Faculty:
Charles, Susan T.
Dickerson, Sally S.
Ditto, Peter H.
Frattaroli, Joanne
Heckhausen, Jutta
Knowles, Eric D.
Levine, Linda J.
**Loftus, Elizabeth F.
Maddi, Salvatore
Rook, Karen
Silver, Roxane Cohen
Stokols, Daniel
Vaughan, Elaine


Affiliated Faculty:
Campos, Belinda
Thompson, William, C.

** Member: National Academy of Sciences

The Social/Personality faculty in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior conduct theory-based empirical work that addresses a variety of important social issues across the life span. Our faculty bring a multidisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior and a sensitivity to the relevance of our research to individual and social problems.  The faculty also share a strong commitment to train students in theory, field and laboratory research methods, and advanced statistical techniques.

Our faculty have research interests covering a broad range of topics in the areas of social and personality psychology, including investigations of social cognition and decision-making; effects of emotions on reasoning and memory; subjective well-being; self and identity across cultures; control behavior; personality resilience; interpersonal relations; adaptation to stressful life events; risk perception; and psychology and law.