LIST OF FACULTY WITH COUPLE-RELATED
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Alabama
University of
South
Alabama
Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling,
Ph.D.
385 Life Sciences Building
Psychology Department
Interests: Domestic violence
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002
Phone: (334) 460-7069
jlr@usamail.usouthal.edu
California
Fuller
Graduate
School of
Psychology
Mari Clements, Ph.D.
Fuller Graduate School of Psych
180 N. Oakland
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: (626) 584-5649
clements@fuller.edu
Thomas N. Bradbury, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
bradbury@psych.ucla.edu
University of
CaliforniaLos Angeles
Interests: Effects of marital conflict on family
members (particularly children); marital and
family functioning at times of transition.
Interests: Longitudinal research of newlywed
couples
Andrew Christensen, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology,
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Christensen@psych.ucla.edu
Interests: Couple conflict and couple therapy
www.psych.ucla.edu/Faculty/Christensen
Benjamin R. Karney, Ph.D.
Social Psychology Program
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
Phone: (310) 206-3925
karney@psych.ucla.edu
Interests: I am a social psychologist interested
in how relationship satisfaction changes or
remains stable during the early years of
marriage.
Anne Peplau, Ph.D.
Social Psychology Program
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-1187, 825-2961
lapeplau@ucla.edu
Interests: close relationships, gender,
sexuality, and sexual orientation.
http://peplau.socialpsychology.org/
Rena Repetti, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology,
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
repetti@psych.ucla.edu
Interests: Impact of stress on children and
families
http://repettilab.psych.ucla.edu/
Ted Robles, Ph.D.
Health Psychology Program
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
robles@psych.ucla.edu
Interests: Stress, social relationships and
health, allostatic and restorative processes,
psychoneuroimmunology, marriage and health.
http://rhl.psych.ucla.edu
Pepperdine
University
Kathleen Eldridge, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Education &
Psychology
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265-4608
Phone: (310) 506-8559
Kathleen.Eldridge@pepperdine.edu
Interests: relationship communication patterns
and couple therapy
Stanford
University
Douglas Rait, Ph.D.
Chief, Couples and Family Therapy
Clinic
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 323-3219
rait@stanford.edu
Interests: Therapeutic alliance in couple
therapy, structural family therapy, influence of
technology on couple and family relationships,
training and education
University of
Southern
California
Gayla Margolin, Ph.D.
Clinical Science Program
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
margolin@rcf.usc.edu
Interests: marital and family processes; effects
of familial and community violence, marital,
family and child interventions. USC has a
specialty track on Child and Family Clinical
within the clinical science program.
www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/psychology/clinical.html
University of
San
Francisco
Dan McPherson, Ph.D.
Department of Counseling Psych
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone: (415) 422-6868
mcpherson@usfca.edu
Interests: ethics in family therapy, gay and
lesbian parenting
Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP
Department of Counseling
Psychology
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone: (415) 422-6868
pattersont@usfca.edu
Interests: couple communication, ethics in
family psychology, multicultural competence
Colorado
University of
Colorado at
Boulder
Mark A. Whisman, Ph.D.
University of Colorado
Department of Psychology
345 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
whisman@psych.colorado.edu
Interests: Association between marital
functioning and psychiatric disorders,
particularly depression; behavioral and
cognitive aspects of the etiology and course of
marital dissatisfaction; process and outcome of
marital therapy
http://psych.colorado.edu/~clinical/whisman
University of
Colorado
Denver
Elizabeth Allen, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Department of Psychology
Phone: (303) 352-3656
elizabeth.allen@ucdenver.edu
Interests: Infidelity, couple sexuality and STD
risk, bidirectional link between couple
functioning and health, couples' interventions,
risk factors for couple distress and dissolution
(Programs: Master's degree in clinical
psychology and Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psych)
Howard Markman, Ph.D.
hmarkman@du.edu
University
of Denver
Galena Rhoades, Ph.D.
