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Susan Bluck, Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine, 1997). Associate Professor. Dr. Bluck's research focuses on autobiographical memory and reasoning (how people remember and think about the events of their own lives) across the adult life span, and especially in later life. Her specific research interests include age differences and continuities in: (a) the everyday uses of autobiographical memory, reminiscence, and the life story, and (b) the relation of autobiographical memory to self-conceptions and well-being.
M. Jeffrey Farrar, Ph.D. (Emory University, 1985). Associate Professor. Dr. Farrar's research is focused on language development from a cognitive linguistic perspective. Current studies are examining connections between social-cognitive development, such as theory of mind, and language development in both toddlers and preschoolers. A second area of research is memory development with a special emphasis on autobiographical memory development.
Julia A. Graber, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1991). Associate Professor & Area Director. Dr. Graber's research focuses on the transitional aspects of adolescence with particular interest in the entry into adolescence. Her research examines the development of psychopathology across the adolescent decade; the impact of pubertal timing on psychosocial functioning during adolescence and beyond; stress reactivity and psychosocial development in childhood and adolescence; and improving social competence among young adolescents.
Darlene A. Kertes, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 2005). Assistant Professor. Dr. Kertes focuses on the antecedents and consequences of stress in health and development. Her research examines the role of biologically-based child factors and parenting on activity of a stress-sensitive neuroendocrine system. Dr. Kertes further studies the genetic and gene-environment interaction effects on stress-related emotional and health outcomes from childhood through adulthood, including effects on depression and alcohol dependence.
Scott Miller, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1971). Professor. Dr. Scott Miller’s research examines various aspects of children’s cognitive development. The most recent studies focus on developments that fall under the heading of theory of mind, including children’s understanding of false beliefs and the origins of knowledge.
Robin Lea West, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University, 1980). Professor. Dr. West's research focuses on practical aspects of memory and self-regulatory factors that affect memory. This includes: a) the relationship between test performance and self-evaluation of memory (especially self-efficacy), b) techniques for improving the everyday memory skills of older adults, and c) goal-setting and beliefs about memory.
W. Keith Berg, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1973). Professor. Dr. Berg's primary research is on executive functioning processes, especially planning, problem solving, strategy use and working memory in childhood through later life. Brain, behavior and body processes related to executive functioning are assessed with psychophysiological measures including event related potentials, functional MRI, and heart rate changes as well as task performance.
Lise Abrams, Ph.D. (UCLA, 1997). Associate Professor of Psychology (Sensory and Cognitive Area). Research interests include memory, language, and aging.
Shari Ellis, Ph.D. (University of Utah, 1987). Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychology. Development of mathematical and scientific reasoning; social and cultural influences on cognitive development; learning in school and informal settings.
Sheila Eyberg, Ph. D. (University of Oregon, 1972). Distinguished Professor. Clinical child psychology, behavioral assessment, parent-child interaction therapy, and treatment research methodology.
Fonda Davis Eyler, Ph.D. (University of Florida, 1979). Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology). Research on effects of perinatal as well as later risk and protective factors on long-term outcome, including the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on cognitive/executive functioning and psychosocial development in a longitudinal cohort of children and adolescents.
Michael Marsiske, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1992). Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology. Cognitive aging, measurement of everyday/functional cognition in older adults, interventions to enhance elders' cognitive performance; collaborative cognition; sensorimotor-cognition relations.
Ahn, Sunghee: Self development across the life span (Miller)
Anderson, Kim: Executive functions, brain development (Berg)
URL: http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~anderson/
Baron, Jacqueline: Lifespan development, autobiographical memory, memory sharing (Bluck)
URL: http://www.psych.ufl.edu/lifestorylab/
Clemans, Katherine: Adolescent social development, aggression, peer relations (Graber)
Cordell-McNulty, Kristi: Parental involvement in education, social support factors, and motivation (Co-Major Advisors: Ashton & Miller)
Dark-Freudeman, Alissa: Possible selves, self-regulation, and well-being (West)
DeLucca, Teri: development, academic delays in low-income children (Berg)
Demiray, Burcu: Autobiographical memory, self and personality (Bluck)
Hastings, Erin: Everyday memory improvement, motivation, and aging (West)
Holloway, Virginia: Autobiographical memory, narrative development, and language (Farrar)
Marshik, Tesia: Motivation, possible selves, socio-emotional competence, and teacher-student relationships (Co-Major Advisors: Ashton & Graber)
McKay-Easters, Molly: Social-cognitive development, language, theory of mind (Farrar)
Sontag, Lisa: Adolescent development, stress and emotion regulation, psychopathology (Graber)
URL: http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~sontag
Tamargo, Jennifer: Social problem solving, parent/child interactions, and cognitive development (Farrar)
Thompson, Victoria: Social-cognitive development, brain development, theory of mind, language, and autism (Miller)
Derek Montgomery, Assistant Professor, Bradley University, 1993
James Forbes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, 1993
Wendy Seier, Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, 1993
Kristina Baron, Assistant Professor, St. Michael College, 1994
Margaret Friend, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
Michelle Boyer, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, 1995
Heather Holmes, Assistant Professor, Southeastern Louisiana State University, 1996
Mark McManis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1996
Melissa Welch-Ross, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, 1996
Tom Coyle, Assistant Professor, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1997
Elizabeth Garner, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida, 1997
Lauren Fasig, APA Policy Fellow, APA, Washington, D.C.,1998
Jennifer Slawinski, NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh/Penn State & Adjunct Instructor Carnegie Mellon University, 1998
Duana Welch, Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton1998
Monica Yassuda, Grant Project Manager, Georgia State University, 1999
Veda Brown, Assistant Professor, Prairie View College, Texas, 2000
Frances VanVoorhis, Network Facilitator and TIPS Coordinator, National Network of Partnership Schools, Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Dean Sabatinelli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida, 2001
Sara Abraham, Assistant Professor, St. Edward's University
Nicole Alea, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 2004
Laura Curry, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Child Health Policy, University of Florida, 2004
Joann Benigno, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 2004
Dana Byrd, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2004
Semegon, Angi: Clinical Research Coordinator, Gutstein Shelley and Associates, 2006
Maag, Lisa: Assistant Professor, East Carolina University, 2007
Lynne, Sarah: NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2008
McNamara, Joe: Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, 2008
Ahn, Sung-hee: On Leave, 2009
Dark-Freudeman, Alissa: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2009
Sontag, Lisa: NRSA Research Fellow, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2009
Tompkins, Virginia: Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio State University at Lima, 2009