MaryAnn Flynn Bush
Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair
Phone: (585) 389-2743
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Education: 1974 B.A., M.A. Bradley University, Peoria,IL (Psychology); 1988 Ph.D. University of Illinois, Champaign(Counseling, Organizational specialty)
Teaching Interests:: Introduction to Psychology, Counselingand Psychotherapy, Physiological Psychology, Sensation and Perception,Psychology of Women.
Research Interests: Psychology of music with an emphasison the physiological, affective, and performance changes involvedwith exposure to music. Additional interest in the cultural specificmusic experience.
Rebecca Achtman
Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Phone: (585) 389-2741
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Education: 1998 B.Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Mathematics
& Neuroscience); 2003 Ph.D. McGill University, Montreal, Canada
(Neurological Sciences).
Teaching Interests: Sensation & Perception, Introduction to
Psychology, Physiological Psychology and Human Behavior and the Brain.
Research Interests: How vision, attention and cognition change with
experience. I use a number of techniques including behavioral measures
and brain imaging (fMRI) in my research.
Tim Bockes
Ph.D. Professor
Phone: (585) 389-2742
E-Mail
Education: 1980 B.A., University of Vermont (English);1989 M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder (Psychology); 1991Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder (Psychology)
Teaching Interests: Multicultural Psychology, HumanLearning and Behavior Management, Personality Theory, Statisticsand Research Methods
Research Interests: Sociocultural correlates of: Individualismand Authoritarianism. Belief systems, and child-rearing/teachingtechniques.
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Diane Enerson
Ph.D. Professor
Director of Center for Teaching Excellence
Phone: (585) 389-2380
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Education: : 1968 B.S. (Biochemistry) The Pennsylvania State University, University Park and Knox College, Galesburg Il; 1976 M. A. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (Special Education): Ph. D. 1991 University of Chicago, Chicago, Il (learning psychology and research methods).
Teaching Interests: Introductory psychology, introduction to research methods, and cross-cultural psychology
Research Interests: Expert/novice differences and the development of expertise. Cross cultural studies, especially with regard to the relationship between the context for learning and what is learned. Quasi-experimental research design and other qualitative research methodologies.
Rebecca Fahy
Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Phone (585) 389-2735
E-Mail
Education: 1998 B.S. Saint Vincent College (Psychology), Latrobe, PA ; 2001 M.A. West Virginia University (Life-span Developmental Psychology); 2003 Ph.D. West Virginia University (Life-span Developmental Psychology)
Teaching Interests: Introduction to Psychology; Lifespan Development, Social Development, Social Psychology, Reseach Design and Statistics
Research Interests: Friendship problems and friendship dissolution; friendships during
transitions in life; peer relationships of adolescents and college students.
Grant Gutheil
Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Phone: (585) 389-2737
Email
Education: 1986, BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Geneseo.
1993 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Teaching Interests: Infancy and child development, Statistics and research methods, Cognition and development, Introduction to psychology, Psychologyand terrorism, History of Psychology, Educational psychology.
Research interests: Conceptual development in early childhood, Cognition and Identity, Adult cognition, Naive theories, Intersection of Psychology and Physics, Categorization and Induction.
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Sekile Nzinga-Johnson
Ph.D. Associate Professor
Director of Women’s Studies Program
Phone: (585) 389-2739
Email
Education: 1993, B.S. Morgan State University, Baltimore (Social Work); 1994, Ohio State University, Columbus (Clinical Social Work); 2001, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (Human Development)
Teaching Interests: Mental health; Culturally competent psychology; Qualitative and Quantitative research methods; Infancy, early childhood, and parenting; Women's/Gender issues in psychology; Program, Design, Development & Evaluation
Research Interests: Socioemotional development of children; Race, SES and gender issues in parenting & child development; Resiliency of African American mothers; Culturally sensitive research methods & instrument development, Home, school & community influences on child functioning, Program Evaluation
David Page
Ph.D. Professor
Phone: (585) 389-2740
E-mail
Education: 1973 B.A. Framingham State College, Framingham,MA (Psychology); 1977 Ph.D. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA(Social Development)
Teaching Interests: Social and Developmental Psychologywith an emphasis on the connections between theory, research,and applications in these areas. Statistics and Experimental Design.
Research Interests: My research interests concern social cognition, a research domain that focuses on how our thoughts and perceptions inform our social interactions. Recently I've been most interested in how attitudes and stereotypes concerning the connections among gender, sex, and sexuality impact on our interactions with and evaluations of others.
David Steitz
Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Director of Gerontology Program
Phone: (585) 389-2738
E-mail
Education: 1998, B.A. Drew University (Psychology, Sociology); 2001, 2004 ,M.S., Ph.D. Syracuse University (Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Aging).
Teaching Interests: Developmental Psychology with an emphasis on middle- through late-adulthood; Issues in Aging; Aging and Community Service; Memory and Cognition; Sensation and Perception; Statistics and Research Methods; Introduction to Psychology.
Research Interests: Aging in contemporary society; memory and cognition in everyday/real-world environments; the teaching of psychology.