Laurie O’Brien, Ph.D.

Laurie O’Brien, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor

(504) 862-3320
School of Science & Engineering
Laurie O’Brien

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2002, University of Kansas

Biography

As an experimental social psychologist, I am interested in issues related to prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination, and stigma. Two questions central to my research are: (1) How do people from high status and low status groups make judgments about what constitutes prejudice? (2) What are the consequences of perceiving prejudice and discrimination for people from both high and low status groups?

Office

3013 Percival Stern Hall

Selected Publications

O’Brien, L.T., & Merritt, S. (2022). Attributions to discrimination against Black victims in a multiracial society: Isolating the effect of perpetrator group membership. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(1), 120-134.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988372 

Merritt, S., Hitti, A., Van Camp, A.R., Shaffer, E., Sanchez, M. & O’Brien, L.T. (2021). Maximizing the impact of exposure to science role models: Testing an intervention to increase science identity among adolescent girls. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(7), 667-682https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12774  

Moss, A., Fitzpatrick, J., & O’Brien, L.T. (2021). Attributions for atheism: Perceptions that atheism is a choice are associated with prejudice against atheists among Christians, but not Jews or nonbelievers. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 31(2), 102 – 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2020.1815993  

O’Brien, L.T., Garcia, D.M., Blodorn, A., Adams, G., Gravelin, C., & Hammer, E. (2020a). An educational intervention to improve women’s academic STEM outcomes: Divergent effects on well represented vs. underrepresented minority women. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(2), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000289        

O’Brien, L.T. Bart, H., & Garcia, D.M. (2020b). Why are there so few minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology?: The roles of challenges to inclusion and sense of belonging. Social Psychology of Education, 23, 449-477.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-019-09538-x  

Moss, A., Blodorn, A., Van Camp, A., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019). Gender equality, value violations, and prejudice toward Muslims. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 288-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217716751   

Simon, S., Moss, A., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019a). Pick your perspective: Racial-group membership and judgments of intent, harm, and discrimination. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 215-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430217735576  

Simon, S., Magaldi, M., & O’Brien, L.T. (2019b). Empathy vs. evidence: Does perspective-taking for a discrimination claimant bias judgments of institutional sexism? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 1109-1123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218818731   

O’Brien, L.T., Hitti, A., Schaffer, E., Van Camp, A., Gilbert, P., & Henry, D.  (2017). Improving girls’ sense of fit in science: Increasing the impact of role models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 301-309https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616671997

Courses Taught

Introduction to Social Psychology: PSYC 343

Psychology of Diversity?: PSYC 3470

Social Stigma: PSYC 662

Social Psychology: PSYC 700

Bonnie K. Nastasi, Ph.D.

Bonnie K. Nastasi, Ph.D.

Professor

(504) 314-7544
School of Science & Engineering
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Bonnie K. Nastasi

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 1986, Kent State University

Biography

Dr. Nastasi's research focuses on culturally appropriate health promotion and health risk prevention programming for child, adolescent and adult populations. Dr. Nastasi is currently accepting graduate students.

Office

3046 Percival Stern Hall

Selected Publications

Hitchcock, J., & Nastasi, B. K. (2011). Mixed methods for construct validation. In P. Vogt & M. Williams (Eds.), Handbook of methodological innovation (pp. 249-268). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Nastasi, B. K., Jayasena, A., Summerville, M., & Borja, A. (2011). Facilitating long-term recovery from natural disasters: Psychosocial programming in tsunami-affected schools of Sri Lanka. School Psychology International, 32, 512-532. DOI: 10.1177/0143034311402923.

Nastasi, B. K., Overstreet, S., & Summerville, M. (2011). School-based mental health services in post-disaster contexts: A public health framework. School Psychology International, 32, 533-552. DOI: 10.1177/0143034311402926.

Nastasi, B. K., & Varjas, K. (2011). International development of school psychology. In M. A. Bray & T. J. Kehle (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of School Psychology (pp. 810-828). NY: Oxford University Press.

