Members of our faculty are active in a variety of professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Human Resource Management, the Southeastern Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Faculty members also serve as journal editors and as reviewers for grant proposals and journal articles. They have also won awards for teaching, research, and professional service.

Our faculty members teach and conduct research in areas of psychology such as:

Health
Developmental
Cognition
Neurocognition
Forensic
Social and Organizational
Human Factors
Pediatric and Family
Substance Abuse and Addictions

For more details on faculty teaching, research, and professional service accomplishments, see individual faculty pages below.

Click the following links to locate Staff, Adjuncts, and Faculty Associates.

Faculty
	James Arruda, Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; Postdoctoral Training: Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Specialties: Cognitive and Neural Models of Attention, Psychophysiology, Neuropsychology, Psychometrics, Research Methods, and Statistics Research Interests: Sustained Attention, Electrophysiological Correlates of Cognition and Behavior, Assessment of Mood State, Electroencephalography, Multivariate Statistics, Univariate Statistics Phone Number: (850) 474-2361 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 116 Email Address: jarruda@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/jarruda
	Ronald W. Belter, Associate Professor Education: M.S., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; Ph.D., Saint Louis University Specialties:Clinical Child Psychology, Pediatric Psychology Research Interests: Child & adolescent assessment, Impact of natural disasters on children & families, Historical trends in parenting and use of corporal punishment, Ethical issues in clinical practice, academic integrity, Pediatric psychology Phone Number: (850) 474-2791 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 210 Email Address: rbelter@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/rbelter
	Lisa D. Blalock, Assistant Professor Education: M.S. & Ph.D., Colorado State University Specialties:Cognitive Psychology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Visual Working Memory Research Interests: Visual Working Memory, Interactions between Visual Working Memory and Long-Term Memory, Visual Expertise, Situational Awareness While Driving Phone Number: (850) 857-6205 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 228 Email Address: lblalock@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/lblalock
	Laura Koppes Bryan, Professor and Director Education: M.A.& Ph.D, Ohio State University Specialties: Organizational Psychology, Leadership, Work and Life Effectiveness, Group Dynamics, History of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Training, Organization Change and Development, Human Resources Management, Strategic Thinking and Planning Research Interests: Effective leadership, strategies and solutions for work-life effectiveness, motivation in the workplace Phone Number: (850) 474-3493 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 252 Email Address: lkbryan@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/spbs/lkbryan/
	Joan D. Duer, Associate Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D. University of Florida Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Medicine Research Interests: Master's level professional issues, Women's Health Phone Number: (850) 474-2359 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 246 Email Address: jduer@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/jduer
	Rodney Guttmann, Professor Education: Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Post Doctorate, University of Pennsylvania Specialties: Alzheimer's disease, brain injury, bio-markers for the identification of neurodegenerative diseases. Assay development using phage-display technology. Peptide-based drug design. Research Interests: Normal and pathological aging. Development of bio-markers for the identification of neurodegeneration. Assay development using phage-display technology. Peptide-based drug design. Phone Number: (850) 474-3298 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 106 Email Address: rguttmann@uwf.edu
	Jane S. Halonen, Professor and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Education: M.S. & Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Specialties: Clinical psychology Research Interests: Assessment, critical thinking, and faculty development Phone Number: (850) 474-2112 Office Location: Bldg 11, Rm 203 Email Address: jhalonen@uwf.edu
	Rosemary (Lowe) Hays-Thomas, Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Specialties: Personnel and Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Organizational Development, Management of Diversity Research Interests: Work Force Diversity, Pay Equity, Gender and Work Phone Number: (850) 474-2354 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 233 Email Address: rlowe@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/rlowe
