Psychology Faculty & Staff Profiles

The Department of Psychology has 20 full-time faculty members who are active teachers, scholars, and mentors.

Faculty Profiles

Dr. Tamra Bireta

(Assistant Professor)

Cognitive Coordinator

Specialization: Cognitive, Developmental

Education: Ph. D. - Purdue University

Contact: tbireta@tcnj.edu (609) 771-3069
Office - Social Science Building 108

Courses: Cognitive Psychology, Methods and Tools

Research Interest: Memorability of different types of information; Age-related differences in patterns of memory performance

Memory and Aging Lab: SSB 003

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Dr. Ashley Borders

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Clinical & Counseling

Education: Ph.D. - University of Southern California

Contact: borders@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2291
Office - Social Science Building 138

Courses: Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Psychology

Research Interest: The causes and consequences of rumination; Anger, hostility, and aggressive behavior; Mindfulness and meditation.

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Dr. He Len Chung

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Counseling & Clinical, Developmental

Education: Ph.D. - Temple University

Contact: chung@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2646
Office - Social Science Building 114

Courses: Methods and Tools, Abnormal Psychology, Psychosocial Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Internship in Psychology, Lab Learning: REACH Lab

Research Interest: Positive Youth Development; Resilience During the Transition to Adulthood; Community-based Research; Mental Health Services Utilization

REACH lab: Social Science Building 3F

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Dr. Jarret Crawford

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Social

Education: Ph.D. - Rutgers University

Contact: crawford@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2117
Office - Social Science Building 111

Courses: Design & Statistical Analysis, and Classic & Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology

Research Interest: Political psychology; ideological biases; atheism; existential concerns

Political Perception Lab

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Dr. Jason Dahling

(Assistant Professor)

I/O Coordinator

Specialization: Industrial / Organizational

Education: Ph.D. - University of Akron

Contact: dahling@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2582
Office - Social Science Building 121

Courses: Design and Statistical Analysis, Organizational Psychology

Research Interest: Emotional Labor in customer service settings; Feedback and performance appraisal; Deviance from organizational rules

Organizational Psychology Lab: SSB 003

Website: http://dahling.faculty.tcnj.edu/

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Dr. Candice Feiring

(Senior Research Scholar)

Director of the Center for Youth Relationship Development

Specialization: Developmental, Counseling & Clinical

Education: Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh

Contact: feiring@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2649
Office - Social Science Building 139

Courses: Lab Learning: The Romantic Relationships Research Lab; Senior Seminar in Childhood Sexual Abuse

Research Interest: Quality of Romantic Relationships in Adolescents and Young Adults; Meaning Making Processes in close relationships; Narrative Methodology; Adaptation to Childhood Sexual Abuse over time; Self-conscious Emotions; Gender

Romantic Relationship Research Lab: SSB 18-19

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Dr. James A. Graham

(Associate Professor)

Developmental Psychology Coordinator

Specialization: Developmental

Education: Ph.D. - University of Memphis

Contact: jgraham@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2638
Office - Social Science Building 122

Courses: Child Development; Research Methods; Children and the Media; General Psychology; Research Seminar in Child Development; Developmental Seminar

Research Interest: Children's peer relationships and friendships; Person perception; Relational schemas

Children's Social Developmental Lab: SSB 10B & KidsBridge Museum

Webpage: jgraham.faculty.tcnj *

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Dr. Lisa Grimm

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Cognitive, Social

Education: Ph.D. - The University of Texas at Austin

Contact: grimm@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2787
Office - Social Science Building 126

Courses: Cognitive Psychology; Design and Analysis

Research Interest: Motivation, stereotypes, and individual differences; Procedural learning, such as required in golf putting; Standardized testing; Explicit and implicit learning systems

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Dr. Ruth Hall

(Professor)

Specialization: Counseling & Clinical

Education: Ph.D. - Boston University, Clinical; M.Ed - Temple University, Sport Psychology

Contact: ruthhall@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2643
Office - Social Science Building 123

Courses: Sport Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Personality Psychology; Abnormal Psychology

