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Faculty Psychology Department

Bruce Blaine | Timothy Franz | Melissa Ghera | John Mavromatis | Eileen Merges | Laura Phelan | Dawn Rager | Tam Spitzer | Ryan Thibodeau

	Bruce Blaine Professor BS, Houghton College MA, St. Bonaventure University PhD, SUNY at Buffalo Areas of expertise: Health psychology Research interests: Obesity, disordered eating, dieting, weight loss Office: Pioch103B Email: bblaine@sjfc.edu Webpage: http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/bblaine/
	Timothy Franz Associate Professor BA, SUNY at Oneonta MA, SUNY at Buffalo PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago Areas of expertise: Social psychology, organizational psychology Research interests: Individual and group decision making; improving teamwork; organization development Office: Pioch103I Email: tfranz@sjfc.edu Webpage: http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/tfranz/
	Melissa Ghera Assistant Professor B.A. Concordia University Chicago M.A. Concordia University Chicago Ph.D. University of Maryland - College Park Area of Expertise: Developmental Psychology Research Interests: Family functioning in dual-earner families - the role of childcare and child temperament in the investigation of child socio-emotional development. Office: Pioch 103K Email: mghera@sjfc.edu Webpage: http://keep2.sjfc.edu/staff/mghera/
	John Mavromatis Associate Professor BA, Hobart College PhD, University of Pittsburgh Areas of expertise: Cognitive psychology, history of psychology, evolutionary psychology Research interests: Illusion of truth, cheater detection Office: Pioch 103G Email: jmavromatis@sjfc.edu
	Eileen Merges Assistant Professor BA, SUNY at Geneseo PhD, SUNY at Albany Areas of expertise: Clinical psychology, developmental psychopathology, developmental disabilities Research interests: Autism, challenging behavior, sleep disorders Office: Pioch 103F Email: emerges@sjfc.edu
	Laura Phelan Assistant Professor BA, PhD, SUNY at Albany Areas of expertise: Psychology of learning Research interests: Evaluative conditioning, configural learning and pedagogical research Office: Pioch 103H Email: lphelan@sjfc.edu
	Dawn Rager Associate Professor BA, PhD, SUNY at Albany Areas of expertise: Physiological psychology, drugs and behavior, psychoneuroimmunology Research interests: Health and behavior issues; teaching of psychology Office: Pioch 103D Email: drager@sjfc.edu Webpage: http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/drager/
	Tam Spitzer Associate Professor Emeritus BS, MS, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Areas of expertise: Child development, children with special needs, families Email: tspitzer@sjfc.edu Webpage: http://keep2.sjfc.edu/faculty/tspitzer
	Ryan Thibodeau Assistant Professor BA, University of Southern Maine PhD, Syracuse University Areas of expertise: Clinical psychology, psychophysiology Research interests: Emotion; the physiology of emotion; personality and health Office: Pioch 103A Email: rthibodeau@sjfc.edu