The Department of Psychology faculty members have diverse interests, but are all dedicated to providing excellence in education. In addition to the clinical faculty, the department has other full-time faculty who work with students in the clinical psychology program. These faculty are listed below. General areas of expertise include clinical and child clinical psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, experimental psychology, statistics and research design, perception, cognition, learning and human factors.

Bauer, Jack, Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1999
Interests: Developmental and personality psychology; identity development; creating meaning and happiness in life; life stories, plans and transitions; higher stages of personality development.

Biers, David, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1970
Interests: Statistics; research design; human factors; human computer interaction; workload assessment.

Bower, Samuel, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1963
Interests: Human factors; brain communication; computer- aided cognition; rapid communication and rapid training.

Cahoon, Melissa Berry, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1998
Interests: Social psychology; forensic psychology; social cognition; causal attribution; counterfactual thinking; health-related behaviors.

Crutcher, Robert, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1992
Interests: Cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience; human memory; language processes; improving human memory and thinking skills; verbal reports.

Davis, Susan, Ph.D., Miami University, 1991
Interests: Experimental/cognitive psychology; memory; overconfidence; illusions; aesthetic preferences; preference for faces; research and questionnaire design and analysis.

Elvers, Greg, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1989
Interests: Experimental psychology; perception; cognitive processes; prospective memory; visual displays; alarm displays; aging.

Katsuyama, Ronald, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1977
Interests: Perceptual and cognitive development in children; schema-directed processes in reading; program evaluation.

Kimble, Charles, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1972
Interests: Experimental social psychology; nonverbal communication; interpersonal processes; sports psychology.

Moroney, William, Ph.D., St. John’s University, 1968
Interests: Human factors/ergonomics; system design and development; questionnaires; computer literacy.

Polzella, Donald, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974
Interests: Experimental psychology; perception; cognition; aesthetics; multimedia education.

For core clinical psychology faculty, click here.