Dr.  Jann H. Adams
Associate Dean of the Division of Science and Mathematics
Ph.D., Indiana University
Clinical Psychology/Social Psychology

Research Interests:

• John Henryism and elevated cardiovascular reactivity, hypertension and other long-term health consequences
• Predictors of nicotine use in African American young adults

Brother Harun M. Black, Instructor
M.A., Norfolk State University
Community/Clinical, Cultural Psychology

Research Interests:

• Culture, cognition and motivation in learning
• Effects of traditional West African music/dance  upon sensations and perception
• Psychology: Creativity and the cultural arts

Dr. Harold Braithwaite, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Clinical/Community Psychology

Research Interests:

•  Addiction and homelessness amongst African Americans
• Health disparities between African American males and other adult populations

Dr. Tina R. Chang, Assistant Professor
M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Animal Behavior/Environmental Psychology/I-O Psychology

Research Interests:

•  Effects of captivity on non-human primate behavior & psychological well-being
• Affordances as predictors of environmental preference from an evolutionary perspective
• Quantifying perceptual space using fractal geometry.

Dr. Duane Jackson, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Animal Behavior/Experimental Psychology

Research Interests:

• Learning and behavior in insects
• Swarm intelligence
• Human & non-human animal behavior in the zoo setting

Dr. Bryant Marks, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Social Psychology/Cultural Psychology

Research Interests:

• The psychological impact of the Black College experience
• The impact of activated stereotypes on performance and behavior
• Gender stereotypes among African Americans
• Racial identity as a predictor of academic achievement, self-esteem, and ingroup and outgroup racial attitudes

Dr. David Wall Rice
Assistant Professor
Nabrit Mapp McBay, Room 203
404-681-7565
drice@morehouse.edu
Faculty Web Page: www.morehouse.edu/facstaff/drice
Educational Background: M.S., Columbia University Journalism; M.S., Ph.D., Howard University, Personality Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Identity Stasis, the Psychological Balance of Multiple Self-aspects; Discourse, narrative and life-story-tellings as related to identity construction; The impact of popular culture on personality correlates and psychological behavior; Identity and the negotiation of achievement, particularly among African American males; The impact of psycho-social constructs on academic performance; Identity and Religious Expression
Recent Publications: Rice, D.W. (2008). Balance: Advancing identity theory by engaging the Black male adolescent. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Dr.  Martin Rosenman, Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Consulting Psychology/Clinical Psychology

Research Interests:

• Leadership, creative problem solving and decision making
• Organizational innovation through employee ideas
• Electronic brainstorming    
• Scientific discovery

Dr.  Kathy Stansbury, AssociateProfessor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Developmental Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Interests:

• Effects of caregiver-infant relationships on development of infant brain systems (e.g., stress hormone systems, limbic system function)
• Stress, coping, and emotion regulation in preschool age children
• Development of reactivity and regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system in infants
• Attachment relationships in at-risk mother-infant and father-infant pairs; that is, the parent suffers from depression, poverty, or chronic illness

Dr.  Margaret L. Weber-Levine, Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Physiological Psychology

Research Interests:

• The uses and effectiveness of complementary and alternative practices in health and illness
• The effects of nutrition and other environmental factors on brain function and behavior/health psychology
• Issues in the responsible conduct of science

Dr. W. Monty Whitney, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Ecological (Community-Clinical) Psychology

Research Interests:

• Health disparities between African-American males and other adults
• Organizational effectiveness of profit and non profit organizations
• Program Evaluation in community-based research programs
• Mentoring and self-esteem issues for African-American males
• Impact of culture on the social development of African-Americans

Ms. Jeanine D. White, Administrative Assistant

Dr. Sinead Younge
Assistant Professor
Nabrit Mapp McBay, Room 227B
404-653-7926
syounge@morehouse.edu
Educational Background: M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University; Ecological-Community Psychology-Urban Affairs
Areas of Expertise: The interaction between individuals and their environments and the examination of psychosociocultural antecedents of health behaviors, specifically HIV/AIDS and other acute and chronic conditions. Dr. Younge utilizes Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) methodologies and conducts program evaluation and capacity building with community based organizations. 
 Recent Publications: Spitalnick, J.S., Diclemente, R.J., Wingood, G.M., Crosby, R.A., Milhausen, R.R., Sales, J.M., McCarty, F., Rose, E., Younge, S.N. (2007) Brief report: Sexual sensation seeking and its relationship to risky sexual behaviour among African-American adolescent females. J Adolesc. 30(1):165-73.

Spitalnick, J.S., Younge, S., & Sales, J.M., DiClemente, R. J. (2008). Sexual Abuse in Childhood (the abused child). In T. Gullotta & G. Blau (Eds.), Family Influences on Childhood Behavior and Development: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Approaches. Routledge

Younge, S.N. & McAdoo, H.P. (2008). Home and Family in the Development of a Multicultural Worldview. In J.K. Asamen, M.L. Ellis, & G.L. Berry (Eds.), Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media. Sage: Thousand Oaks.

McAdoo, H.P. & Younge, S.N. (in press). In. H.A., Neville, B.M. Tynes, & S.O.Utsety (Ed) Black Families. Handbook of African American Psychology. Sage: Thousand Oaks.