grhoades@du.edu
www.portfolio.du.edu/grhoades
Scott Stanley, Ph.D.
scott@stanleyemail.com
Center for Marital and Family Studies
Department of Psychology
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
Interests: Effectiveness of relationship
education, couple therapy, cohabitation,
commitment theory, and relationship
development.
http://www.du.edu/psychology/marriage/
Delaware
University of
Delaware
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Ph.D
Associate Professor
University of Delaware
Department of Psychology
218 Wolf Hall
Newark, DE 19716-2577
Voice: (302) 831-2309
Fax: (302) 831-3645
jlaurenceau@psych.udel.edu
Interests: Intimacy processes in interpersonal
relationships and marriage; experience
sampling methodologies; behavioral couples
therapy and intervention
http://w3.psych.udel.edu/people/faculty/JPLaur
enceau.asp
Florida
Florida State
University
Frank Fincham, Ph.D.
Eminent Scholar & Director FSU
Family Institute
Sandels Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1491
Phone: (850) 644-4914
Fax: (850) 644-3439
ffincham@fsu.edu
University of
Miami
Margaret Crosbie-Burnett, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Department of Educ & Psych
Studies
P.O. Box 248065
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
mcrosbur@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Herbert Dandes, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Department of Educ & Psych
Studies
P.O. Box 248065
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
hdandes@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Blaine Fowers, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Department of Educ & Psych
Studies
P.O. Box 248065
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
bfowers@miami.edu
Andrew Wenger, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapy Program
Department of Educ & Psych
Studies
P.O. Box 248065
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
awenger@miami.edu
Interests: Clinical, developmental and social
psychological perspectives in the study of
personal relationships; understanding
marriage/partnership, particularly the cognitive
processes involved in conflict; the association
between interparental conflict/divorce and child
adjustment; forgiveness in family relationships.
www.fincham.info
Interests: Stepfamilies and other nontraditional families, remarriage, the schoolfamily interface
Interests: marriage and family therapy,
chemical dependency, psychodrama
Interests: Predicting marital success, types of
engaged and married couples, positive marital
illusions, virtue and marriage
Interests: Parenting, childhood bereavement,
juvenile delinquency
Kristin Lindahl, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-2070
Department: (305) 284-2814
Fax: (305) 284-3402
klindahl@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Interests: Developmental psychopathology,
impact of marital distress on parenting and
children's socioemotional development, and
family factors associated with the development
of behavioral and emotional problems in
children.
http://www.psy.miami.edu/Faculty/
Neena Malik, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-2070
Department: (305) 284-2814
Fax: (305) 284-3402
nmalik@miami.edu
Interests: Community-based interventions for
children and families; infant mental health;
child maltreatment and domestic violence and
the co-occurrence between the two; differential
impact of interventions
for families of various ethnicities
http://www.psy.miami.edu/Faculty/
Brian D. Doss, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751
Phone: (305) 284-1101
bdoss@miami.edu
Interests: Couple therapy and alternative
couple interventions over the Web and during
the transition to parenthood
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/bdoss/
Georgia
University of
Georgia
Steven Beach, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
sbeach@egon.psy.uga.edu
Frank Floyd, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
Georgia State
P.O. Box 5010
University
Atlanta, GA 30302-5010
ffloyd@gsu.edu
Emory
University
Nancy Bliwise, Ph.D.
Emory University
Department of Psychology
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 727-7452
nbliwis@emory.edu
Interests: Marital Relationships and
Intrapersonal Processes
http://www.uga.edu/psychology/faculty/sbeach.
html
Interests: Marriage and parenting, family
interactions.
Interests: Adult attachment as a predictor of
relationship functioning throughout the adult
life course; clinical applications of attachment
theory; statistical analysis of change.
