Psychology Faculty

Patricia Bach
Assistant Professor
Acceptance and commitment therapy; Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and the role of verbal behavior in psychopathology and problem behavior; disordered eating; stigma

Zack Boukydis
Clinical Associate Professor
The neurobehavioral development of at-risk infants; Models for consultation with parents and infants; Advanced training in infant-parent psychotherapy; Infant cry acoustics as indication of stress and adaptation in neuromaturation; Use of ultrasound in pregnancy to consult with mothers and families; Programs for consulting with families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Dror Ben-Zeev
Assistant Professor
Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) in clinical research and practice, cognitive-behavioral modeling of psychopathology, symptoms of psychosis and mood disorders, the role of negative affect and stigma in severe mental illness

Joyce Hopkins
Associate Professor
Attachment, socio-emotional development in high-risk infants, maternal psychopathology and infant development
M. Ellen Mitchell
Professor and Dean of the Institute of Psychology
Social support, family marital therapy, personality, Internet use, human issues in technology
Robert C. Schleser
Professor
Developmental issues, educational evaluation
Tamara Goldman Sher
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training Program
Health psychology, couples therapy, couples and health
Michael Young
Professor
Cognitive models of depression, seasonal affective disorder, statistical modeling of psychopathology

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Faculty

Roya Ayman
Professor and Director of I/O Psychology Training Program
Leadership and team effectiveness, cross-cultural research, work and family interface, women and minorities in management, organizational climate, and work attitudes and behaviors
Konstantin Cigularov
Assistant Professor
Training and work safety
Kemp Ellington
Assistant Professor
Training evaluation and effectiveness, performance appraisal issues such as rater effects, contextual influences, and developmental feedback
Victoria M. Harmon
Visiting Assistant Professor
Group and team dynamics, group decision-making and problem solving, team effectiveness
Alan Mead
Assistant Professor
Methodological research areas, including applications of psychometric theory and the impact of technology; personality theory
Scott Morris
Associate Professor
Personnel selection and discrimination issues such as sex bias and stereotyping, as well as quantitative and research methodology such as effect size

Rehabilitation Psychology Faculty

Patrick Corrigan
Professor
Psychiatric disabilities and rehabilitation, stigma and stigma change of disabling conditions
Glen O. Geist
Professor Emeritus
Private rehabilitation, job placement
Chow S. Lam
Distinguished IIT Professor and Director, Rehabilitation Counseling Program
Deficit awareness in traumatic brain injury, cross-cultural rehabilitation, stages of change and treatment matching intervention
Frank Lane
Assistant Professor
Assistive technology, attitudes towards people with disabilities, attitude measurement, hate crimes against people with disabilities, access to the criminal justice system by people with disabilities
Jon Larson
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychiatric rehabilitation, employment for individuals with severe mental illness, mental illness stigma, evidence-based practice dissemination, staff burnout, and rehabilitation leadership
Eun-Jeong Lee
Assistant Professor
Cognitive vulnerability model of depression for people with disabilities, positive psychology and disability, psychosocial aspects of disability, research methodologies, and epilepsy rehabilitation

Other Specialties and Undergraduate Advisors

Ruthanna Gordon
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
Memory, judgment, decision-making, social basis of cognition
Margaret Huyck
Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
Developmental psychology
Allen Wolach
Professor Emeritus
Statistical packages, learning models

Faculty of other programs advise undergraduate students as well.

Center for Research and Service

Bruce Fisher
Director, Center for Research and Service

Center for Disability Resources