Nastasi, B. K., Moore, R. B., & Varjas, K. M. (2004). School-based mental health services: Creating comprehensive and culturally specific programs. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Nastasi, B. K., Pluymert, K., Varjas, K., & Bernstein, R. (2002). Exemplary mental health programs: School psychologists as mental health service providers.(3rd ed.). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Nastasi, B. K., & Hitchcock, J. H. (2008). Evaluating quality and effectiveness of population-based services. In B. J. Doll & J. A. Cummings (Eds.), Transforming school mental health services: Population-based approaches to promoting the competency and wellness of children (pp. 245-276).Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press with National Association of School Psychologists.

Nastasi, B. K., Hitchcock, J. H., Burkholder, G., Varjas, K., Sarkar, S., & Jayasena, A. (2007). Assessing adolescents’ understanding of and reactions to stress in different cultures: Results of a mixed-methods approach. School Psychology International, 28(2), 163-178.

Nastasi, B.K., Hitchcock, J., Sarkar, S., Burkholder, G., Varjas, K., & Jayasena, A. (2007). Mixed methods in intervention research: Theory to adaptation. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(2), 164-182.

Damian R. Murray, Ph.D.

Damian R. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

504-862-3344
School of Science & Engineering
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Damian R. Murray

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D.,2013, University of British Columbia

Biography

Dr. Murray's research programs follow two themes: 1) The consequences of a disease-avoidance motive for interpersonal relationships, social attitudes, personality, and cultural differences, and 2) The dynamics of new interpersonal relationships—the individual differences that predict formation, stability, and satisfaction in new romantic relationships, and the implications of these relationships for physiology and health.

Office

3067 Percival Stern Hall

Selected Publications

Kerry, N., Murray, D. R., Harman, J., & McCord, J. (in press). Political results: Outcomes of sporting events affect egalitarian attitudes and ingroup evalauations. Self and Identity. doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1733070

Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (in press). Politics and parenting. In V. A. Weekes-Shackelford &T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2020). Politics and parental care: Experimental and mediational tests of the causal link between parenting motivation and social conservatism. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 284-292. doi.org/10.1177/1948550619853598

Murray, D. R., *Prokosch, M., & *Airington, Z. (2019). PsychoBehavioroImmunology: Connecting the behavioral immune system to its physiological foundations. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 10:200. 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00200

Murray, D. R., Haselton, M. G., Fales, M. R., & Cole, S. W. (2019). Falling in love is associated with immune system gene regulation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, 120- 126.  doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.043

Kerry, N., *Loria, R. N., & Murray, D. R. (2019). Gluttons for punishment? Experimentally- induced hunger unexpectedly reduces harshness of suggested punishments. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 352-370. 10.1007/s40750-019-00121-4

Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2019). Is formidability associated with political conservatism? Evolutionary Psychological Science, 5, 220-230.Murray, D. R., Haselton, M. G., Fales, M. R., & Cole, S. W. (2019). Subjective social status and health-related gene expression. Health Psychology, 38, 182-186. dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000705

Murray, D. R., *Kerry, N. T., & Gervais, W. (2019). On Disease and deontology: Multiple tests of the influence of disease threat on moral vigilance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 44-52.  doi.org/10.1177/1948550617733518

Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Conservative Parenting: Investigating the relationships between parenthood, moral judgment, and social conservatism. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 88-96.  doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.045

Ackerman, J. M., Hill, S. E., & Murray, D. R. (2018). The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12:e12371. doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12371

Magee, C., Buchtel, E. E., Human, L. J., Murray, D. R., & Biesanz, J. C. (2018). Is personality variability associated with adjustment? Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 22-43. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.08.005

Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Strong personalities: Investigating the Relationships between Grip Strength, Self-perceived Formidability, and Big Five Personality Traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 131, 216-221. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.003

Van de Vliert, E., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Climate and creativity: Cold and heat trigger invention and innovation in richer populations. Creativity Research Journal, 30, 17-28. doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1411571

Murray, D. R., Murphy, S. C., von Hippel, W., Trivers, R., & Haselton, M. G. (2017). A preregistered study of competing predictions suggests that men do overestimate women’s sexual intent. Psychological Science, 28, 253-255.
 