Illinois
Illinois
Institute of
Technology
Northwestern
University
Tamara Goldman Sher, Ph.D.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Institute of Psychology
3101 S. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60616
sher@iit.edu
Interests: couples; couples and health
www.iit.edu within psychology page
Richard E. Zinbarg
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
rzinbarg@northwestern.edu
Department of Psychology
102 Swift Hall, 2029 Sheridan Road
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Danielle Black, Ph.D.
Staff Psychotherapist
Family Institute at Northwestern
d-black@northwestern.edu
Interests: couples factors influencing GAD
www.family-institute.org/staff_black.aspx
www.psych.northwestern.edu/~zinbarg/
Indiana
Indiana
University
University of
Notre Dame
Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychology
1101 East 10th Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-7007
holtzwor@indiana.edu
Interests: researching husband violence;
teaching behavioral couples therapy
practicum; divorce mediation and related
interventions with separating parents
David A. Smith, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
Department of Psychology
118 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-5636
David.A.Smith.367@nd.edu
Interests: depression and marital discord;
integrative couples therapy
practicum
http://www.nd.edu/~pmtrc/
Iowa
University of
Iowa
Erika Lawrence, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
11 Seashore Hall East
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1407
erika-lawrence@uiowa.edu
Interests: Explaining the developmental
course of relationship dysfunction via dyadic
processes such as partner support, emotional
intimacy, and psychological and physical
violence
www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Lawrence
www.psychology.uiowa.edu/labs/newlywed
Kansas
Tony Jurich, Ph.D.
jurich@humec.ksu.edu
Kansas State
University
Briana Nelson, Ph.D.
bnelson@humec.ksu.edu
School of Family Studies & Human Services
303 Justin Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-1403
Nancy O'Conner, MS
oconner@humec.ksu.edu
Interests: MFT training and supervision, MFT
process and outcome research, trauma,
gender issues, family preservation, in-home
therapy, change in therapy, infidelity, family
crisis, adolescence, sex therapy, couples
therapy, and stepfamily issues.
www.ksu.edu/humec/fshs/mft/ksumft.htm
Candy Russell, Ph.D.
russell@humec.ksu.edu
Mark White, Ph.D.
mwhite@humec.ksu.edu
Maryland
University of
Maryland at
Baltimore
County
Robin A. Barry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Clinical
Psychology)
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland Baltimore
County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Voice: 410-455-2304
Fax: 410-455-1055
rbarry@umbc.edu
Interests: Romantic relationship processes
that contribute to individual and relationship
well-being and distress with an emphasis on
processes through which individuals grow
apart from their partner over time.
University of
Maryland at
College Park
Norman B. Epstein, Ph.D.
Couple & Family Therapy Program
Department of Family Science
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (310) 405-4013
nbe@umd.edu
Interests: couple and family therapy,
psychopathology in the family context, partner
abuse, cross-cultural research on couples and
families; other faculty in the program focus on
gender and ethnicity factors in families,
parenting, stress and coping in couples and
families
University of
Maryland at
College Park
Jaslean J. La Taillade, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Science
1204 Marie Mount Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-7574
Fax: (301) 314-9161
Interests: African American couples,
interracial couples, intimate partner violence,
couple therapy, couple relationships and father
involvement.
University of
Maryland,
Baltimore
County
Chris Murphy, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County
CHMURPHY@UMBC.EDU
Interests: causes and treatment of domestic
abuse
www.umbc.edu/psyc/
Massachusetts
Clark
University
Interests: Couples' relationship health and
deterioration; couple's therapy
research; intimacy, acceptance, depression,
and motivating the adoption of relationship
healthy practice; the Marriage/Relationship
Checkup and Couples Therapy for Depression.
www.clarku.edu
James V. Cordova, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Clark University
jcordova@clarku.edu
Michigan
Wayne State
University
Annmarie Cano, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
5057 Woodward Avenue
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
acano@wayne.edu
Interests: how the social context affects
physical and mental health, primarily in
couples with chronic pain; the reciprocal
associations among functional impairment,
relationship distress, and psychological
distress; and empathy for illness-related
distress.
www.clas.wayne.edu/cano
Michelle Leonard, Ph.D.
