{"id":214,"date":"2010-07-14T17:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T22:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2018-09-30T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T15:43:15","slug":"faculty-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/psychology\/facultystaff\/faculty-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pamela G. Banks, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>, Full Professor, Department Chair\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Clinical Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, 1985<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders<br \/>\n\t2) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Violence Prevention and Anger Management<br \/>\n\t3) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Stigma Reduction and mental illness<br \/>\n\t4) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Multicultural competencies<br \/>\n\t5) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Stress Management and health status\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Keith Hudson, <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>, Assistant Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Counselor Education, Mississippi State University, 2004<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treatment modalities<br \/>\n\t2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marriage and family issues<br \/>\n\t3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adolescent delinquency<br \/>\n\t4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multidimensional influences\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<u><strong>Theresa Kearns-Cooper<\/strong>, <\/u><u>Psy.D.<\/u>, Visiting Assistant Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Clinical Psychology, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, 2003.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAreas of Interest:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n\t\tMulticultural issues\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSuicide assessment among African Americans\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSeriously mental ill populations\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dawn McLin, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>, Associate Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Education Counseling, Mississippi State University, 2001<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unintentional injury and seatbelt use among minority populations<br \/>\n\t2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multiculturalism<br \/>\n\t3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Culturally Competent Mental Health Professional<br \/>\n\t4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eating disorders\/Obesity among minority populations<br \/>\n\t5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Program Evaluation\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Cheryl Moreland, Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>, Assistant Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Counseling Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, 1999<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Racial identity development<br \/>\n\t2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HIV and risky sexual behaviors<br \/>\n\t3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multicultural counseling and therapy<br \/>\n\t4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Group therapy<br \/>\n\t5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clinical supervision\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Debra Sue Pate, Ph.D<\/span><\/strong>., Associate Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Cognitive Psychology, University of California at San Diego, 1982<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human cognition<br \/>\n\t2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neuropsychology<br \/>\n\t3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Psycholinguistics<br \/>\n\t4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; History of psychology<br \/>\n\t5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Caregiver issues<br \/>\n\t6)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teaching of psychology\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><u>Juliette Schweitzer, <\/u><u>Ph.D.<\/u><\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Clinical Psychology, Jackson State University, 2005<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAreas of Interest:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n\t\tBiofeedback\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChildren and adolescent psychopathology\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMindfulness therapy\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kaye Sly, <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Ph.D.<\/span><\/strong>, Associate Professor\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Clinical Psychology, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1995.<\/em><br \/>\n\tAreas of Interest:<br \/>\n\t1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HIV\/STD prevention service and research<br \/>\n\t2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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