psychology faculty

Faculty Member	Research/Training Interests
Chair
Kim L. Gratz Professor & Department Chair Area: Clinical Office: UH 5020A Phone: 419-530-2722 kim.gratz@utoledo.edu Lab Website	Emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder, self-injury, and other risky behaviors Examining the efficacy and underlying mechanisms of an acceptance-based, emotion regulation group therapy for self-injury Translational research Treatment development and dissemination
Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator
Peter Mezo Associate Professor, Associate Chair, & Undergraduate Coordinator Area: Clinical Office: UH 1880A Phone: 419-530-4399 peter.mezo@utoledo.edu	Self-management and related models of self-regulation and coping Factors associated with stress and depression among adults Principles of evidence-based supervision, assessment, and treatment
Director of Clinical Training
Sarah Francis Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training Area: Clinical Office: UH 1430 Phone: 419-530-2771 sarah.francis@utoledo.edu	Child anxiety Parental influences on child anxiety Child anxiety sensitivity Prevention of childhood anxiety
Experimental Coordinator
Jason Rose Associate Professor Area: Experimental - Social Office: UH 6516 Phone: 419-530-2278 jason.rose4@utoledo.edu	Social comparison and comparative judgment Perceived vulnerability/risk Norm perception and influence Optimism Culture and self Individual differences in judgment and decision-making
Psychology Clinic Director
Clarissa W. Ong Assistant Professor & Director of the Psychology Clinic Area: Clinical Lab Website	Process-based therapy Acceptance and commitment therapy Obsessive-compulsive and related presentations (e.g., perfectionism, hoarding) Internet-based treatment Assessment and measure performance
Faculty
Wesley A. Bullock Associate Professor Area: Clinical Office: UH 1420 Phone: 419-530-2719 wesley.bullock@utoledo.edu	Mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments Mindfulness in forensic and school-based settings Mental health recovery Program evaluation
Stephen Christman Professor Area: Experimental - Cognitive Office: UH 5018C Phone: 419-530-4684 stephen.christman@utoledo.edu	Cognitive flexibility Episodic memory Handedness Hemispheric asymmetry Visual perception
Jon Elhai Professor Area: Clinical Office: UH 1370 Phone: 419-530-2829 Email Dr. Elhai Lab Website	Cyberpsychology and internet addictions Fear of missing out (FOMO)
Andrew Geers Professor Area: Experimental - Social Office: UH 6524 Phone: 419-530-8530 andrew.geers@utoledo.edu	Goals and expectations Formation of affect and emotion Placebo effects Initiation and maintenance of health beliefs and behavior Decision-making
Henry Heffner Professor Area: Experimental - Psychobiology & Learning Office: UH 5002 Phone: 419-530-2257 henry.heffner@utoledo.edu	Role of auditory cortex Comparative mammalian hearing Tinnitus Ethics of animal research
J.D. Jasper Professor Area: Experimental - Cognitive Office: UH 5014A Phone: 419-530-4130 jjasper@utnet.utoledo.edu	Judgment and decision making Computerized process tracing techniques Risk perception Attitude and belief formation Information integration Individual differences Health Consumer behavior
Kamala London Newton Professor Area: Experimental - Developmental Office: UH 1880B Phone: 419-530-2352 kamala.london@utoledo.edu	Forensic developmental psychology Autobiographical memory and suggestibility in children Disclosure of child maltreatment Statistics
Gregory Meyer Professor Area: Clinical Office: UH 1065 Phone: 419-530-4312 gregory.meyer@utoledo.edu	Personality assessment Test validation Neuropsychological processes Interpersonal perception Clinical symptomatology Meta-analysis
Joni Mihura Professor Office: UH 1067 Phone: 419-530-2716 joni.mihura@utoledo.edu	Personality assessment Rorschach validity and utility Doctoral training
Cin Cin Tan Assistant Professor Area: Experimental - Developmental Office: UH 1880C cincin.tan@utoledo.edu	Children eating behaviors (e.g., emotional eating, external eating) Parent-child relationships (e.g., parenting, feeding behaviors) Coparenting Childhood obesity Body weight stigma among children Body talk
Mojisola Tiamiyu Associate Professor Area: Clinical Office: UH 1063 Phone: 419-530-2853 mojisola.tiamiyu@utoledo.edu	Clinical-community psychology Chronic illnesses, resilience, and post-traumatic growth Cross-cultural psychology
Matthew T. Tull Professor Area: Clinical Office: UH 5040C Phone: 419-530-4302 matthew.tull@utoledo.edu Lab Website	The role of emotion regulation in anxiety disorders and PTSD PTSD and maladaptive behavior (risk-taking, substance abuse, suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors) Experimental psychopathology

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