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 Dr. Elliott D. Hammer, Associate Professor and Chair (ph. 520-7636). MS & PhD, Experimental Social Psychology, Tulane University
Research Interests: Impression formation and the effects of stereotyping and prejudice upon both the holder and target of that prejudice; Scholarship of teaching
Teaching Interests: Introductory Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Writing in Psychology, and the Psychology of Stereotyping & Prejudice
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Dr. Charles Gramlich, Professor (ph. 520-7397). MA & PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of Arkansas
Research Interests: Neural plasticity (how the brain changes with experience); History and theory of psychology in general science; Psychology and popular culture
Teaching Interests: Biopsychology, Learning & Memory, Comparative Psychology, Writing in Psychology
Dr. Gramlich was instrumental in developing the Psychology Pre-medical program for the department. Outside of psychology, he has interests in fiction writing, especially in the areas of science fiction, heroic fantasy, & thrillers. He has been at Xavier ever since he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1986. |
 Dr. Lisa J. Schulte-Gipson, Associate Professor (ph. 520-5421). MA & PhD, Social Psychology, The State University of New York at Albany
Research Interests: Prejudice and discrimination (racism, sexism, and homophobia); Scholarship of teaching and learning.
Teaching Interests: Social Psychology, Theories of Personality, Group Dynamics.
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 Dr. Jeremy Cohen, Assistant Professor (ph. 520-7616). A Biological Psychologist with an
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology; PhD in Neuroscience, Tulane University
Research Interests: Brain anatomy related to persistent developmental stuttering; Autonomic and Emotional processing and the neural systems that underlie our emotional experiences with a particular interest in understanding how changes in the brain relate to emotional dysregulation; Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University in the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research within the Psychiatry Department at the Stanford School of Medicine research focused on brain structure and function that relates to anxiety and depression in developmental populations; Investigated the development of humor in children while at Stanford. Since coming to Xavier, he has incorporated this line of research to his neuroscience research, with a particular focus on how humor is utilized as a coping mechanism to promote psychological well-being. Currently, Dr. Cohen is working to expand upon his previous research into understand the structure and function of human insular cortex using brain connection modeling.
Research Interests: Brain structure and function relationships with behavior, autonomic functioning and control; self-awareness; mindfulness meditation
Teaching Interests: Introductory Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Advanced Research, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. |
 Dr. Annette Iskra, Assistant Professor (ph. 520-7639). MSSA (social work) Case Western Reserve University, MA, Experimental Psychology, Cleveland State University, MA & PhD, Psychology: Human Development, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Trauma; Mental health; PTSD; Beliefs; Coping; Reactions to and recover from war and disasters.
Teaching Interests: Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, Human Development, Cultural Psychology, Service-Learning. |
 Katherine E. Eskine, Assistant Professor (ph. 520-5422) M.A., M.Phil. & PhD
Experimental Psychology: Cognition, Brain, and Behavior, City University of New York.
Research Interests: Evolutionary theories of music and creativity, neurophysiological changes associated with preclinical stages of dementia, the relation between music and dementia, and the science of teaching psychology.
Teaching Interests: Research Methods, Statistics, Advanced Research, Abnormal Psychology, and Physiological Psychology. |
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Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (ph. 520-5141). MS & PhD, Experimental Social Psychology, Tulane University |
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Dr. Annette Iskra
