Regular Faculty
 | Jo-Anne Bachorowski Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Website (615) 343-5915 307 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience vocal communication, including laughter, vocal expression of emotion, and indexical cues in speech |
 | Andre Bastos Assistant Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website |
Neuroscience |
 | Camilla P. Benbow Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, Peabody College Professor of Psychology Co-Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email Website (615) 322-8407 201 Peabody Administration |
Developmental Science creativity and eminence, giftedness (academically talented children) |
 | Deon T. Benton Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Website (615) 343-2206 219B Hobbs Building |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
 | Jessika C. Boles Assistant Professor of the Practice | Email Lab Website 615-343-7492 Hobbs 108 |
Developmental Science Interdisciplinary |
 | Amy E. Booth Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-875-1718 Hobbs 215A |
Developmental Science Causes and consequences of variability in early word learning and scientific thinking. |
 | James R. Booth Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website @DrJamesBooth Jesup 107B |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science Development of language, reading and related cognitive processes in typical and atypical populations |
 | Sarah Brown-Schmidt Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Website |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context language processing, conversation, memory, communication following brain injury and neurodegenerative disease |
| Li Chen Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email Hobbs 209A |
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 | Sun-Joo Cho Professor of Psychology and Human Development Vanderbilt Data Science Institute Affiliate Faculty; LIVE Learning Innovation Incubator Affiliate Faculty | Email (615) 322-8409 213 A Hobbs |
Quantitative Methods Psychometrics |
 | Alexander Christensen Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development Data Science Institute Affiliate Faculty | Email Website (615) 343-3180 Hobbs 213B |
Quantitative Methods Using network and data science to model dynamical systems in psychology |
 | David Cole Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development Director of Graduate Studies | Email Website (615) 343-8712 108A Jesup |
Clinical Science Quantitative Methods |
 | Bruce Compas Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair of Psychology and Human Development Professor of Pediatrics Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-8306 309A Hobbs |
Clinical Science Interdisciplinary |
 | Jenni Dunbar Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615)322-0924 |
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 | Elisabeth Dykens Professor of Psychology and Human Development Professor of Psychiatry Professor of Pediatrics Director and Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email (615) 322-8945 406B MRL |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Interdisciplinary |
 | Lisa Fazio Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website Website 615-875-8301 Hobbs 315A |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
 | Judy Garber Professor, Psychology and Human Development, Emerita Research Professor, Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Psychiatry; Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email 313B Hobbs |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; prevention science; depression and anxiety in youth |
 | Isabel Gauthier David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology Vice Chair Department of Psychology Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences | Email Lab Website Website 308A Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Individual differences in high-level vision, expertise, object recognition |
 | Vicki Harris Associate Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Human Development | Email (615)343-1896 |
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 | Suzana Herculano-Houzel Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Website 615-875-9086 066 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience Quantitative Methods Interdisciplinary What are different brains made of? What is the extent of brain diversity, what are the rules and constraints, how does that happen in evolution, and what difference does it make? |
 | Justine Hoch Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-343-8923 Hobbs 317B |
Developmental Science Exploratory behavior; learning; development of perception-action systems |
 | Kari Hoffman Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website 533 WH |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience My lab studies the neural computations underlying perception, learning, and memory. We study cell assembly activity and network dynamics using high-density recording arrays, selective stimulation, and wireless recording technologies. |
 | Steven D. Hollon Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychology and Human Development Professor of Psychiatry | Email (615) 322-3369 306 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Neuroscience Cognitive theory and therapy for depression |
 | Kathryn L. Humphreys Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Human Development Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute | Email Lab Website Website |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; early experience; child abuse and neglect |
 | Shane Hutton Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Psychology & Human Development | Email 615-875-8379 216 Hobbs |
Quantitative Methods Quantitative Methods, categorical data analysis, longitudinal data modeling and survival analysis |
 | Jon Kaas Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences | Email (615) 322-6029 61 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Evolution and functional organization of sensory-perceptual, cognitive, and motor systems, neural plasticity |
 | Antonia Kaczkurkin Assistant Professor of Psychology S Family Dean Fellow | Email Lab Website 615-343-6987 508 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Neuroscience Dr. Kaczkurkin’s research integrates neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and behavior to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying anxiety and depressive disorders. |
 | Autumn Kujawa Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development Secondary Appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Vanderbilt Brain Institute Training Faculty; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Member | Email Lab Website |
Clinical Science mental health, emotion, mood disorders, developmental psychopathology, psychophysiology, affective neuroscience |
 | Jonathan D. Lane Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-875-8017 Hobbs 315b |
Developmental Science Social-cognitive development; conceptual development; theory-of-mind |
 | Daniel Levin Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website (615) 322-1518 108B Jesup |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context |
 | Gordon Logan Centennial Professor of Psychology | Email Website (615) 322-2529 506 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience I am interested in cognitive control, including attention, automaticity and skill, strategies, and response inhibition. |
 | David Lubinski Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology Co-Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email Lab Website (615) 343-1195 316 Peabody Administration Building |
Quantitative Methods |
 | Alexander Maier Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website 615-322-7466 008 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Visual Perception; Binocular Vision; Thalamocortical Processing; Cortical Microcircuitry; Neurophysiology |