Research Interest: Privilege and oppression regarding (race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and age); Coping styles of perceived marginal groups; Sport and exercise psychology: performance enhancement, social and health related concerns; Appearance and aging

Clinical Lab: Social Science Building 10A, 11, 17

Dr. Hall's Resume

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Dr. Arthur Hohmuth

(Professor)

Counseling & Clinical Coordinator

Specialization: Counseling & Clinical

Education: Ph.D. - University of Delaware, General Experimental Psychology; MA - University of Delaware

Contact: hohmuth@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2620
Office - Social Science Building 115

Courses: Abnormal Psychology; General Psychology

Club Involvement: Aikido Club - Instructor; Psychology Club - Co-Advisor

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Dr. Karen Howe

(Professor)

Specialization: Social

Education: Ph.D. - Princeton University

Contact: howek@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2439
Office - Social Science Building 117

Courses: Psychology of Women; Adolescent Psychology; Social Psychology

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Dr. Julie Hughes

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Developmental

Education: Ph.D. - University of Texas

Contact: jhughes@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2430
Office - Social Science Building 112

Courses: Methods and Tools; Development Across the Lifespan

Research Interest: Children's attitudes and reasoning about race, social inequality, and race-related social and educational policy.

Prejudice and Development Lab

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Dr. Chu Kim-Prieto

(Assistant Professor)

Social Coordinator

Specialization: Social

Education: Ph.D. - University of Illinois

Contact: kim@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2695
Office - Social Science Building 121

Courses: Methods and Tools; Emotion

Research Interest: Culture and Emotion; Subjective Well-Being; Cultural Psychology

Emotion Lab: SSB 017

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Dr. Jean Kirnan

(Professor)

Specialization: Industrial / Organizational

Education: Ph.D. - Fordham University

Contact: jkirnan@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2637
Office - Social Science Building 113

Courses: Personnel Selection & Placement; Consumer Psychology; Senior Research Seminar: I/O Topic; Tests and Measurements; Psychology in Business & Industry; Organizational Psychology

Research Interest: Recruiting source use and effectiveness; Creation and validation of personnel selection tools; Various topics related to personnel selection and measurement in general

Industrial / Organizational Lab: Various Rooms in the Social Science Building

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Dr. Andrew Leynes

(Professor)

Psychology Chair

Specialization: Biopsychology, Cognitive

Education: Ph.D. - University of Georgia

Contact: leynes@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2624
Office: Social Science Building 109A

Courses: Biopsychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Research Methods; Statistics and Lab

Research Interest: Neuroscience; Memory; Attention; Creativity

ERP Lab: Social Science Building 14B

Website: http://www.tcnj.edu/~leynes/ *

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Dr. Margaret Martinetti

(Associate Professor)

Biopsychology Coordinator

Specialization: Biopsychology

Education: Ph.D. - Temple University

Contact: martinet@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2640
Office - Social Science Building 116

Courses: Biopsychology; Design & Analysis; Behavioral Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse (BPDA); Senior Seminar in Behavioral Pharmacology; Lab Learning: The Alcohol Lab at TCNJ

Research Interest: Animal models of alcohol abuse; Quantitative analyses of choice behavior; Behavioral economics of drug abuse

Alcohol Lab: Biology Building 113

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Dr. Margaret (Betsy) Ruddy

(Assistant Professor)

Associate Chair

Specialization: Biopsychology, Counseling & Clinical, Developmental

Education: Ph.D. - Princeton University

Contact: ruddy@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2630
Office - Social Science Building 119

Courses: Biopsychology; Psychopharmacology; Research Seminar in Developmental Psychology; Research Methods; Student-Faculty Research (Infant-Child Studies)

Research Interest: Attention, Temperament, Imagination, and Play in Infancy and Early Childhood; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Parenting; Psychopathology

Infant and Child Studies Lab: Social Science Building 142

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Dr. John Ruscio

(Associate Professor)

Specialization: Industrial / Organizational

Education: Ph.D. - Brandeis University

Contact: ruscio@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2919
Office - Social Science Building 110

