Faculty List
Tenure and tenure-track
Duane G Albrecht
Professor Emeritus
albrecht@psy.utexas.edu | 471-4018 | SEA 4.328
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Visual neurophysiology, sensory processes, and perceptionJennifer Beer
Associate Professor
beer@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3224 | SEA 3.208
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Social neuroscience, self, emotion, and social cognitionChristopher G Beevers
Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Mental Health Research
beevers@utexas.edu | (512) 232-3706 | SEA 3.212
Education
Ph.D., University of Miami
Interests
Etiology, maintenance, and treatment of unipolar depression in adultsRebecca Bigler
Professor
bigler@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-9917 | SEA 5.250
Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests
Social cognition in children, gender role development, and racial stereotypingArnold H Buss
Professor Emeritus
buss@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8492 | SEA 4.218
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests
Aggression, temperament, individual differences, and self-consciousnessDavid M Buss
Professor
dbuss@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8489 | SEA 3.228
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Evolutionary psychology, human mating strategies, conflict between the sexes, sexual victimization, prestige, status, and reputation, jealousy, stalking, and murderCaryn L Carlson
Professor and Associate Chair
carlson@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8493 | SEA 4.212A
Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Interests
Positive psychology, well-being, and life satisfactionJessica Church-Lang
Assistant Professor
church@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7009 | SEA 3.230
Education
Ph.D., Washington University at St. Louis
Interests
brain networks, development of task control, development of reading, developmental disorders, neuroimagingLeslie B Cohen
Professor Emeritus
cohen@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0189 | SEA 4.238
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Perception, memory and cognition in infantsLawrence K Cormack
Professor
cormack@utexas.edu | (512) 471-5380 | SEA 4.228
Education
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Visual System; Natural Scene Statistics; Data Analysis and VisualizationDavid Crews
Ashbel Smith Professor
crews@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1113 | PAT 30
Education
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests
Physiology of behavior, sexual differentiation, and sex determinationYvon Delville
Professor
delville@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-5731 | SEA 5.234
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Interests
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Neuroanatomy, Neuropharmacology, Neurotoxicology, and Neuronal PlasticityRandy L Diehl
Professor, David Bruton Jr. Regents Chair in Liberal Arts, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
diehl@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8058 | SEA 4.234
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests
Psycholinguistics, cognition, and speech perceptionJuan M Dominguez
Assistant Professor
dominguez@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8050 | SEA 5.252
Education
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Interests
Neural regulation of motivated behaviors, esp. mating, sexual behavior as a prototypic model for understanding motivation and its associated disorders, and neuroendocrinological factors of depression and addictionMichael P Domjan
Professor
domjan@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7702 | SEA 4.232
Education
Ph.D., McMaster University
Interests
Basic behavioral mechanisms of learning, Pavlovian conditioning, evolutionary constraints on learning, and learning and other psychological processes in musicCatharine H Echols
Associate Professor
echols@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-4879 | SEA 5.220
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests
Cognitive development and language acquisitionKim Fromme
Professor
fromme@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0039 | SEA 3.242
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests
Etiology and prevention of alcohol abuse and risk-taking behaviors (e.g., drugs, sex, aggression)Wilson S Geisler III
David Wechsler Regents Chair, Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems
geisler@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-5380 | SEA 4.328A
Education
PhD, Indiana University
Interests
Vision, mathematical psychology, and computer visionDavid L Gilden
Professor
gilden@utexas.edu | (512) 232-4641 | SEA 3.244 and SEA 5.188
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Cognition and perceptionFrancisco Gonzalez-Lima
George I. Sanchez Centennial Professorship
gonzalezlima@utexas.edu | (512) 471-5895 | SEA 3.236
Education
Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Interests
Neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, physiological psychology, psychobiology, learning and memory, brain energy modulation, and neural mechanisms of behaviorSamuel D Gosling
Professor
samg@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1628 | SEA 3.224
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Interpersonal perception, personality and temperament in non-human animals, and internet research methodsPhilip B Gough
Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests
Psycholinguistics, cognition, reading, and reading acquisitionZenzi M Griffin
Professor
griffinz@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8062 | SEA 5.214
Education
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interests
Language Production, Speech Errors, Personal Names, Cognition, and PsycholinguisticsAndreana P Haley
Assistant Professor
haley@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-0863 | SEA 3.238
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests
Aging, cognition, cognitive impairment, metabolic syndrome, neuropsychological assessment, and neuroimaging (MRI, fMRI, MRS)Kathryn Paige Harden
Assistant Professor
harden@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1124 | SEA 3.246
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests
Behavioral genetics, adolescent development, and externalizing psychopathologyMary M Hayhoe
Professor
mary@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-9338 | SEA 4.234
Education
Ph.D., University of California, San DiegoMarlone D Henderson
Assistant Professor
marlone.henderson@utexas.edu | (512) 471-6447 | SEA 4.224
Education
Ph.D., New York UniversityCharles J Holahan
Professor and Graduate Advisor
holahan@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3320 | SEA 3.202
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Interests
Health Psychology, Stress and Coping, Occupational Stress, Coping with Cardiovascular IllnessWayne H Holtzman
Hogg Professor Emeritus
wayne.holtzman@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-5041 | LAC 4.408A
Education
Ph.D., Psychology and Statistics, Stanford UniversityJoseph M Horn
Professor Emeritus
horn@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1112 | SEA 3.238
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests
Behavior genetics, personality, individual differences, and vocational behaviorAlexander C Huk
Associate Professor
huk@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-5729 | SEA 4.238
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Visual Perception and Visually-Guided Cognition, Neurophysiology and NeuroimagingIra Iscoe
Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus
iiscoe@austin.rr.com | (512) 475-8490 | SEA 2.208
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Community psychology, community mental health, childhood and adolescence, and crisis interventionTheresa A Jones
Professor
tj@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1814 | SEA 6.106
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Neural plasticity across the lifespan, motor skill learning, mechanisms of brain and behavioral adaptation to brain damage, and glial-neuronal interactionsRobert A Josephs
Professor
bob.josephs@utexas.edu | (512) 471-9788 | SEA 3.204
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Social EndocrinologyJudith H Langlois
Charles and Sarah Seay Regents' Professor, Vice Provost and Dean (Interim)
jlanglois@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-9916 | SEA 4.230
Education
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Interests
Developmental psychology, social and personality development, and infancyHongjoo (Joanne) Lee
Assistant Professor
leehj@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8055 | SEA 4.222
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
Roles of amygdala-dopamine systems in learning and memoryCristine H Legare
Assistant Professor
legare@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 232-8044 | SEA 5.216
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Cognitive development, cultural learning, cognitive evolutionMarc S Lewis
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
lewis@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3393 | SEA 4.104
Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Interests
Development of innovative research approaches in biology and medicineJohn C Loehlin
Professor Emeritus
loehlin@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7008 | SEA 3.218
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Human behavior genetics, multivariate statistics, and structural modelingPeter F Macneilage
Professor Emeritus
macneilage@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7009 | SEA 6.108
Education
Ph.D., McGill University
Interests
psycholinguistics, dynamics of speech articulation, neuropsychology of language, and comparative neurobiology of complex action systems (vocal and manual)W. Todd Maddox
Professor
Maddox@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8494 | SEA 5.226
Education
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests
Cognitive neuroscience of classification, decision-making and attention; translational applications to normal aging, neurological and clinical disordersArthur B Markman
Annabel Iron Worsham Centennial Professor
markman@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4645 | SEA 5.218
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests
Similarity and analogy, categorization, decision making and consumer behavior, and knowledge representationDennis McFadden
Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus in Experimental Psychology
mcfadden@utexas.edu | (512) 471-4324 | SEA 4.226
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests
Hearing, sensory psychology, physiological sex differences, and physiological psychologyRichard P Meier
Professor and Department of Linguistics Chair
rmeier@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1701 | SEA 1.206 (A, C-D)
