Research Labs | Department of Psychology

Research Labs

  • Boals Laboratory (PI: Dr. Adriel Boals): Research Focus: coping with stress and trauma, autobiographical memory, PTSD, and posttraumatic growth.

  • *Will NOT be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


  • DEAR Laboratory (PI: Dr. Casey Guillot): Research Focus: disposition, emotion, and addiction research, with a current focus on anxiety and smoking.

  • *Will be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


  • Kelly Laboratory (PI: Dr. Kimberly Kelly): Research Focus: immune and endocrine systems involved in the stress response.

  • *Will be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle (but will only consider students who already have a Master's Degree)


  • Neurocognitive Laboratory (PI: Dr. Anthony Ryals): Research Focus: Cognitive and psychophysiological factors involved in intact and disrupted memory, learning, and awareness.

  • *Will be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


  • Slavish Laboratory (PI: Dr.Danica Slavish): Research Focus: behavioral and physiological pathways linking sleep, stress, and health over time.

  • *Will NOT be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


  • Teen ST.A.R. Laboratory (PI: Dr. Heidemarie Blumenthal): Research Focus: stress, coping, and risk behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults.

    • *Will be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


  • Sports and Exercise Psychophysiology Laboratory (PI: Dr. Ryan L. Olson) Research Focus: effects of acute and chronic exercise for improving neurocognitive function and mental health, and examining neurocognitive deficits and autonomic function in high-risk populations.
    • *Will be taking new graduate students for the December 1, 2023 application cycle


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