Psychology Faculty

Jennifer Ablow

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4554
Office: 475 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, Infant-Parent Attachment, Maternal Brain, Influence of Familial Risk and Protective Factors to Development of Stress, Physiological, and Emotion Regulation

Nicholas Allen

Professor
Ann Swindells Professor; Director, Center for Digital Mental Health
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4075
Office: 479 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Clinical, Adolescent Development and Mental Health, Mood Disorders, Sleep, Developmental Social and Affective Neuroscience, Family Processes, Digital Mental Health, Assessment and Intervention, Prevention Research

Sunny Bai

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 971-352-4016
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, stress and coping, emotion regulation, family relationships, peer relationships, depression, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods

Jagdeep Bala

Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Multidisciplinary Science, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4953
Office: 225 Straub Hall

Dare Baldwin

Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4964
Office: 467 Straub Hall and 210 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 3:30-5:30pm Chapman 210 and Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm Straub 467
Research Interests: Development, Language Acquisition, Event Processing, Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Development, Developmental Consequences of Malnutrition, Behavioral Response to Natural Hazards

Ted Bell

Research Associate
Instructor
Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4892
Office: 385 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Memory, Attention, Educational Applications of Cognitive Science

Elliot Berkman

Professor; Divisional Associate Dean, Natural Sciences
CTN Co-Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4909
Office: 332 LISB
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Translational Neuroscience, Self-Regulation, Goals, Motivation

Debi Brannan

Pro Tem Instructor
Psychology
Office: 364 Straub Hall

Stephanie Cacioppo

Courtesy Assistant Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Office: 329 Straub Hall

Melynda Casement

Associate Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-7051
Office: 397 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Clinical Science, Developmental Psychopathology, Affective Processing, Sleep, Stress Neurobiology, Translational Neuroscience

Robert Chavez

Associate Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4943
Office: 433 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Social Neuroscience, Self, Interpersonal Perception, Individual Differences, Computational Methods

Evelyn Cho

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 971-352-4021
Research Interests: Clinical Psychology

Sam Clark

Pro Tem Instructor
Psychology

David Condon

Courtesy Assistant Professor
Psychology
Office: 323 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social-Personality, Personality and Individual Differences, Data Science, Interests, Motivation, Cognitive Abilities, Creativity, Assessment, Psychometrics, Scale Development

Sheila Crowell

Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0396
Office: 427 LISB
Research Interests: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Emotion Dysregulation, Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors, Dynamic Relationship Patterns, and Psychophysiology.

Paul Dassonville

Associate Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4956
Office: 331 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience

Sarah Dimakis

Pro Tem Instructor
Psychology
Office: 461 Straub Hall

Nicole Dudukovic

Neuroscience Major Director, Senior Instructor I
Clark Honors College, Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-7225
Office: 387 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By appointment Mondays 9:00-11:00am and Thursdays 1:00-2:00pm (sign up at https://nicoledudukovic.youcanbook.me/) or drop-in Thursdays 2:00-3:00pm
Research Interests: Human memory, cognitive neuroscience

Ruth Ellingsen

Clinical Associate Professor
Clinic Director
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4954
Office: 194 Straub Hall

Caitlin Fausey

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4951
Office: 465 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Developmental, Cognitive Development, Language, Vision, Music, Everyday Infancy

Michelle Fenesy

Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Clinic Director
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0163

Lauren Forrest

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4803
Research Interests: Clinical, Eating Disorders, Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors, Applying Advanced Quantitative Methods to Clinical Science, Intersectionality, Multilevel Influences

Tina Gupta

Incoming Assistant Professor (Fall 2025)
Psychology
Research Interests: Clinical Psychology, Adolescent Development, Risk for Severe Mental Illness, Psychosis-risk, Resilience, Emotion, Negative Symptoms, Reward Processing, Early Intervention and Prevention, Affective Neuroscience

Taylor Guthrie

Pro Tem Instructor
Psychology

Sara Hodges

Professor
Department Head
Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4919
Office: 463 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Perspective Taking, Inferential (Empathic Accuracy), Comparison and Judgment Processes, and Social Comparison

Benjamin Hutchinson

Assistant Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4905
Office: 329 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience, Memory, Attention

Christina Karns

Assistant Research Professor
Senior Instructor I
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0550
Office: LISB 226 & Rainier Building, CBIRT, Suite 220

Carolin Keutzer

In Memoriam
Psychology
Research Interests: Clinical

Amy Konyn

Pro Tem Instructor
Research Associate
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology

Mariah Kornbluh

Associate Professor
Psychology
Office: 333 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Developmental

Brice Kuhl

Professor
Associate Head
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4983
Office: 333 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory, Cognitive Control, fMRI Methods

Megan Kunze

Assistant Research Professor
SPED EI/ECSE Practicum Supervisor
Applied Behavior Analysis, College of Education, Psychology, Special Education

Anne Mannering

UO Online Master's in Psychology Program Director and Lecturer
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Office: 250 Lisb

Robert Mauro

Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4917
Office: 327 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00 Straub 327 & by appointment; please e-mail to set appointments
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Decision Making, Aviation Psychology, Psychology and Law, and Human Emotions.

