, Modoc 219A
SMachida@csuchico.edu

Marvin Megibow, Professor, PhD, University of Maryland, 1971.
Burnout/Stress; Anxiety; Depression; Family Therapy; Health Psychology and Wellness Issues; Ethical & Legal Issues in Psychology; Prejudice, Hate and Violence Issues

x6366, Modoc 117
MMegibow@csuchico.edu

Joyce Norman, Professor Emeritus, PhD, University of California, Riverside, 1974.
Biological Psychology; Health Psychology, Shyness and Vagal Tone

JNorman@csuchico.edu

Brian Oppy, Professor & Chair, PhD, University of California, Davis, 1995.
Emotion, Memory, & Learning; Reading; Pedagogy; Technology and Learning.

x4609,   Modoc 210
BOppy@csuchico.edu

Joseph Russo, Professor, PhD, University of Utah, 1974.
Counseling Process & Outcome Issues and Intervention Modalities; Counselor Training and Supervision Issues and Processes; Couple's Communication & Intimacy Issues; Competition and Collaboration Research; Anxiety and Depression Research; Multicultural Issues, including gender and sexual identity issues; Psychopharmacology Research; Research related to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; Self-Esteem Models and Research

x5368, Modoc 201
JRusso@csuchico.edu

Jane Rysberg, Professor, PhD, Arizona State University, 1981.
Developmental Psychology; Successful Aging; Parent-Child Relations; Fathering/Step-fathering; Sibling Relationships

x5178, Modoc 206
JRysberg@csuchico.edu

Arthur Sanchez, Professor, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989.
Family Therapy; Multicultural Counseling; Group Counseling; Individual Counseling

x6760, Modoc 209
ASanchez@csuchico.edu

Neil Schwartz, Professor, PhD, Arizona State University, 1987.
Learning, cognition and instruction broadly defined. Current research focus areas are: Learning and Problem Solving in Web-based Environments; Development of Web-based Instructional Systems in Science; Metaphorical Graphics in Instruction; Theoretical Study of Configurational Knowledge and Metacognition in Web-based Learning

x4968, Modoc 202
NSchwartz@csuchico.edu

Theodore Singelis, Professor, PhD, University of Hawaii, 1995.
Dr. Singelis is currently working on research funded by the National Institute of Health. This three-year project investigates diet and physical activity in the Mexican American community. Other research interests include: Cultural influences on, and differences in, social behavior, self-conceptions, and personality across the life span; health and health behaviors in the Mexican American community; Social beliefs across cultures and across the life span

x4009, Modoc 207
TSingelis@csuchico.edu

In Memory of Paul Spear, Professor, PhD, University of Denver, 1970.

Daniel Stuempfig, Professor, PhD, University of Illinois, 1971.
Learning in the Schools; Academic Motivation; Prejudice and Discrimination

x5158, Modoc 206
DStuempfig@csuchico.edu

Martin van den Berg , Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Virginia, 2006.
Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Synesthesia

x3472, Modoc 210
mvandenberg@csuchico.edu

Edward Vela, Professor, PhD, Texas A&M University, 1989.
Memory and Concept Formation in Children and Adults; Problem Solving; Creativity; Motion Perception; Theories of Consciousness; Artificial Intelligence; Philosophy of Mind

x6262, Modoc 110
EVela@csuchico.edu

David Winzenz, Professor, PhD, Stanford University, 1970.
Human Learning

x5264, Modoc 111
DWinzenz@csuchico.edu

James Wolfe, Professor, PhD, University of Georgia, 1993.
School Psychology; Cognitive Assessment; Socio-Emotional Assessment; Neuropsychology

x4093, Modoc 112
JWolfe@csuchico.edu

Denise Worth, Professor Emeritus, PhD, University of Tennessee, 1973.
School Psychology (particularly academic motivation and inclusion issues); Child Counseling

DWorth@csuchico.edu

Daniel Worthen, Associate Professor, PhD, Colorado State University, 2000.
Animal Learning, Cognition and Behavior, Behavioral Neuroscience; Neural Network Modeling, Animal Welfare Issues, Philosophical Issues in Behavioral and Neural Sciences

x5363, Modoc 205
DWorthen@csuchico.edu