Education
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Interests
Psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and acquisition of American Sign LanguageCindy M Meston
Professor
meston@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4644 | SEA 3.232
Education
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Interests
Sexual psychophysiology (vaginal photoplethysmography), sexual dysfunction, relation between sexual abuse and sexual function, and the influence of acculturation on sexualityMarie H Monfils
Assistant Professor
marie.monfils@gmail.com | (512) 471-4139 | SEA 6.104
Education
Ph.D., University of Lethbridge
Interests
Fear conditioning, learning, memory, consolidation, extinction, reconsolidation, synaptic plasticity, and long-term potentiationJames W Pennebaker
Regents Centennial Professor and Department Chair of Psychology
pennebaker@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-2781 | SEA 4.212
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Social psychology and psychosomatics, language and health, how individuals, groups, and cultures respond to traumatic eventsJonathan William Pillow
Assistant Professor
pillow@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1923 | SEA 4.104
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Interests
Neural coding, vision, mathematical modeling, and Bayesian statisticsRussell Poldrack
Professor and Director of the Imaging Research Center
poldrack@utexas.edu | (512) 850-6189 | SEA 5.238
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Interests
Cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory, decision making, and executive controlAlison R Preston
Assistant Professor
apreston@mail.clm.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7255 | NHB 3.352
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Cognitive neuroscience of memory, High resolution functional neuroimaging techniques exploring memory processing and interactions with other cognitive processes such as perception, attention, emotion, and decision makingManuel Ramirez III
Professor
ramirez@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7012 | SEA 5.206
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Multicultural personality development and psychotherapy, the dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and mental health of borderlanders and the relation of cultural values to family dynamics, Previous research interests--person perception and verbal learningTimothy J Schallert
Distinguished Teaching Professor
tschallert@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 423-1150 | SEA 5.232
Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Interests
Psychopharmacology, physiological basis of motivated behavior, animal behavior, recovery function after brain damage, experimental neurology, and neurochemistry and behaviorDavid M Schnyer
Associate Professor
schnyer@utexas.edu | (512) 475-8499 | SEA 5.246
Education
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Interests
Cognitive neuroscience of memory, Implicit, explicit and metamemory processing explored in normal and memory disordered populations utilizing behavioral and neuroimaging methodologiesEyal Seidemann
Associate Professor
eyal@mail.cps.utexas.edu | (512) 232-6052 | SEA 4.204
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Neural basis of visual perception and visually guided behavior, Optical imaging and novel neurophysiological techniques, and Computational neuroscienceJanet T Spence
Alma Cowden Madden Centennial and Ashbel Smith Professor Emerita
(512) 471-1157 for contact information on Dr. Janet Spence
Education
Ph. D., University of Iowa
Interests
Psychological Masculinity and Femininity, Gender, Personality, and Achievement MotivationWilliam B Swann
Professor
Swann@utexas.edu | (512) 471-3859 | SEA 3.106
Education
Ph. D., University of Minnesota
Interests
The self, relationships and group processes, including questions such as why people engage in extreme behaviors such as terrorism. Self and identity, group behavior, interpersonal relationships and person perceptionMichael J Telch
Professor
telch@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8488 | SEA 3.102
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Agrophobia, anxiety and phobic disorders, behavioral medicine, behavioral therapies, cognitive processes of behavior change, and therapy outcome evaluationDelbert D Thiessen
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Biopsychology, sociobiology and animal communicationElliot Tucker-Drob
Assistant Professor
tuckerdrob@utexas.edu | (512) 232-4225 | SEA 4.218
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests
developmental behavior genetics, ecological contexts of human development, individual differences, cognitive development/intellectual development, personality development, academic achievement, quantitative modelingJacqueline D Woolley
Professor
woolley@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-5196 | SEA 5.212
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests
Conceptul development in preschool and elementary school children, concept of mind, and fantasy-reality distinctionDavid S Yeager
Assistant Professor
yeager@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1846 | SEA 5.224
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Social-cognitive development, Motivation, Aggression, Adolescence, Research methodology, and Psychological interventionsNon-tenure-track
Kirsten E Bradbury
Lecturer