Ulrich Mayr

Lewis Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4944
Office: 328 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience

Jeffrey Measelle

Professor
Food Studies, Global Health Program, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4570
Office: 473 Straub Hall
Office Hours: T 9-11am, R 1-2:30pm
Research Interests: Developmental, Developmental Stress Biology, Caregiving Support for Early Brain Development, Pediatric Global Health

Chanel Meyers

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4191
Office: 335 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social Personality, Diversity in Society, Intergroup Processes

Kate Mills

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0475
Office: 337 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Development, Adolescence, Social Cognition, Social Networks, Environmental Education, Climate Change,

Deepu Murty

Associate Professor
Chair of the Committee for an Inclusive Community
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-1045
Office: 335 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Motivation, Adaptive Behavior

John Myers

Career Instructor
Pro Tem Instructor
Law-CRES, Psychology
Office: 429 Straub Hall

Alayna Park

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-9798
Office: 288 Straub Hall

Shannon Peake

Research Assistant Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4664
Office: 426 LISB
Research Interests: developmental psychology, parent-child interaction, intervention, social emotional development,

Jordan Pennefather

Senior Instructor II
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-5582
Office: 423 Straub Hall

Ellen Peters

Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor
Director, Center for Science Communication Research (SCR)
Psychology, SOJC, SOJC-Advertising
Phone: 541-346-3828
Office: 110A Allen Hall
Research Interests: Science Communication, Judgment and Decision Making, Numeracy, Affect and Emotion, Adult Aging

Jennifer Pfeifer

Professor
CTN Co-Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-1984
Office: 334 LISB
Research Interests: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Adolescence, Puberty, Self, Social Cognition, Emotion, Motivation, Decision-Making, Mental Health, Social Learning, Self-Regulation

Curtis Phills

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0803
Office: 3 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Attitudes, Stereotypes, Intersectionality

Gerard Saucier

Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4927
Office: 425 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Personality, Values, Cultural Psychology, Moral Psychology

Margaret E. Sereno

Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4915
Office: 330 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience

Birdie Shirtcliff

Research Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4852
Office: Straub Hall, Rm 133

Elizabeth Skowron

Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-9329
Office: 437 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Clinical, Development, Parenting Processes, Adversity, Self-Regulation, Child & Family Interventions, Translational Science.

Paul Slovic

Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-485-2400
Office: Decision Research
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Judgment and Decision Making, Risk Perception, Affect and Information Processing, Genocide, Human Rights, Virtuous Violence, Preventing Nuclear War, Behavioral Economics

Matt Smear

Associate Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4389
Office: 212A Huestis Hall
Research Interests: Systems Neuroscience

Nash Unsworth

Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-2921
Office: 327 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience, Memory and Attention

Mike Wehr

Professor
College Scholars, Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-5866
Office: 213 LISB
Research Interests: Systems Neuroscience

Sara Weston

Associate Professor
Chair of the Graduate Education Committee
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Office: 325 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social-Personality, Health, Personality Development

Ariel Williamson

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 971-342-4004
Research Interests: Clinical, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Community-Engaged Research, Health Disparities, Sleep Medicine, Implementation Science

Blanche Wright

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4831
Research Interests: Clinical psychology, equity in evidence-based mental health care, dissemination and implementation science, youth mental health, minority stress, family/parent engagement, Latinx/Latiné diaspora, mental health policy/financing

Sonja Yokum

Pro Tem Instructor
Psychology
Office: 329 Straub Hall

Maureen Zalewski Regnier

Professor
Director of Clinical Training
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-7053
Office: 215 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental Psychopathology, Parental Psychopathology, Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotion Regulation, HPA-Axis

Ahmar Zaman

Career Instructor
Psychology
Office: 421 Straub Hall

Dasa Zeithamova

Associate Professor
Chair of the Undergraduate Education Committee, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-6731
Office: 325 LISB
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience, Memory