4901 Evergreen Rd.
University of
Michigan Dearborn
4050 CASL
Couples and health, couples’ empathy
Dearborn, MI, 48124
313-593-5609
mtleon@umd.umich.edu
Minnesota
University of
Minnesota
William J. Doherty, Ph.D.
Family Social Science Department
University of Minnesota
290 McNeal Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108
bdoherty@che.umn.edu
Interests: federally funded intervention study
with couples transitioning to their first child. We
offer a M.A. and Ph.D. in family social science;
students can choose to emphasize marriage
and family therapy
Mississippi
The
University of
Mississippi
Medical
Center
Julie Schumacher-Coffey, Ph.D.
2500 North State St.
Jackson, MS 39216
Interests : drug and alcohol abuse and violent
behavior; interventions for intimate partner
violence in an alcohol treatment setting
Nevada
University of
Nevada
Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology 298
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0062
aef@unr.edu
Interests: Relationship between individual
psychopathology and couple/family
interactions; couple and family therapy; couple
and family interaction research; observational
research; couple intimacy; domestic violence
www.unr.edu/psych/faculty/fruzzetti.html
New Jersey
Rutgers
The State
University of
New Jersey
Shalonda Kelly, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Applied &
Professional Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of NJ
152 Frelinghuysen Road,
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8085
Phone: (732) 445-2000 Ext. 132
Fax: (732) 445-4888
skelly@rci.rutgers.edu
Interests: Couple and family therapy and
racial issues.
http://gsappweb.rutgers.edu/gsappweb/kelly.ht
m
I am also a contributing faculty member to our
clinical Ph.D. program.
New York
State
University of
New York at
Buffalo
Ken Leonard, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Research Institute on Addictions
1021 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14221
Interests: marital aggression, substance
abuse
State
University of
New York at
Stony Brook
Joanne Davila, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
Phone: (631) 632-7826
Fax: (631) 632-7876
joanne.davila@stonybrook.edu
Interests: Interpersonal functioning and
psychopathology, romantic relationships,
attachment processes.
Populations of interest: adults, adolescents,
dating and married couples.
http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/
personnel/Davila.htm
Richard E. Heyman, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Family Translational Research
Group
Department of Psychology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
Phone: (631) 632-7857
Fax: (631) 632-7876
Richard.Heyman@stonybrook.edu
Interests: Escalation and de-escalation of
family conflict; observation of couples; defining
and assessing family maltreatment; innovative
approaches to prevalence estimation of
secretive problems(family maltreatment,
substance abuse, suicidality); communitybased prevention of secretive problems;
clinical assessment and treatment of
relationship dissatisfaction and partner abuse.
www.psychology.sunysb.edu/ftrlab-
K. Daniel O'Leary, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
Phone: (516) 632-7852
doleary@ccmail.sunysb.edu
Interests: etiology and treatment of partner
abuse and the marital discord- depression link.
http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psy/PsyScri
pts/clinical/clin_fac.asp
Amy Smith Slep, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Family Translational Research
Group
Department of Psychology
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500
Phone: (631) 632-9346
Fax: (631) 632-7876
amy.slep@stonybrook.edu
Interests: Affect regulation in parent-child and
marital dyads; etiology of parental and partner
aggression/abuse; connections between
parenting and marital functioning.
www.psychology.sunysb.edu/ftrlab-
University of
Rochester
Ronald D. Rogge, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical and Social
Psychology
University of Rochester, RC Box
270266
Rochester, NY 14627-0266
Phone: (585) 273-3270
rogge@psych.rochester.edu
Interests: Understanding trajectories of
relationship functioning by examining
constructs like conflict, aggression, social
support, sexual behavior, physical
attractiveness, personality, implicit attitudes
toward partners, and environmental factors like
neighborhood dilapidation and crime.
