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Department of Psychology
University of Mississippi

Marilyn Mendolia

Field: Social Psychology Education: Ph. D., Dartmouth College, 1990 Research Areas: Verbal and facial expression of emotion Self-regulation of emotion Courses Taught: PSY 321: Social Psychology PSY 324: Science of Emotion PSY 392: Experimental Social Psychology PSY 405: Minor Research Problems PSY 420: Special Topics PSY 612: Advanced Social Psychology PSY 621: Seminar in Psychology […]


Mervin R. Matthew

Field: Cognitive Psychology Education: Ph.D, Indiana University, 2010 Research Areas: Judgment and decision making Social identity Intergroup Processes Socially-situated cognition Emergent behavior Agent-based modeling Dr. Matthew does not plan to accept a graduate student for the 2022-2023 academic year. Courses Taught: PSY 201: General Psychology PSY 202: Elementary Statistics PSY 205: Research Methods in Psychology […]


Aaron Lee

Education: Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 2016 M.S., University of Wyoming, 2012 B.A., Luther College, 2007 Research Areas: Clinical Health Psychology Chronic Disease Self-Management My program of research examines interaction of stress with psychosocial factors that contribute to sub-optimal health behaviors and cardiometabolic outcomes among adults with chronic disease. Specifically, my research is focused on improving […]


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Karen Kate Kellum

Field: Behavior Analysis Psychology Education: Ph.D., University of Nevada, Behavior Analysis M.S., Purdue University, Augmentative & Alternative Communication B.A., University of Mississippi, Psychology Board Certified Behavior Analysis-Doctoral, 2019 Research Areas: Teaching and Evaluation at the University Level Behavior Analysis and Social Issues Behavior Acquisition, particularly Academic Behaviors Complex Human Behavior, particularly Choice, Self-knowledge & Rule-governance […]


Laura R. Johnson

Education: Ph. D., University of Louisville, 2003 Research Link Research Areas: International Psychology Positive Youth Development (community participation, peace, community and nature connections, culture) Community conservation (East Africa) Mixed Methods (including action research and photovoice) Multicultural and Cross-Culture Psychology (help-seeking, explanatory models, cultural competencies) Courses Taught: PSY 340: Multicultural Psychology PSY 460: Psychology of Human […]


Reed Hunt

Education: A.B. College of William and Mary M.A. Wake Forest University Ph.D. University of New Mexico Research Areas: Memory accuracy and distinctive processing False memory Memory dysfunction Problem solving English Translation of Von Restorff (1933)