| Psychology
Department Faculty and Staff |
Full time faculty |
Craig F. Bielert, Ph.D.
Professor
122 Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-3219
e-mail: bielercf@oneonta.edu
Home Page
Dr. Craig Bielert is a psychobiologist
who teaches courses in comparative and physiological psychology. His
research interests involve the biological bases of behavior, especially
in non-human primates. He also holds an adjunct appointment
in Anthropology, and is a recent recipient of the Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching. |
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Charlene Christie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
407 Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 3226
e-mail: christcs@oneonta.edu
Dr. Charlene Christie is a social psychologist who conducts research on stereotyping and prejudice, intergroup relations, social identity, and deviance. She teaches courses in social psychology, introductory psychology, and research methods. |
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Doreen Comerford
Assistant Professor
118A Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-3221
e-mail: comerfda@oneonta.edu
Dr. Doreen Comerford is an applied psychologist. She teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Research Methods, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and Human Factors/Engineering Psychology. In general, Dr. Comerford’s research focuses on the human factors issues associated with the display and interpretation of dynamic information, with particular emphasis on aviation displays. She performs research in collaboration with the Flight Deck Display Research Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center. |
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Steven J. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Professor
127A Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-2557
e-mail: gilbersj@oneonta.edu
Dr.
Gilbert's website
Dr. Steven Gilbert currently serves as Chair of
the department. He teaches courses in introductory psychology,
research methods, social psychology, and advertising psychology,
specializing in social influence and persuasion. His research
interests include individual differences in perception and suggestibility. |
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Lawrence T. Guzy, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor
111A Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-2494
e-mail: guzylt@oneonta.edu
Home Page
Dr. Lawrence
Guzy is an experimental psychologist with research interests in
motion sickness, visual perception in challenging environments,
and factors that affect safety in driving, and has participated
in several research projects at the NASA facility in Mountain View
California. Dr.
Guzy teaches courses in introductory psychology, research methods,
and sensation & perception. Dr. Guzy is a recipient of
both the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the
Susan Sutton Smith Prize for Academic Excellence, and has been
promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor. |
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Cynthia L. Miller, Ph.D.
Lecturer
400 Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-3217
e-mail: millerc@oneonta.edu
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Dr. Cynthia Miller teaches courses in research methods,
developmental psychology, and the psychology of women. Her research
interests include gender issues and social attribution. |
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Geoffrey O'Shea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
411 Fitzelle Hall
607-436-3257
e-mail: osheag@oneonta.edu
Dr. O’Shea is a cognitive psychologist who conducts research
on memory, implicit learning, mental processing speed and historical
studies on reaction time research. Dr. O’Shea was recently
awarded a grant from the SUNY Research Foundation to study memory
dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. He teaches courses in cognitive
psychology, human memory, introductory psychology, and research
methods. |
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Kenneth S. Walters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
126 Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-3599
e-mail: walterks@oneonta.edu
Dr. Walters is a clinical psychologist, with professional experience particularly focused on psychometrics and psychological testing and evaluation. His background has emphasized the assessment of psychopathology, intellectual and educational difficulties among children and adults, and forensic evaluation. Current research interests include the assessment of inattention and related difficulties among young adults and college students. Dr. Walters teaches courses in abnormal psychology, psychotherapy & behavior change (i.e., introduction to clinical psychology), and personality theory. |
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Department staff |
Susan J. Nelson
Department Secretary
127 Fitzelle Hall
Phone:
607-436-3223
e-mail: nelsonsj@oneonta.edu
Susan Nelson serves as the Psychology Department Secretary. |
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Adjunct faculty |
James M. Bercovitz, Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty member
e-mail: jbercovitz@stny.rr.com
Dr. Jim Bercovitz is a licensed psychotherapist
working in Oneonta. He
has taught our course in abnormal psychology and a seminar in neuropsychology. |
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Cathy Harris, LMSW, LCSW
Adjunct faculty member
e-mail: harrisc@oneonta.edu
Cathy Harris is a licensed social worker with experience in the fields of mental health, domestic violence, addictions, hospice and forensic social work. She is especially interested in group therapy for forensic clients. She teaches the Special Topics course on the Psychology of Family Violence. |
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Karen Henry, MA
Adjunct faculty member
e-mail: henryk@oneonta.edu
Karen Henry holds a MA in Community Psychology/community counseling from The Sage Colleges in Albany NY. For the past 5 years, Karen has been writing full length fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, parenting full time and working toward a doctoral degree from Capella University in General Psychology. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation, “A qualitative inquiry of the experience of happiness in successful professional women.” Her research interests are within the framework of positive psychology and qualitative methodologies. Currently she is pursuing a certification as an empirically based positive psychology life coach with the IFC. She teaches Introduction to Psychology, Personality Theories, and in the Spring ’09, Introduction to Positive Psychology. |
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Robin Nussbaum, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty Member
e-mail: nussbar@oneonta.edu
Dr. Robin Nussbaum earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2006. Her dissertation was on "Sexual Orientation and Homophobia in the Elaboration Likelihood Model," which explored how the sexual orientation of a message sender and the homophobia levels of the message receiver affected persuasion.