Courses: Design and Statistical Analysis; Seminar in Applied Psychology; The Price of Everything (FSP); Senior Seminar in Behavioral Economics

Research Interest: Taxometric analyses to differentiate categorical and dimensional data; Distinctions between science, pseudoscience, and myths of popular psychology; Techniques for generating and using multivariate comparison data sets; Citation-based indices of scholarly impact

Website: www.taxometricmethod.com*

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Dr. Jeanine Vivona

(Associate Professor)

Specialization: Counseling & Clinical, Developmental

Education: Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts

Contact: jvivona@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2634
Office - Social Science Building 120

Courses: Abnormal Psychology; Research Seminar in Clinical Psychology;
Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychopathology; Collaborative Research
Course; Counseling & Clinical Field Study Seminar; Senior Topics Study
Group

Research Interests: Psychotherapy process; Language; Identity Development;
Sibling Relationships

Clinical Lab: Social Science Building 10A, 11, 17

Dr. Vivona's Resume

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Dr. Shaun Wiley

(Assistant Professor)

Specialization: Social

Education: Ph.D. - City University of New York

Contact: swiley@tcnj.edu (609) 771-2645
Office - Social Science Building 107

Courses: General Psychology; Methods & Tools; Social Seminar: Psychology and Diversity

Research Interest: How group members respond to disadvantage; Immigration and cultural diversity; Group identity and intergroup relations; Collective action

Adjunct Faculty

Steven Barnhart

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email: barnhart@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

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Jean Brechman

	Phone: (609) 771- Email: brechman@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building

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Roger Cholewiak

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email: cholewia@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

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Heather Corcoran

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email: corcoran@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

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Elizabeth Collier, MS, GMS

Phone: (609) 771-2702
Email: collier@tcnj.edu
Office: Social Science Building 137

Certified Grief Counselor

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John Cook

	Phone: (609) 771-2736 Email: cookj@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 136

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Jill Duffy

	Phone: (609) 771-2702 Email: jduffy@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 137

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Jessica Goodwin

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email: goodwin@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

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Raegan Hoeft

	Phone: (609) 771-2291 Email: hoeft@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 138

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David Krauss

	Phone: (609) 771-3386 Email: krauss@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 141

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Anastasia Lipnevich

	Phone: (609) 771-2291 Email: lipnevic@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 138

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Stephanie Marcello

	Phone: (609) 771-3386 Email: marcello@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 141

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Michael Miragliotta

	Phone: (609) 771- Email: miraglio@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building

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Annette Murphy

	Phone: (609) 771-2702 Email: amurphy@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 137

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Kathleen Reilly

	Phone: (609) 771-3386 Email: reilly@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 141

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Jill Schwarz

	Phone: (609) 771- Email: schwarz@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building

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Greg Smiles

	Phone: (609) 771-2736 Email: smiles@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 136

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Dana Weinstock

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email: weinsto2@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

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Gloria Wuhl

	Phone: (609) 771-3386 Email: wuhl@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 141

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Anthony Zoccolillo

	Phone: (609) 771-2787 Email: zoccolil@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 113

Emeriti Faculty

Dr. Nancy Breland

	Phone: (609) 771-2435 Email:breland@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133 Webpage: http://nbreland.intrasun.tcnj.edu/ *

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Dr. Dan Phillips

	Phone: (609) 771-2645 Email: phillips@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 133

Office Support Staff

Brunelle Tellis, MS

(Program Coordinator)

	Phone: (609) 771-2427 Email: tellis@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 135

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Melissa Chiu

(Research Assistant)

	Phone: (609) 771-2486 Email: chiu6@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 109

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Marybeth Competelli

(Graduate Assistant)

	Phone: (609) 771-2486 Email: m.compete@gmail.com Office: Social Science Building 109

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Nadirah Shakir

(Secretary)

	Phone: (609) 771-2544 Email: nshakir@tcnj.edu Office: Social Science Building 109

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Marlenis Batista

(Student Assistant)

	Phone: (609) 771-2485 Office: Social Science Building 109

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Mahaghani Key

(Student Assistant)

	Phone: (609) 771-2485 Office: Social Science Building 109

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