Core Faculty
* Faculty member who may potentially take students for Fall 2024 admission.
(Ph.D., 1984, University of Southern California)
Professor and Area Head
Decision analysis and behavioral games; affiliation with USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
(Ph.D., 2001, University of British Columbia)
Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology
Director Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
Judgment and decision-making about sustainability and the environment; decision support for public policy and consumer choice; tradeoffs across conflicting social economic and environmental; objectives internal consistency and decision quality; risk perception and communication.
(Ph.D., 1983, University of Colorado at Boulder)
Professor of Psychology
Statistical models of gene-environment interplay in human behavior, and the biological and social processes that lead to diversity. Longitudinal methods for understanding individual differences in both stability and change in traits and behaviors across development.
(Ph.D., 2015, University of Virginia)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Population genetic studies of cognitive aging, dementia, personality, and psychopathology; social pain and grief; advanced quantitative methods
(Ph.D., 1998, Carnegie Mellon University)
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science
Psychology of risk, behavioral decision making, age differences in decision-making competence and well-being, communications and behavior change interventions for promoting health, well-being, safety, and sustainability
(Ph.D., 2009, Northwestern University)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science
Social media analysis with direct applications to moral decision-making, group dynamics and culture. Role of sacred values in intergroup conflict and negotiation. Computational cognitive modeling.
(Ph.D., 2015 Texas A&M University)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Statistical methods for adjusting measurement errors and biases. Multilevel and latent variable models for complex data. Psychometrics and Bayesian statistics.
(Ph.D., 1976, University of California at Santa Barbara)
Professor of Psychology
Robust methods aimed at correcting known problems associated with classic, routinely used techniques for comparing groups and studying associations. Included are various multivariate techniques such as principal components and outlier detection methods.
