Research Methods Seminar
Erika Hussey, NACS
Postdoctoral and Research fellows
Gaye Bugenhagen,
Research Assistant
Training Program :Faculty Mentor : Carl Lejuez
Current Research : Director of Administrative Services, Center for Addictions, Personality and Emotion Research
Erin Cannon
Postdoc
Training Program :Faculty Mentor : Amanda Woodward
Laurie Eisenband
Postdoc
Training Program :Faculty Mentor : Amanda Woodward
Catalina Kopetz
Postdoc
Training Program : Clinical PsychologyFaculty Mentor : Arie Kruglanski
Current Research : Professional url (if any): http://kopetz.socialpsychology.org/ Academic credentials: Catalina holds a BA in psychology from Babe_-Bolyai University in Romania, a MA in experimental psychology from Université de Savoie in France, and a PhD from University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently working as a faculty research associate at the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research at University of Maryland, College Park and as an associate assistant professor at Babe_-Bolyai University in Romania. Research: Catalina Kopetz research interests focus on self-regulation phenomena from the perspective of motivation as cognition. She is particularly interested in how the dynamic relation between goals and means may influence ones course of action. Her research resulted in several authored and co-authored papers. Current projects involve both theoretical and empirical research on the unconscious aspect of self-regulation in terms of goal-means and inter-goal associations and its implications for both normal (e. g. self-regulation of dieting behavior) and abnormal behavior (e. g. risk taking and addiction). She has been recently awarded a two-year NIDA fellowship to investigate the cognitive and motivational consequences of engaging in sex exchange for crack cocaine. Teaching: During her academic career, Catalina Kopetz has accumulated extensive teaching experience in social psychology and research methods.
Edward Orehek
Postdoc
Training Program : Social, Decision and Organizational Science (SDOS)Elena Sanovich
Postdoc
Training Program :Faculty Mentor : Robert Dooling
Keren Sharvit
Postdoc
Training Program : Social, Decision and Organizational Science (SDOS)Faculty Mentor : Arie Kruglanski
Current Research : My broad area of interest is the psychological processes that underlie intergroup conflicts and violence. On the one hand, I investigate motivational processes that lead individuals to engage in extreme behaviors in general, and to get involved with extremely violent terrorist groups in particular. I am also interested in interventions that may lead these individuals to abandon such violent behaviors. On the other hand, I investigate the psychological and social consequences of exposure to extreme violence in the context of intergroup conflict, and particularly the effect on societal beliefs and ideologies related to intergroup conflict. Finally, I am interested in social processes that allow members of groups that behave violently toward other groups to avoid the negative emotional consequences of their groups' behavior.
Gary Shteynberg
Postdoc
Training Program : Social, Decision and Organizational Science (SDOS)Faculty Mentor : ichele Gelfand & Arie Kruglanski
Current Research : Scholarship on culture and behavior presents a certain paradox. On one hand, it exposes the particularity of culture, that is different cultures shape different ways of knowing and being. On the other hand, it highlights the universality of culture, that is all humans are cultural beings, agents of its creation. In my research I focus on both aspects, examining how culture shapes social interaction as well as how culture, itself, is shaped by social interaction. For more information on Garriy's research please visit: http://sites.google.com/site/garriyshteynberg/
Edward Smith
Postdoc
Training Program :Faculty Mentor : Robert Dooling