Murray, D. R., Fessler, D. M. T., Kerry, N., White, C., & Marin, M. (2017). The kiss of death: Three tests of the relationship between disease threat and ritualized physical contact within traditional cultures. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 63-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.06.008
 
Murray, D. R. (2017). Essentializing politics: If perceptions of politics become genetically essentialized, what will be the consequences? Social Cognition, 35, 475-495.
 
Murray, D. R., Gildersleeve, K. A., Fales, M. R., & Haselton, M. G. (2017). MHC homozygosity is associated with fast sexual strategies in women. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3, 101-117.
 
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2016). The behavioral immune system: Implications for social cognition, social interaction, and social influence. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 75-129.

Lisa Molix, Ph.D.

Lisa Molix, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(504) 314-7549
School of Science & Engineering
Lisa Molix

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2007, University of Missouri

Biography

Dr. Molix's interests lie with intergroup relations, health and well-being among marginalized populations, and the intersections among these areas.

Office

3070 Percival Stern Hall

Selected Publications

Doyle D.M., & Molix, L. (2018). Stigma Consciousness Modulates Cortisol Reactivity to Social Stress in Women. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 217-224.

Doyle, D.M., Molix L (2016). Minority stress and inflammatory mediators: covering moderates associations between perceived discrimination and salivary interleukin-6 in gay men. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 782-792.

Doyle, D.M., & Molix, L. (2015). Social stigma and sexual minorities’ romantic relationship functioning: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1363-1381.

Bettencourt, B. A., Manning, M. A., Molix, L., Schlegel, R. J., Eidelman, S., & Biernat, M., (2015). Explaining extremity in evaluation of group members: Meta-Analytic test of three theories. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Online March 2015, 1-26.

Molix, L., & Nichols, C. P. (2013). Satisfaction of basic psychological needs as a mediator of the relationship between community esteem and well-being. International Journal of Wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 3, 20-34

Molix, L., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2010). Predicting well-being among ethnic minorities: Psychological empowerment and ethnic group identity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 513-533.

Courses Taught

Social Psychology (Honors): Psyc3430H

Social Psychology: Psyc3430

Intergroup Relations: Psyc7170

Structural Equation Modeling: Psyc7450

Julie Markant, Ph.D.

Julie Markant, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

504-862-3367
Office Address
3047 Percival Stern Hall
School of Science & Engineering
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Julie Markant

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2010, University of Minnesota

Biography

Dr. Julie Markant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tulane University and a Faculty Associate in the Tulane Brain Institute. Dr. Markant’s research focuses on mechanisms that link the development of selective attention and efficient learning during infancy and early childhood. Her work takes a bidirectional approach by investigating 1) the role of developing attention control in promoting more effective learning and 2) the role of prior learning and experience in shaping our ability to efficiently orient to meaningful information. This research is grounded in a developmental perspective and the understanding that multiple biological and contextual factors contribute to change in these processes over time. Dr. Markant therefore aims to understand how both neurobehavioral mechanisms and individual experience contribute to variability in attention and learning outcomes. To address these questions Dr. Markant’s research emphasizes behavioral and eye tracking methods but has also incorporated genetic, MRI, and fNIRS measures. 

You can learn from about Dr. Markant’s current work and the Learning and Brain Development Lab here: https://lbdlab.tulane.edu/

Dr. Markant is currently accepting graduate students. Dr. Markant accepts graduate students from the Psychology and Neuroscience Ph.D. programs. 