	Erica Jordan, Assistant Professor Education: M.S. & Ph.D., University of Alabama Specialties: Human Development, Family Studies Research Interests: Parent-child relationships, Children's perceptions of discipline and punishment, Family dynamics Phone Number: (850) 474-2689 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 206 Email Address: ejordan@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/ejordan
	Steven J. Kass, Professor Education: M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Central Florida Specialties: Human Factors, Training, Organizational Psychology Research Interests: Spatial Abilities, Situation Awareness, Boredom, Attention, Drowsiness, and Distracted Driving Phone Number: (850) 474-2107 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 230 Email Address: skass@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/skass
	Samuel R. Mathews, Associate Professor Education: M.A., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Specialties: Developmental; Educational Psychology, Research Design, Adaptive Development for Children and Adolescents, Children and Adolescents in Post Conflict Regions, Critical Thinking across the Lifespan Phone Number: (850) 474-2033 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 212 Email Address: smathews@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/smathews
	Stacy Parenteau, Visiting Assistant Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D., University of Kansas; Postdoctoral Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Pain Management Research Interests: Role of psychosocial factors in adjusting to chronic pain, religiosity and health outcomes, hope, forgiveness Phone Number: (850) 857-6196 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 208 Email Address: sparenteau@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/sparenteau
	Robert J. Rotunda, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., University of South Carolina Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Sports and Exercise Psychology, Addictions Counseling, Marital and Family Therapy Research Interests: Couples Therapy for Substances Use Disorders, Performance Enhancement Strategies, Domestic Violence and Trauma Issues Phone Number: (850) 474-2294 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 226 Email Address: rrotunda@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/rrotunda/psych/
	Sherry Schneider, Assistant Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Specialties: Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Social-Identity Theory, Social Dilemmas, Organizational Citizenship Phone Number: (850) 474-2357 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 217 Email Address: sschneider@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/sschneider
	Claudia J. Stanny, Associate Professor Education: M.S. & Ph.D., Florida State University Specialties: Human Memory and Cognition, Experimental Psychology, Statistics Research Interests: Memory of everyday life, Autobiographical memory, Eyewitness Memory, Teaching of psychology, Issues in higher education: faculty development, promoting scholarship of teaching and learning, Assessment of student learning Phone Number: (850) 474-3355 Office location: Bldg 41, Rm 214 Email Address: cstanny@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/cstanny
	Lisa VanWormer, Assistant Professor Education: M.A. & Ph.D., Purdue University Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Gerontology, Human Factors Engineering Research Interests: Processes of attention and memory Phone Number: (850) 857-6217 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 232 Email Address: lvanwormer@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/lvanwormer
	Stephen J. Vodanovich, Professor Education: Ph.D., Saint Louis University Specialties: Personnel Selection, Research Methodology, Social Psychology, Test Construction, Legal Issues in I/O Psychology Research Interests: Boredom, Workplace Safety, Work Values, Application Blanks, Internet-based Instruction Phone Number: (850) 474-2944 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 220 Email Address: svodanov@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/svodanov/vodanovich.html
	Susan E. Walch, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University Specialties: Health Psychology, Behavioral Medicine, Psycho-Onocology, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Multicultural Counseling, Women's Health Research Interests: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention, Psycho-Oncology Phone Number: (850) 474-2273 Office Location: Bldg 41, Rm 222 Email Address: swalch@uwf.edu Website: http://uwf.edu/swalch
Staff
	Diana Robinson, Coordinator Phone Number: (850) 474-2354 Office location: Bldg 41, Rm 204 Email Address: drobinson@uwf.edu
	Ricky Hicks, Business Systems Specialist Phone Number: (850) 473-7002 Office location: Bldg 41, Rm 114 Email Address: rhicks@uwf.edu
	Faye Colley, Office Specialist Phone Number: (850) 474-2363 Office location: Bldg 41, Rm 250 Email Address: fcolley@uwf.edu
	Teresa M. Harris, Administrative Specialist Phone Number: (850) 474-2364 Office location: Bldg 41, Rm 251 Email Address: tharris@uwf.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Pamela Basham