http://www.Couples-Research.com
State
University of
New York at
Binghamton
Matthew D. Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
State University of New York
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Phone: (607) 777-6315
Lab: (607) 777-6316
fax: (607) 777-4890
mjohnson@binghamton.edu
Interests: Cognitive and behavioral predictors
of marital discord; cultural, racial, and ethnic
differences in close relationships; relationship
assessment
http://psychology.binghamton.edu/Faculty/john
son.html
North Carolina
University of
North
Carolina
Chapel Hill
Donald H. Baucom, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
Davie Hall, CB #3270
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270
don_baucom@unc.edu
Interests: marital therapy outcome research,
cognitive factors in marriage, infidelity,
prevention, couples and health concerns
University of
North
Carolina
Wilmington
Cameron Gordon, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina,
Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5612
gordonc@uncw.edu
Interests: positive factors that enhance
relationship stability and satisfaction,
relationship development through transitions,
the individual’s influence on relationship
outcomes
Note: Masters Program Only
Ohio
University of
Cincinnati
Bowling
Green State
University
Sarah Whitton, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
University of Cincinnati
4150 Edwards 1
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
(513) 556-9116
sarah.whitton@uc.edu
Annette Mahoney, Ph.D.
Dept of Psychology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Phone: (419) 372-0282
amahone@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Department also has other faculty
with interests in marital therapy
(Kenneth I. Pargament & Robert
Carels)
Ohio State
University
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Clinical Psychology Program
Townshend Hall
1885 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Kiecolt-Glaser.1@osu.edu
Interests: Associations between couple
relationships and mental health; couples
forming stepfamilies; same-sex couples;
relationship education for nontraditional
couples including those in stepfamilies or in
same-sex relationships.
http://homepages.uc.edu/~whittosh/TCF/Home
.html
Interests: Reciprocal "spillover" effects
between marital and parent-child interactions;
links between global marital satisfaction, coparenting processes, and child behavior
problems; physical and verbal aggression in
families of clinic-referred youth, including childto-parent, parent-to-child, marital and child-tosibling violence; religion and family
psychology.
www.bgsu.edu/departments/psych/Facultyprog
rams.html/FacZAMahoney2.html
Interests: Marriage and health
Lab: http://pni.psychiatry.ohio-state.edu/jkg/
Dept: http://www.psy.ohio-state.edu
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
State
University
Brandt C. Gardner, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development
& Family Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-5061
Brandt.gardner@okstate.edu
Interests: Developmental and family-of-origin
influences on intimate relationship processes
and outcomes; physiological correlates of
marital and couple interaction process;
dynamical systems approaches to the study of
marital and family interaction.
Oregon
University of
Oregon
Robert Weiss, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
EMERITUS FACULTY
Crystal Dehle, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
1227 Department of Psychology
Eugene, OR 97403
cdehle@uoregon.edu
Interests: behavioral, cognitive, and affective
factors in marital functioning, with particular
interests in the role of social support in marital
functioning.
Pennsylvania
The
University of
Pennsylvania
Medical
School
Judith Coche, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of
Psychology in Psychiatry and Senior
Clinician, Department of Psychology
The University of Pennsylvania
Medical School
Suite 410 Academy House
1420 Locust Street
Philadelphia Pa 19102
jmcoche@ix.netcom.com
Interests: Couples adult education, couples
group psychotherapy
Also at The Coche Center and The Weekend
Retreats, ste 302-3 Price Waterworks Building,
359 96th Street, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247,
phone 609-368-5552
Penn State
University
Catherine L. Cohan, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
Population Research Institute
601 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 883-8687
clc18@psu.edu
Interests: factors that predict change in marital
satisfaction and stability including marital
communication and stressful life events.
Bryn Mawr
College
Marc Schulz, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Bryn Mawr College
101 North Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
mschulz@brynmawr.edu
Interests: Emotion processes in marriage;
observational methods of couple interactions;
experiencing sampling approaches to studying
couple processes, effects of marital conflict on
children.
www.brynmawr.edu/psychology/schulz.shtml
Tennessee
University of
Tennessee Knoxville
Kristina Coop Gordon, Ph.D.