 | Kimmy Marble Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Human Development | Email 615-343-2195 Hobbs 301 |
Developmental Science |
 | René Marois Director of Graduate Studies Professor Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience | Email Website (615) 322-1779 530 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Behavioral and neural bases of Human Attention and Legal Decision-making |
 | Nina Martin Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email (615)322-5849 |
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 | Joe McLaughlin Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology and Human Development | ||
 | Timothy P. McNamara Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean, College of Arts and Science Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website (615) 322-4150 509 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Human memory & cognition; spatial memory & navigation |
 | Krista Mehari Assistant Professor | Email 615-343-4985 Hobbs 319b |
Clinical Science Working with communities to prevent youth violence, including gun injuries, and to promote positive youth development. |
 | Amy Needham Professor of Psychology and Human Development Member, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email Lab Website (615) 322-8380 217A Hobbs Building |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Perceptual-motor learning during early development |
 | Julia Noland Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615) 322-1835 319 Hobbs |
Developmental Science |
 | Laura R. Novick Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Science | Email Lab Website (615) 343-6072 213B Hobbs |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Diagrammatic reasoning (particularly with diagrams in biology such as evolutionary trees) |
 | Bunmi O. Olatunji Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychiatry Director of Clinical Training | Email Lab Website (615) 322-0060 302 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Emotion and psychopathology, cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy for anxiety disorders |
 | Maria Osina Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615) 322-1553 320 Hobbs |
Developmental Science The role of cognitive, social, memory and motor development in infant language development. |
 | Thomas Palmeri Department Chair Centennial Chair Professor of Psychology Professor of Computer Science Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7900 507 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience visual cognition, categorization, perceptual expertise, computational cognitive modeling, model-based cognitive neuroscience, deep learning models |
 | Sohee Park Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-3435 525 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Psychosis-Spectrum, Self Disorders |
 | Georgine Pion Emeritus Research Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | ||
 | Sean Polyn Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychiatry | Email Lab Website (615) 322-2536 504 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Cognitive and neural dynamics of the human memory system, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and computational modeling |
 | Kristopher J. Preacher Professor Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education & Human Development Associate Chair, Dept. of Psychology & Human Development | Email Website 615-343-1648 202A Hobbs |
Quantitative Methods I develop and study multivariate models for correlational and longitudinal data. |
 | Bethany Rittle-Johnson Professor, Psychology & Human Development Anita S. and Antonio M. Gotto Chair in Child Development | Email Lab Website (615) 322-8301 102B Jesup |
Cognition in Context Developmental Science How children learn math |
 | Joe Rodgers Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Emeritus | Email Hobbs 208 |
Quantitative Methods |
 | Megan Saylor Professor of Psychology and Human Development Department Chair | Email Lab Website 102b Jesup |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science |
 | Jonathan Schaefer Assistant Professor of Psychology | Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience | |
 | Leigh Scheer Principal Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development Director of Undergraduate Studies | Email 615-322-5566 or 615-343-1757 107A Jesup Bldg |
Developmental Science |
 | David G. Schlundt Associate Professor of Psychology | Email (615) 322-7800 323 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Nutrition and behavior in chronic disease, health disparities |
 | Craig A. Smith Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email (615) 567-3472 219A Hobbs Building |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Study of Emotion, Stress, Coping, and Adaptation from a Cognitive Perspective |
 | Sonya K. Sterba Professor of Psychology and Human Development Director of the Quantitative Methods Program, and Faculty Advisor for the Data Science Institute | Email Website (615) 343-0507 202B Hobbs |
Quantitative Methods |
 | Chris Strauss Senior Lecturer | Quantitative Methods | |
 | Frank Tong Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-1780 531 Wilson |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neural bases of human visual perception, face and object recognition, visual attention, awareness, and working memory |
 | Georgene Troseth Professor of Psychology, Emerita Department of Psychology & Human Development; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email 615-948-1792 |
Developmental Science Young children |
 | Sophia Vinci-Booher Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email 6153437365 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science Neuroscience |
 | Tedra Walden Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Emerita | Developmental Science Interdisciplinary Early social and emotional development and links to developmental disabilities | |
 | Mark Wallace Louise B. McGavock Chair of Neuroscience Professor of Psychology Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | Email Lab Website 615-936--6709 7110 MRB III |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience |
 | Duane Watson Professor of Psychology and Human Development Frank W. Mayborn Chair in Cognitive Science | Email Lab Website (615) 875-8083 Hobbs 215B |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context |
 | Ashley Watts Assistant Professor of Psychology | Email 615-322-7311 |
Clinical Science Neuroscience |
 | Bahr Weiss Research Professor in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615) 829-6624 |
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 | Eric D. Wilkey Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website (615)343-9140 Hobbs 313A |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
 | Thilo Womelsdorf Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Wilson 006 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Circuit- and systems- level studies of attentional control and learning |
 | Geoffrey F. Woodman Professor of Psychology E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Neuroscience, Director of National Eye Institute T32 | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-0049 502 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Attention, memory, neurophysiology of selective processing and cognitive control |
 | Hao Wu Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email 3-0364 Hobbs 211B |
Quantitative Methods structural equation models, multivariate methods, item response theory, fit evaluation |
 | Cristina Zepeda Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website Website 615-343-0387 Hobbs 317A |
Cognition in Context Developmental Science Metacognition, motivation, learning and transfer, self-regulated learning, and using educational technology to support learners |