JB
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Psychology
Office location and address
1605 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22904
Publications
Sponsored Awards
Definition and perturbation of cell-regulatory heterogeneities in solid tumors
Source: U.S. NIH Cancer Institute
September 22, 2021 – August 31, 2026
Racial Inequality at the Brink: How Economic Inequality Exacerbates Racial Prejudice and the Potential Alleviating Role of Policies Which Provide Basic Economic Resources
Source: Russell Sage Foundation
July 01, 2021 – June 30, 2023
Long-term Effects of the Family Check-up on Depression and Suicide Across Trials and Development
Source: Case Western Reserve University
December 02, 2019 – October 31, 2022
AS-PSYC Preventing substance use in context of Poverty: Risk and Protection from Early Childhood to early adulthood
Source: University Of Pittsburgh
September 30, 2019 – August 31, 2022
AS-PSYC Preventing substance use in context of Poverty: Risk and Protection from Early Childhood to early adulthood_COVID
Source: University Of Pittsburgh
September 01, 2020 – August 31, 2022
Certain Religious Beliefs May Foster Resilience in the Face of Economic Adversity
Source: John Templeton Foundation
August 01, 2019 – July 31, 2021
Economic Inequality and Risk Taking
Source: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
August 01, 2019 – July 31, 2020
Courses
Credits: 3
Seminars on special and current topics in psychology.
Credits: 2–3
An original experimental project is undertaken in which each student is responsible for the design and operation of the experiment. S/U grading. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 14 credits of psychology and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
Topical Offerings in Psychology
Credits: 3
In this course we will investigate how historical and social contexts of different types of inequality (e.g., racial, economic, gender, sexual orientation) inform individual's psychological processes. Further, we will discuss how these psychological processes may, in turn, exacerbate inequality.
Credits: 3
A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. The thesis may be based on empirical research conducted by the student or a critical review or theoretical analysis of existing findings. Prerequisite: Participants in the Distinguished Majors Program in Psychology. Enrollment Requirement: Students are required to register for PSYC 3870.
Credits: 1–12
Independent laboratory research undertaken with advisor. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and can be repeated. Instructor permission required.
Credits: 1–12
Independent laboratory research undertaken with advisor. Graded and can be repeated. Instructor permission required.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.