311B Austin Peay Bldg.
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900
kgordon1@utk.edu
Interests: couples research and therapy betrayals and consequences
www.web.utk.edu/~kgordon1
Jim McNulty, Ph.D.
Social Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900
Phone: (865) 974-3325
jmcnulty@utk.edu
Interests: the impact of various cognitive,
behavioral, and personality variables on
changes in marital satisfaction over time;
expectations, forgiveness, cognitive structure,
physical attractiveness, psychological and
physical abuse, and sexual satisfaction
Todd Moore, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900
Phone: (865) 974-7881
tmoore24@utk.edu
Interests: the role that alcohol and various
drugs may play in increasing the risk for
violence between intimate partners;
assessment of the day-to-day association
between substance use and violence; the
extent to which poly-substance use, and
substance use by one or both partners,
impacts the odds of violence
Gregory L. Stuart, Ph.D.
310C Austin Peay Bldg.
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900
GStuart@utk.edu
Deborah Welsh, Ph.D.
311B Austin Peay Bldg.
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900
dwelsh@utk.edu
Interests: Intimate partner violence,
addictions, child abuse, elder abuse,
relationship functioning
http://psychology.utk.edu/people/stuart.shtml
Interests: adolescent romantic relationships
and their effects on individual functioning
www.web.utk.edu/~dwelsh
Texas
Texas A&M
University
Robert W. Heffer, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235
rob-heffer@tamu.edu
Interests: Child/family assessment and
therapy
http://psychology.tamu.edu/
University of
Texas at
Dallas
W. Steve Rholes, Ph.D. (social)
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235
wsr@psyc.tamu.edu
Interests: Adult attachment
http://psychology.tamu.edu/
Douglas K. Snyder, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235
d-snyder@psyc.tamu.edu
Interests: Couple assessment and therapy
http://psychology.tamu.edu/
Brian H. Stagner, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235
bstagner@psych.tamu.edu
Interests: Couple/family therapy
http://psychology.tamu.edu/
M. Teresa Nezworski, Ph.D
(developmental)
Associate Professor
School of Human Development
University of Texas at Dallas
Phone: (214) 905-3040
nezworsk@utdallas.edu
Interests: family influences related to
behavioral medicine issues (pediatric treatment
outcome, quality of life). Dr. Nezworski will be
beginning a project in January 2001 entitled
"The role of family stress in compliance with
cochlear implant aftercare and improvement in
psychological adjustment."
Margaret Tresch Owen, Ph.D.
(developmental)
Associate Professor
School of Human Development
University of Texas at Dallas
Phone: (972) 883-6876
mowen@utdallas.edu
Interests: Family processes; early childcare
Karen J. Prager, Ph.D.
(developmental)
Professor, School of General
Studies and School of Human
Development
Diplomate in Family Psychology,
American Board of Professional
Psychology
University of Texas at Dallas
Phone: (972) 883-2353
kprager@utdallas.edu
Interests: Intimacy processes in couple
relationships; intimacy processes as relational
phenomena and understanding the individual
strengths and vulnerabilities that influence and
are influenced by intimate relating; how
intimate relating is maintained day to day in
ongoing couple relationships; intimacy and
couples treatment. (More info on the Developmental
Psychology Doctoral Program can be obtained by calling
Robert D. Stillman, Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of
Human Development, Telephone: 972-883-2355)
Julia C. Babcock, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
126 Heyne Bldg
Houston, TX 77204-5022
Phone: (713) 743-8621
jbabcock@uh.edu
Interests: Intimate partner violence, couples'
interaction, observational and
psychophysiological studies, marital therapy,
efficacy of domestic violence interventions,
emotions and emotional regulation
http://www.psychology.uh.edu/Faculty/faculty.a
sp?JuliaBabcock
Baylor
University
Keith Sanford, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and
Neuroscience
Baylor University
P.O. Box 97334
Waco, TX 76798
Phone: (254) 710-2256
Keith_Sanford@baylor.edu
Interests: Communication during times of
relationship conflict, emotion in interpersonal
relationships, programs for preventing
relationship distress, understanding how
relationships change over time.