Her main areas of interest academically are relationships and sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity, and prejudice reduction. She is also interested in persuasion and social influence.
Robin has been the Coordinator of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and the LEAD program at SUNY Oneonta since Fall 2007. In the 2006-2007 academic year, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Vassar College (from which she received her BA in 1999). She has worked as the Program Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee Queers for Justice Program and as the Coordinator of the University of Hawaii Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Office. |
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Mark Schneider, Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty member
e-mail: schneime@oneonta.edu
Dr. Mark Schneider is a licensed psychologist and Deputy Director
of Community Services at Otsego County Mental Health Department.
He teaches courses in Theories of Personality, Introductory Psychology
and Psychotherapy & Behavior Change. He founded the Regional
Conference on Autism and Asperger's Syndrome in 1999
and is involved in assessment and research in this area. |
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Sheila A. Serbay, B.S., M.A.
Adjunct faculty member
Fitzelle Hall - 111B
Phone: 607-436-2674
e-mail: serbaysa@oneonta.edu
Sheila Serbay is the Coordinator of Internships for the Psychology Department and teaches Psychology of Drugs, Adulthood and Aging, and Psychology of Women. Her interests include research on drug issues and aging issues, and completing her PhD.
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Emma Wood, M.A.
Adjunct faculty member
Counseling Center
Phone: 436-3368
e-mail: woodej@oneonta.edu
Emma Wood is a doctoral intern at SUNY Oneonta Counseling Center and will receive her Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Midwestern University in Downers Grove, IL this summer. She received a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Midwestern University and her Bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, in Interdisciplinary Studies: Art, Music and Psychology. Emma will be teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the spring of 2010.
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Retired faculty and staff |
Foster Brown, Ph.D.
Professor (retired)
e-mail: brownfl@oneonta.edu
Dr. Brown received his PhD from Cornell University with post-doctoral work at the Imperial College of London University. His principle field was in statistical analysis and measurement for the behavioral sciences. Minor fields were mycology and science education. He joined the psychology department at Oneonta in 1965, where he taught a variety of statistics courses. His previous position was as a systems analyst at the Cornell University Computer Center. Before becoming enamored with statistical analysis, Dr. Brown taught anatomy, physiology, microbiology, field biology, etc. for a decade.
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Leslie L. (Les) Downing, Ph.D.
Professor (retired)
e-mail: downinll@oneonta.edu
Dr. Downings' website
Professional Vita
Dr. Leslie Downing taught courses in social, advanced social, applied social, and industrial / organizational psychology, as well as a course in the psychology of cults, in which he is an acknowledged expert. |
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Mary B. Howes, Ph.D.
Professor (retired)
e-mail: howesmb@oneonta.edu
Home Page
Dr. Mary Howes retired in 2005 but continues to teach a variety of courses for the department. She specializes in cognitive psychology
with particular emphasis on early memory. She
teaches courses in statistics, cognition and memory, and is author
of the text The Psychology of Human Cognition: Mainstream and Genevan
Traditions. Dr. Howes recently completed a major text, Human Memory: Structures and Images, published by Sage. She also contributed to a book of memoirs concerning Trinity College, Dublin, in the
1960s. The book was published this year, 2009, by Lilliput Press and received excellent reviews. The piece was submitted under her maiden name of Carr. Dr. Howes is expecting publication of a novel this March. |
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Dorothea Mancke
Instructional Support Assistant
Dorothea Mancke served as an instructional
support assistant for Dr. Rainville. |
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Walter vom Saal, Ph.D.
Professor (retired)
e-mail: vomsaaw@oneonta.edu
Dr. vom Saal's website
Professional Vita
Dr. Walter vom Saal offered courses in introductory psychology, research methods, adulthood & aging, and human sexuality, as well as a seminar on career preparation for psychology majors. Dr. vom Saal currently is involved in interdisciplinary research on aging. |
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In Memoriam |
Raymond E. Rainville, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
126 Fitzelle Hall
Phone: 607-436-3599
e-mail: rainvire@oneonta.edu
Home Page
This October, the Psychology Department and SUNY-Oneonta lost a distinguished colleague, superb teacher and practitioner, and a man of great integrity. Ray will be greatly missed.
Dr. Raymond Rainville was an expert in the study of sleep and dreams, and wrote a volume entitled Dreams Across the Life Span, which he used in his upper division course on this topic. Dr Rainville serve as a locally centered Clinical Psychologist, and offered classes in psychotherapy, abnormal psychology, human sexuality, and sleep & dreams. Dr. Rainville was a recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. |
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Peter A. DiNardo, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professional Vita
The Psychology Department and entire SUNY-ONEONTA community mourn the loss of our colleague and friend, Peter A. Di Nardo (September 15, 2008).
Dr. Peter Di Nardo taught courses in introductory psychology,
research methods, personality theory, and behavior modification. He was a Clinical Psychologist with research interest in the nature of fear and anxiety, and the treatment of anxiety disorders. Dr.
Di Nardo was a recipient of both the Chancellor's Award for Excellence
in Teaching and the Susan Sutton Smith Prize for Academic Excellence,
and was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching
Professor. |
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