Office

3047 Percival Stern Hall 

Selected Publications

Hunter, B.K. & Markant, J. (in press). Caregiver faces capture 6- to 10-year-old children’s attention orienting during an online visual search task. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001420

King, J. & Markant, J. (2022). Selective attention to lesson-relevant competing information promotes 3- to 5-year-old children’s learning. Developmental Science, 25, e13237. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13237

Markant, J. & Amso, D. (2022). Context and attention control determine whether attending to competing information helps or hinders learning in school-aged children. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 13(1), e1577. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1577

Noonan, C.F., Hunter, B.K, & Markant, J. (2021). Dynamic emotional messages differentially affect 6-month-old infants’ attention to eyes and gaze cues. Infant Behavior and Development, 64, 101626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101626

Hunter, B.K. & Markant, J. (2021). Differential sensitivity to species- and race-based information in the development of attention orienting and attention holding face biases in infancy. Developmental Psychobiology, 63, 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22027

King, J. & Markant, J. (2020). Individual differences in selective attention and scanning dynamics influence children’s learning from relevant non-targets in a visual search task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 193, 104797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104797

Markant, J. & Scott, L.S. (2018). Attention and perceptual learning interact in the development of the other-race effect. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(3), 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721418769884

For a complete list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CJrblukAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Jeffrey J. Lockman, Ph.D.

Jeffrey J. Lockman, Ph.D.

Research Professor

(504) 862-3325
School of Science & Engineering
Jeffrey Lockman

Office

3010 Percival Stern Hall

Courses Taught

Child Psychology: PSYC 321

Infancy: PSYC 326

Developmental Psychology: PSYC 702

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 1980, University of Minnesota

Biography

My research interests center on perception-action and cognitive development. In my recent work, I have been studying the development of tool use in children and how it might be related to the object manipulation skills of infants. Additionally, I have been conducting work on spatial cognition in children, focusing on how children code the location of objects and object features. Dr. Lockman’s research program can be found at https://childdevelopment.tulane.edu. Dr. Lockman is currently accepting graduate students.

Selected Publications

Lockman, J. J., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., (Eds.) (in press).  The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development.  New York:  Cambridge University Press. 

Rachwani, J., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S, Lockman, J. J., Karasik, L. B., Adolph, K E. (2020).  Learning the designed actions of everyday objects.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  General, 149, 67-78.

Chinn, L. K., Hoffmann, M., Leed, J. E., & Lockman, J. J. (2019).  Reaching with one arm to the other:  Coordinating touch, proprioception, and action during infancy.    Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 183, 19-32.

Chinn, L. K., Noonan, C. F., Hoffmann, M., & Lockman, J. J. (2019).  Development of infant reaching strategies to tactile targets on the face.   Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00009

Fears, N. E., Bailey, B., Youmans, B., & Lockman, J. J.  (2019).  An eye-tracking method for directly assessing children’s visual-motor integration.   Physical Therapy, 99, 797-806.

Heathcock, J. C., & Lockman, J. J. (2019).  Infant and child development:  Innovations and foundations for rehabilitation.  Physical Therapy, 99, 643-646, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzz067

Leed, J. E., Chinn, L. K., & Lockman, J. J. (2019).  Reaching to the self:  The development of infants’ ability to reach to targets on the body.  Psychological Science, 30, 1063-1073.

Jung, W. P., Kahrs, B. A., & Lockman, J.J.  (2018). Fitting handled objects into apertures by 17-  to 36-month-old children: The dynamics of spatial coordination. Developmental Psychology, 54, 228-239.

Lockman, J. J., Fears, N. E., & Jung, W. P. (2018).  The development of object fitting:  The dynamics of spatial coordination.  In J. Plumert (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 55, 31-72.

Lockman, J. J., Fears, N. E., & Lewis, E. A. (2018). Spatial development.   In C. von Hofsten (Ed.). Oxford Research Encyclopedia:  Psychology, pp. 1-50. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Fears, N. E., & Lockman, J. J. (2018). How beginning handwriting is influenced by letter knowledge: Visual-motor coordination during children’s form copying. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 171, 55-70.

Lockman, J. J., & Kahrs, B. A.  (2017).  New insights into the development of human tool use. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26, 330-334.

Michael Hoerger, Ph.D., M.S.C.R.

Michael Hoerger, Ph.D., M.S.C.R.

Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Oncology

Contributing Member of the Tulane Cancer Center
(504) 314-7545
School of Science & Engineering
Michael Hoerger

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2010, Central Michigan University
M.S.C.R., 2016, Tulane University

Biography

Dr. Hoerger is a clinical health psychologist and decision scientist who conducts research aimed at supporting quality of life in adults with cancer. Quality of life encompasses both physical functioning and mental health, including depression and anxiety. Dr. Hoerger aims to support quality of life by conducting research on healthcare decision making and service utilization, patient-provider communication, patient education and empowerment, and health disparities. He is particularly interested in increasing utilization of palliative care, a multidisciplinary service for patients with advanced cancer or serious symptoms that is designed with the goal of supporting quality of life.

His research draws from the perspective of translational psychological science, meaning that his psycho-oncology studies are informed by basic psychology research and theory related to personality, emotion, and decision making. This includes Dr. Hoerger’s seminal work on ‘affective forecasting’ and ‘delay of gratification.’ He is also known for his methodologic expertise in study design, survey development and measurement, statistics, and web design.

Dr. Hoerger has devoted his career to conducting interdisciplinary research, serving over 40 professional journals, teaching and mentoring, providing clinical services, and engaging with the community on issues related to work, education, and health. Currently, Dr. Hoerger serves on the editorial board of Health Psychology, manages the charitable foundation web site for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), and reviews grants for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). As well, he was Tulane’s first faculty member to complete the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center’s Roadmap Award. 

Lab Website

Office

3070 Percival Stern Hall

Selected Publications

Rogers, J. L., Perry, L. M., & Hoerger, M. (in press). Summarizing the evidence base for palliative oncology care: A critical evaluation of the meta-analyses. Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology.

Gerhart, J., Duberstein, P., Paull, D., O'Mahony, S., Burns, J., Denicolo, M., & Hoerger, M. (in press). Geography of preventable death in the United States: Anger-prone states and opioid deaths. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Sannes, T. S., Gerhart, J., McLouth, L. E., & Hoerger, M. (in press). The important role of mental health providers in palliative care interdisciplinary teams: A response to Henderson et al. Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., Korotkin, B. D., Saks, S. J., & Duberstein, P. R. (in press). Self-complexity and socio-emotional adjustment to a romantic event in early adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Duberstein, P.R., Chen, M., Hoerger, M., Epstein, R.M., Mohile, S.G., Saeed, F., Perry, L., Yilmaz, S., & Norton, S.A. (in press). Conceptualizing and counting discretionary utilization: A scoping review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., Malhotra, S., Gerhart, J. I., Mohile, S., & Duberstein, P. R. (2020). Development and validation of the Palliative Care Attitudes Scale: A measure of patient attitudes towards palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59, 293-301.

Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., Molix, L. A., & Duberstein, P. R. (2020). A validation study of the mini-IPIP five-factor personality scale in adults with cancer. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102, 153-163.

Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., Sartor, A. O., & Robinson, W. (2020). Distress among African American and white adults with cancer in Louisiana. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 38, 63-72.

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Courses Taught

Psychology Research Method: PSYC 3130

Health Psychology: PSYC 6800

Personality Psychology: PSYC 7010

Research Methods in Health Psychology: PSYC 6100

Thomas J. Hebert, Ph.D.

Thomas J. Hebert, Ph.D.

Senior Professor of Practice

(504) 862-8331
School of Science & Engineering
Thomas Hebert

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 1996, Tulane University

Biography

Dr. Hebert is a behavioral neuroscientist with a background in neuroendocrinology and neuroanatomy.  He coordinates and instructs lab courses in the Neuroscience Teaching Laboratory.  These courses include contemporary research techniques in the behavioral neurosciences, including live animal models utilizing controlled substances and small animal surgery.

Office

2021A Percival Stern Hall

Courses Taught

Introductory Psychology: PSYC 1000

Sensation and Perception: PSYC/NSCI 3770

Sensation and Perception Laboratory Coordinator: PSYC/NSCI 3775

Psychopharmacology Laboratory Coordinator: PSYC/NSCI 4535

Biopsychology Laboratory Coordinator: PSYC/NSCI 4515

Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Coordinator: PSYC/NSCI 4385

Sarah A. O. Gray, Ph.D.