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Keith_Sanford/
Texas Tech
University
Susan Hendrick, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University
Department of Psychology
Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone: (806) 742-3711, ext.244
s.hendrick@ttu.edu
Interests: exploration of the concept of respect
in relationships and the interface of
relationships.
Buck Hampson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Interests: Evaluation of marital and family
therapy; family factors in the development and
treatment of obesity; family assessment and
development; special families (i.e., adoptive
families with CPS children)
http://smu.edu/psychology/faculty/bhampson.ht
ml
George Holden, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Interests: parental social cognition;
determinants and effects of parental discipline;
how family violence affects parenting
http://smu.edu/psychology/faculty/holden.html
Ernest Jouriles, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Interests: children’s responses to marital
conflict/violence; interventions to prevent
violence and assist victims of violence;
violence in adolescent romantic relationships
http://smu.edu/psychology/faculty/ejouriles.htm
l
http://smu.edu/familyresearchcenter/
University of
Houston
Southern
Methodist
University
Renee McDonald, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Interests: marital conflict/violence and
children’s adjustment; family violence;
interventions for child externalizing problems;
parenting interventions
http://smu.edu/psychology/faculty/rmcdonald.ht
ml
http://smu.edu/familyresearchcenter/
David Rosenfield, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Interests: understanding the impact of family
conflict on children’s adjustment; mitigating
adjustment problems resulting from family
violence; relationship violence in teenagers
http://smu.edu/psychology/faculty/drosenfield.h
tml
Lorelei E. Simpson, Ph.D. (clinical)
Department of Psychology
Southern Methodist University
P.O. Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
lsimpson@smu.edu
Interests: Improving understanding and
treatment for couples coping with major
stressors such as severe mental illness or
domestic violence; couple therapy;
assessment of domestic violence
http://www.smu.edu/psychology/faculty/lsimpso
n.html
http://faculty.smu.edu/lsimpson/lab/
Virginia
University of
Virginia
Jim Coan, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and the
Neuroscience Graduate Program
University of Virginia
102 Gilmer Hall, P.O. Box 400400
Charlottesville, VA 22904
jcoan@virginia.edu
Jennifer Ripley, Ph.D.
jennrip@regent.edu
Regent
University
Faculty Website:
http://home.regent.edu/jennrip,
Mark Yarhouse, Psy.D.
markyar@regent.edu
Faculty Website:
http://home.regent.edu/markyar
Interests: social neuroscience and behavioral
coding with couples
www.affectiveneuroscience.org
Clinical Psychology Program
Regent University
1000 Regent University Dr
Virginia Beach VA 23464
Program webpage:
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcou/
Interests: Marital dynamics; marital therapy;
family therapy; human sexuality; religious
marriages and families
Washington
University of
Washington
Dave Atkins, Ph.D.
Center for the Study of Health &
Risk Behaviors
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science
1100 NE 45th St Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98205
Phone: (206) 616-3879
datkins@u.washington.edu
Interests: Infidelity, marital therapy outcome
and process, statistical methods
for couples' data
Wisconsin
University of
Wisconsin
Madison
Marquette
University
Linda J. Roberts, Ph.D.
(Developmental)
Human Development & Family
Studies
University of Wisconsin/Madison
1430 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-2290
Fax: (608) 265-1172
ljrober1@facstaff.wisc.edu
Interests: behavioral observation of marital
interaction, marital intimacy and social support,
alcohol use and abuse, marital violence.
http://sohe.wisc.edu/cfs/faculty/roberts.html
Lauren M. Papp, Ph.D.