Education: M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counseling, University of West Florida 2004
B.S., Recreation and Leisure Studies, Springfield College 1982
Courses Taught: Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior
Email Address: pbasham@uwf.edu

Annetta Davenport

Education: M.S. in Counseling and Psycholgoy, Troy State University; 2006
B.S., Business Finance, Florida State University 1996
Courses Taught: Intervention/Addictions
Email Address: adavenport@uwf.edu

Neil Davis

Education: Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of West Florida 2006
M.A., Developmental Psychology, University of West Florida 2000
B.A., Psychology, University of West Florida 1996
Courses Taught: Adulthood and Aging, General Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Lab, Child Development, Human Development Across the Lifespan
Email Address: ndavis@uwf.edu

Leticia Grove

Education: M.A., Psychology, University of West Florida 2005
B.A., Psychology- Minor/Women's Studies, University of West Florida 2000
Courses Taught: Educational and Vocational Guidance
Email Address: lgrove@uwf.edu

Barbara Lewis

Education: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of Florida 1979
M.Ed., Counselor Education, University of Florida 1975
B.A., Clinical Psychology, Antioch College 1973
Courses Taught: Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Forensic Psychology, General Psychology, Interventions and Addictions
Email Address: blewis@uwf.edu

Tonya Nascimento

Education: M.A., Mental Health Counseling, University of West Florida 2007
B.A., English/Writing and Psychology, Florida State University 2004
Courses Taught: Educational Psychology
Email Address: tnascimento@uwf.edu

Marcy Price

Education: M.S., Counseling and Psychology, Troy University 2008
B.A., Psychology, University of West Florida 2002
Courses Taught: Psychology/Culture/Society
Email Address: mprice1@uwf.edu

Marie Sjoberg

Education: M.A., Counseling, University of West Florida 2002
B.A., English/Speech Education, University of Florida 1972
Courses Taught: Abnormal Psychology
Email Address: msjoberg@uwf.edu

Carlene Thornton

Education: Ph.D., Florida State University 1988
M.S., Clinical Psychology, Auburn University 1960
B.A., Art (Teacher Certification Program), Samford University 1956
Courses Taught: Abnormal Psychology
Email Address: cthornton@uwf.edu

Brian Turner

Education: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Jackson State University 2008
B.A., Psychology, Southern University and A & M University 1995
Courses Taught: Introduction to General Psychology, Life Application Psychology
Email Address: bturner1@uwf.edu

Melissa Venezia

Education: Ph.D., Psychology, Tulane University 2000
M.A., Psychology, Tulane University 1996
B.S., Psychology, Nova Southeastern University 1991
Courses Taught: Psychological Assessment
Email Address: mvenezia@uwf.edu

Sally Zengaro

Education: Ph.D., Educational Psychology, The University of Alabama 2010
M.A., English, The University of Alabama 1992
B.S., English, Harding University 1983
Courses Taught: Psychology of Adolescence and General Psychology
Email Address: szengaro@uwf.edu

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Faculty

James Arruda, Professor

Ronald W. Belter, Associate Professor

Lisa D. Blalock, Assistant Professor

Laura Koppes Bryan, Professor and Director

Joan D. Duer, Associate Professor

Rodney Guttmann, Professor

Jane S. Halonen, Professor and College of Arts and Sciences Dean

Rosemary (Lowe) Hays-Thomas, Professor

Erica Jordan, Assistant Professor

Steven J. Kass, Professor

Samuel R. Mathews, Associate Professor

Stacy Parenteau, Visiting Assistant Professor

Robert J. Rotunda, Associate Professor

Sherry Schneider, Assistant Professor

Claudia J. Stanny, Associate Professor

Lisa VanWormer, Assistant Professor

Stephen J. Vodanovich, Professor

Susan E. Walch, Associate Professor

Staff

Diana Robinson, Coordinator

Ricky Hicks, Business Systems Specialist

Faye Colley, Office Specialist

Teresa M. Harris, Administrative Specialist