Sarah A. O. Gray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

504-862-3318
School of Science & Engineering
CV
Sarah Gray

Office

3068 Percival Stern Hall

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2013, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Biography

Dr. Sarah Gray is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tulane University, where she holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Gray’s research examines the developmental consequences of early life adversity, with a specific focus on intergenerational processes. She takes a multilevel approach, integrating narrative, behavioral, and physiological measurement to understand how risk and resilience is transmitted across generations through behavioral and biological pathways, situated in relational and broader social contexts. Ultimately, she seeks to inform prevention and intervention programs that support caregivers to support young children.

She earned her B.A. in History from Yale University and completed a post-baccalaureate fellowship in early childhood development and education at the Yale Child Study Center. After teaching for several years in her home state of Louisiana, she pursued her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston and completed her internship and post-doctoral training in the Early Childhood program at the Yale Child Study Center. She has published broadly on topics related to early-emerging psychopathology, family processes, sex differences, and trauma, and her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Brain & Behavior Foundation, and the American Psychoanalytic Association. She is the recipient of a ZERO TO THREE Leaders for the 21st Century Fellowship and an Early Career Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development.

Dr. Gray is not accepting new graduate students this cycle. You can learn more about Dr. Gray's current work and the Tulane Child and Family Lab here: https://cfl.tulane.edu/.  

Selected Publications

Gray, S. A. O., Lipschutz, R., & Scheeringa, M. (2018). Young children’s physiological reactivity during memory recall: Associations with posttraumatic stress and parent physiological synchrony. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(4), 871-880.
 
Gray, S. A. O., Jones, C. W., Theall, K. P., Glackin, E., & Drury, S. S. (2017). Thinking across generations: Unique contributions of maternal early life and prenatal stress to infant physiology. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 56(11), 922-929.
 
Gray, S. A. O., Theall, K., P., Lipschutz, R., & Drury, S. S. (2017). Sex differences in the contribution of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and trauma to children’s psychopathology. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 39(1), 67-78.
 
Gray, S. A. O., Forbes, D., & Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Carter, A. S. (2015). Caregiver insightfulness and young children’s violence exposure: Testing a relational model of risk and resilience. Attachment and Human Development 17(6), 615-634.
 
Gray, S. A. O. (2015). Widening the Circle of Security: A quasi-experimental evaluation of attachment-based professional development for family child care providers. Infant Mental Health Journal 36(3), 308-319.

Jonathan P. Fadok, Ph.D.

Jonathan P. Fadok, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

The Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. Professorship in Science and Engineering
(504) 862-3300
School of Science & Engineering
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Jonathan P. Fadok

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., 2010, University of Washington

Biography

Dr. Fadok’s research is focused on understanding how the brain controls the formation and expression of emotional memory at the level of defined neuronal circuits. He is currently interested in understanding how brain-wide neuronal networks interact to influence learning and adaptive behavior. Work in his laboratory involves using cutting-edge methodology such as large-scale in vivo recordings of neuronal activity, targeted manipulations of function in behaving animals, as well as cell-type specific neuroanatomical tracing techniques.

Office

208 Flower Hall

Selected Publications

Borkar, C.; Fadok, JP. (2021) A novel Pavlovian fear conditioning paradigm to study freezing and flight behavior. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 167: e61536. DOI: 10.3791/61536
 
Borkar, C; Dorofeikova, M; Le, QE, Vutukuri, R; Vo, C; Hereford, D; Resendez, A; Basavanhalli, S; Sifnugel, N; Fadok, JP. (2020) Sex differences in behavioral responses during a conditioned flight paradigm. Behavioural Brain Research. 389: 112623. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112623

Fadok, JP; Markovic, M; Tovote, P; Lüthi, A. (2018) New perspectives on central amygdala function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 49:141-147. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959438817302374?via%3Dihub

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