Human Development & Family
Studies
University of Wisconsin/Madison
1300 Linden Drive (Room 370B)
Madison, WI 53706-1524
Phone: (608) 262-8611
Fax: (608) 265-1172
papp@wisc.edu
Interests: couple relationships and conflict;
psychological distress; family process and
child development
http://mywebspace.wisc.edu/papp/web
John H. Grych, Ph.D
Clinical Psychology Program
Department of Psychology
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
John.Grych@marquette.edu
Interests: Effects of marital conflict and
aggression on child development; children's
adaptation to divorce; links between marital
and parental functioning; children's perceptions
and beliefs about family interactions.
www.marquette.edu/psyc/johng.html
Program webpage:
www.marquette.edu/psyc/gradprog.html
Canada
Rebecca J. Cobb, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser
RCB 5246, 8888 University Drive
University
Burnaby BC, Canada V5A 1S6
Phone: (778) 782-3123
Fax: (778) 782-3427
rcobb@sfu.ca
Interests: Trajectories of relationship
satisfaction in couples, attachment processes
and change, the role of prosocial behaviors
(e.g., social support) and partner perceptions
in the development of relationships, prevention
of marital distress and dissolution, and the
effects of the marital context on child
development.
http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/
University of
Windsor
Patti Timmons Fritz, Ph.D.
University of Windsor
Department of Psychology
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario
Canada N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3707
pfritz@uwindsor.ca
Interests: the etiology, developmental course,
and prevention and treatment of partner
aggression
University of
Ottawa
Sue Johnson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Ottawa
Vanier Bldg
Center for Psych Services
11 Marie Curie
Ottawa, Ont., Canada, K1N 6N5
soo@magma.ca
Interests: couples interventions, outcome and
process research, emotion, attachment,
emotionally focused interventions, depression,
PTSD and couples, family interventions.
www.eft.ca
Jennifer LaGuardia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Clinical
Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue W.
Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567, ext. 34844
jlag@uwaterloo.ca
Interests: normative co-regulation of emotion
in couples, couples interventions following a
partner’s health crisis
http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/fac
ulty/jlag/index.html
Uzma S. Rehman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567
Fax: (519) 746-8631
rehman@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Interests: Marriage and depression; Marital
communication; Cross-cultural marriages;
sexual satisfaction and dysfunction
http://www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/people/fac
ulty/rehman/index.html
University of
Waterloo
University of
Victoria
Erica Woodin, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050 STN CSC
Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P5
ewoodin@uvic.ca
Interests: the prevention and treatment of
marital conflict, domestic violence, and
substance abuse; the observation of couple
processes; the transition to parenthood
http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/woodin.html
Germany
Ragnar Beer
AG Technik
Institut fuer Psychologie
Georg-August-Universitaet
Goettingen
Gosslerstr. 14
37073 Goettingen Germany
rbeer@uni-goettingen.de
Technical
University of
Braunschweig
Germany
Kurt Hahlweg
Technische Universität
Braunschweig
Institut für Psychologie
Humboldtstraße 33
D-38106 Braunschweig
k.hahlweg@tu-bs.de
Interests: Internet couples interventions
Faculty website: http://www.gwdg.de/~rbeer/
Intervention website: http://www.theratalk.de
http://www.tubraunschweig.de/psychologie/abt/klinische/mit
arbeiterinnen/hahlweg
Nina Heinrichs
Australia
Griffith
University in
Brisbane
Kim Halford
School of Psychology
Griffith University
Mt Gravatt Campus M24
Nathan 4111, Qld, Australia
Phone: 61 7 3735 3311
Fax:617 3735 3465
K.Halford@griffith.edu.au
Interests: Couples relationships including
couple therapy, prevention of relationship
problems, the interaction of individual and
couple adjustment, and how couples adjust to
major life changes (e.g., life threatening illness,
divorce).
http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/gphrc/staff/half
ord.html