bradbury@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1096 | SEA 4.316
Education
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Interests
Parenting, parenting stress, family adjustment, assessment and treatment of child and adolescent behavioral and emotional problems, cognitive-behavioral therapies, psycho-physiological stress reduction, intergenerational transmission of health-related attitudes and behaviors, firearms and firearm safety, firearm-related parentingRobert Buchanan
Adjunct Associate Professor
bobbrain64@hotmail.com | (512) 232-6095 | SEA 6.108
Education
M.D., Saint Louis University School of MedicineNicolas Carrasco
Clinical Assistant Professor
dr.nick.carrasco@gmail.com | (512) 471-3393
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinPatrick J Carroll
Senior Lecturer
carroll@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7007 | SEA 5.204
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Interests
Psycholinguistics, cognition, reading, and discourse processingJack De La Torre
Adjunct Professor
jcdelatorre@comcast.net | 760-703-0585
Education
Ph.D., University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Interests
brain hypoperfusion, Oxidative Stress, Neuropathology, NeurobiologyAndrew Dillon
Dean of School of Information, Louis T. Yule Regents Professor of Information, Professor of Psychology, and Information, Risk & Operations Management
adillon@ischool.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3821 | 1616 Guadalupe Suite #5.202 Austin, TX 78701-1213
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin School of InformationWendy I Domjan
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
wdomjan@gmail.com | (512) 475-8495 | SEA 3.234
Education
Ph.D., Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Perception, cognition, and psychology of religionJacqueline Evans
Faculty
j.evans@utexas.edu | SEA 4.218
Education
Ph.D, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Social neuroendocrinology, individual differences, stress and health.Jerry R Grammer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at DallasRaymond C Hawkins II
Clinical Assistant Professor
rhawkins@utexas.edu | (512) 232-3354 | SEA 6.108
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
General area of psychotherapy treatment, outcome effectiveness evaluation, specifically the interactions between personality dimensions and cognitive-behavioral interventions, also the study of addictive behaviors and their relationship to family of origin and psychological variablesJohn G Hixon
Lecturer
hixon@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4633 | SEA 2.206
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Non-linear modeling and noise reduction in time-series analysisMartita A Lopez
Director of Clinical Training; Clinical Professor
malopez@utexas.edu | (512) 232-4626 | SEA 3.132B
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Interests
cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia and psychological effects of aerobic exerciseVagdevi V Meunier
Clinical Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene NHJeanette A Mumford
Research Assistant Professor
mumford@mail.utexas.edu | SEA 5.248
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Dept of Biostatistics
Interests
Statistical analysis of functional MRI dataKari Nations
Clinical Assistant Professor
kari.nations@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 916-8407
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinRebecca Neal-Beevers
Research Scientist
nealr@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-8491 | SEA 3.216
Education
Ph.D., University of Miami
Interests
Social and communication development in infants and young children, and early identification of developmental delay in at-risk populations; autismJohn G Potthoff
Clinical Assistant Professor
johnpotthoff@yahoo.com | (512) 734-1715
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinLauretta Reeves
Lecturer
reeves@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1206 | SEA 5.202
Education
Ph.D., Temple University
Interests
Mathematical problem solving & use of analogies in problem solving, reasoning, and cognitive development (especially lexical acquisition, and children's early counting & mathematical development)Ann M. Repp
Senior Lecturer
repp@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-3858 | SEA 5.200MA
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinJuan A Salinas
Lecturer
salinas@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4643 | SEA 3.214
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Interests
Neurobiology of learning & memory, hormonal modulation of memory storage, and behavioral pharmacologyJason Shumake
Research Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
individual differences, emotion and emotional disorders, behavioral genetics, learning and memory, brain mapping and stimulation, computational neuroanatomy, nutrition and stressJames E Spivey
Senior Lecturer
spivey@psy.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6836 | SEA 5.104
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
See VitaEric M Stice
Adjunct Associate Professor, Senior Research Scientist
estice@ori.org | 541.484.2123
Education
Ph.D., Arizona State UniversityJeffrey Titus
Clinical Assistant Professor
jbtitus@utexas.edu | (512) 628-1896
Education
Ph.D., Ball State UniversityDavid M Tucker
Clinical Associate Professor
dmtucker@austin.utexas.edu | 471-3393 | SEA 5.224
Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia
