Clinical Psychology Faculty

Departmental Administration
Department Head: W. Keith Campbell
Associate Dept Head: Janet Frick
Graduate Coordinator: B. Randy Hammond
Clinical Program Chair: Joan Jackson

Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty

Name Email Area of Interest
Steven Beach srhbeach {at} uga dt edu marital processes and discord
Ronald Blount rlblount {at} uga dt edu pediatric psychology, pain, medication adherence
Sarah Fischer fischer {at} uga dt edu personality, eating disorders, and addictions
Joan Jackson jojackso {at} uga dt edu childhood sexual abuse
James MacKillop jmackill {at} uga dt edu addiction
Joshua Miller jdmiller {at} uga dt edu personality, personality disorders, psychopathology
L. Stephen Miller lsmiller {at} uga dt edu neuropsychology, geriatric psychopathology
Anne Shaffer ashaffer {at} uga dt edu maltreatment and family stress
Cynthia M. Suveg csuveg {at} uga dt edu developmental psychopathology
Rheeda L. Walker rlwo {at} uga dt edu African American mental health, suicide risk / prevention
Amos Zeichner zeichner {at} uga dt edu alcohol, homophobia, and aggression

Note to Prospective Graduate Students:

The following faculty members will be reviewing graduate applications for admissions into the doctoral program in clinical psychology for fall 2012: Steven Beach, Ronald Blount, James MacKillop, Joshua Miller, Stephen Miller, Anne Shaffer, Cynthia Suveg, and Rheeda Walker. Please review our faculty members' webpages for more specific questions regarding their research interests and any specific qualifications that may be associated with graduate admissions for the coming year.

Emeritus Faculty

Name Email Area of Interest
James Calhoun jcalhoun {at} uga dt edu treatment of stress, marital problems, emotional distress
Karen Calhoun kcalhoun {at} uga dt edu sexual aggression

Clinical Adjunct Faculty (affiliated faculty who are available to serve on graduate student committee)

Ileana Arias (Family Violence, Violence Against Women), Acting Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook).

Gene H. Brody (Family Influences on Development, Sibling Relationships), Regents Professor of Child and Family Development, (Ph.D., University of Arizona).

Jonathan Campbell (Autism, Pediatric Psychology), Associate Professor, School Psychology Program, University of Georgia (Ph.D., University of Memphis).

Lindsey Cohen (Pediatric Psychology) Associate Professor, Georgia State University (Ph.D., University of Georgia).

J. Mark Davis (Clinical Neuropsychology, Learning Disorders), Assistant Professor, Georgia Gwinnett College, (Ph.D., University of Georgia).

Francis D., Fincham (Attributional processes in close relationships, Forgiveness, Communication, and Conflict resolution). Professor and Eminent Scholar in the Family Institute, Florida State University (Ph.D. Oxford University).

K. Noel Gregg (Adult Learning Disabilities), Distinguished Research Professor, Special Education, Director of the Regents' Center for Learning Disorders and the University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Center, (Ph.D., Northwestern University).

Hu-Chin Hsu (Infant Development, Mother-Infant Interaction), Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Development, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, (Ph.D., Purdue University).

Maureen R. Killeen (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Self-Esteem, Childhood Depression and Parenting), Professor Emerita, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, (Ph.D., University of Georgia, M.N., Emory University).

Paul Alexander Mabe, III (Developmental and Behavioral Screening, Anger in Children, Illness Beliefs, Attitudes & Behaviors), Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behaviors, Medical College of Georgia, (Ph.D., Florida State University).

Lily McNair (Alcohol, Risky sexual behavior). Associate Provost for Research and Professor of Psychology, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA. (Ph.D., SUNY- Stony Brook).

Velma McBride Murry (Rural African American Families, Family Processes, Adolescent Development), Professor, Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia).

Ezemenari M. Obasi (Substance abuse/alcohol, social neuroscience), Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology, University of Georgia, (Ph.D., The Ohio State University).

Dominic J. Parrott (Alcohol, gender norm violations, and aggression), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University (Ph.D., University of Georgia).

Dennis E. Reidy (Aggression, intimate partner violence, psychopathy), Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Training Program, University of Georgia and Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Ph.D., University of Georgia) [CV]

Robert S. Shapiro (Psychopharmacology), Staff Psychiatrist, Mental Health Division, University of Georgia Health Services, (M.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill).

Karen A. Smith (Child and Adolescent Psychology, Family Psychology), School Psychologist, Alps Road Elementary School, (Ph.D., University of Georgia).

Nathan Yanasak (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia (Ph.D., University of Utah).