Social Psychology Program

University of Kansas Lawrence Campus, overlooking Fraser Hall

Program Alumni & Current Faculty Positions

A

  • Katie Adams, Ph.D. 2022, Indiana University

  • Stephanie Anderson, Ph.D. 2013, University of Nebraska at Kearney

  • Bev Ayers-Nachamkin, Ph.D. 1982, Wilson College

B

  • Angela Bahns, Ph.D., 2011, Department of Psychology, 480 Science Center, Wellesley College

  • Matthew Baldwin, Ph.D. 2015, Calm

  • Tom Ball, Ph.D. 2022, University of Kansas, Center for Public Partnerships and Research

  • Tom Baranowski, Ph.D. 1974, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Yariani Barreat, Ph.D. 2002, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

  • Michael Bayly, Ph.D. 1989, University of Charleston

  • Robert Bechtel, Ph.D. 1967, University of Arizona

  • Laura Billings, Ph.D. 1999, Southwestern Illinois University

  • Paul Biner, Ph.D. 1985, Ball State University

  • Susanne Bruckmuller, M.A. 2007, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen, Germany

  • Beverly Brummett, Ph.D. 1996, Duke University School of Medicine

  • Chris Burris, Ph.D. 1995, St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, Canada

C

  • Melanie Canterberry, Ph.D., 2011, Louisiana Public Health Institute

  • Elizabeth Collins, Ph.D. 2006, Quinnipiac University

  • Tara Collins, Ph.D., Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

  • Owen Cox, Ph.D. 2014, Center for Public Partnerships in Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • Lauren Crain, Ph.D. 1996, Health Partners Institute

  • Tracey Cronin, Ph.D. 2010, Carleton University

D

  • Kelly Danaher, Ph.D., 2011, University of Iowa

  • Francis Dane, Ph.D. 1980, Jefferson College of Health Sciences

  • Silvana D'Anello Koch, Ph.D. 1997, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

  • Thomas Dirth, Ph.D. 2018, Bemidji State University

  • Marina Drus, Ph.D. 2016, Visonnet Systems, Inc.

E

  • Vanessa Edkins, Ph.D. 2007, Florida Institute of Technology

  • Scott Eidelman, Ph.D. 2004, University of Arkansas

  • Amy Eshleman, Ph.D. 2001, Wagner College

  • Luis Esqueda, Ph.D. 1986, University of the Andes, Venezuela

  • Sara Estrada-Villalta, Ph.D. 2019, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

  • Darlingtina (Atakare) Esiaka, Ph.D. 2019, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

F

  • Mark Ferguson, Ph.D. 2008, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point

  • Kathleen Fuegen, Ph.D. 2002, Northern Kentucky University

G

  • Donna Garcia, Ph.D. 2006 California State University, San Bernardino

  • Teri Garstka, Ph.D. 1997, Life Span Institute, University of Kansas

  • Chris Goode, Ph.D. 2016, University of Hawaii, West Oahu

  • Claire Gravelin, Ph.D. 2016, SUNY-Geneseo

  • Jeff Greenberg, Ph.D. 1982, University of Arizona

  • Gökçe Güngör-Munoz, Ph.D. 2009, Everett Community College

  • Diana Odom Gunn, Ph.D. 2001, California State University, Merced

H

  • Parnia Haj-Mohamadi, Ph.D. 2020, University of Tampa

  • Nader Hakim, Ph.D. 2019, Furman University

  • Eddie Harmon-Jones, M.A. 1994, University of New South Wales

  • Richard Harvey, Ph.D. 1995, St. Louis University

  • April Horstman-Reser, Ph.D. 2007, Nebraska Methodist College

  • George Hunter, Ph.D. 2003, Mind Matters Jury Consulting

I

  • Ali Imran, Ph.D. 2016, Illinois State Board of Education

K

  • Diana Kappen, Ph.D. 2000, Johnson County Community College

  • Iva Katzarska-Miller, Ph.D. 2009, Transylvania University

  • Lukas Keefer, Ph.D. 2014, University of Southern Mississippi

  • Tuğçe Kurtiş, Ph.D. 2013, Prescott College

L

  • Eleana Lazarus, Ph.D. 2001, University of Maryland Global Campus

  • Juwon Lee, Ph.D. 2016, Meta

  • David Lishner, Ph.D. 2004, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

M

  • Jason Miller, Ph.D. 2022, University of North Georgia

  • Anca Miron, Ph.D. 2005, University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh

  • Charlotte Moser, Ph.D. 2022, University of Colorado

  • Ariel Mosley, Ph.D. 2020, University of California-Davis

  • Sahana Mukherjee, Ph.D. 2014, Gettysburg College

N

  • Pegah Naemi Jimenez, Ph.D. 2019, University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare

  • Michelle Nario-Redmond, Ph.D. 1996, Hiram College

  • Ahogni N'Gbala, Ph.D. 1996, Universite de Paris, Nanterre, France

  • Jeffrey Noel, Ph.D. 1995, Missouri Institute of Mental Health

O

  • Laurie O'Brien, Ph.D. 2002, Tulane University

  • Susan Owen, Ph.D. 1996, Athens State University

P

  • Nia Phillips, Ph.D., 2011, University of Prince Edward Island

  • Amy Posey, Ph.D. 1995, Benedictine College

  • Adam Powell, Ph.D. 2005, Anthem, Inc.

  • Justin Preddie, Ph.D. 2021, Muhlenberg College

  • Tom Pyszczynski, Ph.D. 1985, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

R

  • Jackie Ratliff (Biggs), Ph.D. 2012, Center for Public Partnerships in Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  • Stephen Reysen, Ph.D. 2009, Texas A&M University--Commerce

  • Zach Rothschild, Ph.D. 2013, Bowdoin College

S

  • Nuray Sakalli, Ph.D. 1996, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

  • John Sakaluk, Ph.D. 2015, Western University

  • Phia Salter, PhD. 2011, Davidson College

  • Michael Schmitt, Ph.D. 2002, Simon Fraser University

  • Alex Schomann, Ph.D. 2011, East Carolina University

  • Patricia Schoenrade, Ph.D. 1986, William Jewell College

  • Elizabeth Self, Ph.D. 1991, Eastern New Mexico State University

  • Amanda K. Sesko, Ph.D., 2011, University of Washington - Tacoma

  • Paul Silvia, Ph.D. 2001, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

  • Danielle Snider, MA 2012, Active military duty

  • Sheldon Solomon, Ph.D. 1980, Skidmore College

  • Nur Soylu Yalçınkaya, Ph.D. 2017, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Lynne Steinberg, Ph.D. 1985, University of Houston

  • Eric Stocks, Ph.D. 2005, University of Texas-Tyler

  • Daniel Sullivan, Ph.D. 2013, University of Arizona

  • Trevor Swanson, Ph.D. 2020, University of Kansas

T

  • Kendall Thornton, Ph.D. 1998, East Carolina University

  • Shelley Theno, Ph.D. 1996, University of Alaska-Anchorage (deceased)

  • Barbara Tozier, Ph.D. 2024

  • Jo-Ann Tsang, Ph.D. 2005, Baylor University

V

  • Theresa Vescio, Ph.D. 1995, The Pennsylvania State University

  • Adrian Villicana, Ph.D. 2017, Western Washington University

W

  • Daniel Wann, Ph.D. 1991, Murray State University

  • Ruth Warner, Ph.D. 2008, St. Louis University

  • Teddy Warner, Ph.D. 1987, University of New Mexico

  • Cory Washington, Ph.D. 2022, William Jewell College

  • Julie Weir, Ph.D. 1991, Pittsburg State University

  • Mark White II, Ph.D. 2018, Etsy

  • Allan Wicker, Ph.D. 1967, Claremont Graduate University

  • Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Ph.D. 1991, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Rex Wright, Ph.D. 1982, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Y

  • Lissa Young, M.A. 1996, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

Z

  • Xian Zhao, Ph.D. 2018, Ohio University