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| Laboratory Director | |||||
| Richard Slatcher,
Ph.D. slatcher@wayne.edu |
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Rich
received his BS from the University of Richmond and his Ph.D. in Social
and Personality Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Before coming to Wayne State, he spent two years as an NIMH
postdoctoral fellow in Health Psychology at the University of
California, Los Angeles. Rich is currently an Assistant Professor in
the Cognitive, Developmental and Social area in the Psychology
Department at Wayne State. Understanding close relationships and their impact on health is the central focus of Rich's research. His research has two main facets: basic research on close relationship processes, and investigations of the links between close relationships, biological processes and physical health. He uses a variety of research methodologies (structured laboratory experiments, group interactions, daily diary studies, and behavioral observation), and statistical methods (multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, dyadic data analysis, and meta-analysis) in his work. For an overview of current research projects in the lab, please visit the research page. |
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| Lab Manager / ALOFT Project Coordinator | |||||
| Daniel Saleh djsaleh@yahoo.com | |||||
 | Dan is the Lab Manager and Project Coordinator for the Asthma in the Lives of Families Today (ALOFT) study. He received his BA in psychology from Wayne State. | ||||
| Graduate
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| Lynzey Baker, MA lynzeybaker@gmail.com |
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Lynzey received her BA and MA in Psychology from San Jose State University. Very broadly, she is interested in basic relationship processes and how social networks can influence interpersonal relationships. More specifically, she is interested in how closeness is created and maintained within and between couples. An example of the kinds of research questions her work addresses is : Why do shared friendships (with another couple) change the level of closeness within a couple? Lynzey is a 2nd year CDS doctoral student. | ||||
| Jana Ranson janaranson@wayne.edu |
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Jana earned a Bachelor of Individualized Studies (psychology, philosophy of science, and history of science) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where she worked in Dr. Jeffry Simpson's Social Interactions Lab on projects examining empathic accuracy, invisible support, perspective-taking, and attachment. Her research interests include the health outcomes (including stress and immune responses) and biopsychological bases of attachment in healthy adults, especially with regard to romantic dyads in naturalistic contexts. Jana is a 2nd year CDS doctoral student. | ||||
| Erin Tobin, MA tobin.erin@gmail.com |
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Erin recieved a BS in neuroscience from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and an MS in medical science from Loyola University Chicago. Her primary research interests are how stress influences physical health and family relationships. Specifically, she investigates how the psychological state of a parent or parents influences their child's biological status and health behaviors. Psychological states, like depression and anxiety, are of particular interest because of the stress they are known to cause in family relationships and daily functioning. Another aspect of stress she is interested in is perceived stress and the psychological and biological states that accompany it. Erin is a 2nd year clinical doctoral student. | ||||
| Keith Welker welkerk@wayne.edu |
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Keith received his BA in Psychology from Grand Valley State University. Broadly, he is interested in how cognitive processes and social interactions affect the attitudes individuals render toward others, and in turn, how these attitudes impact behaviors. He is currently investigating how cognitive deliberation affects the consistency between self-reported attitudes and behaviors. Additionally, he studies how experimentally-induced interpersonal closeness with members of other social groups (e.g., African-Americans and Caucasians) affects attitudes, intergroup anxiety, and behaviors toward members of those groups. Keith is a 3rd year CDS doctoral student. | ||||
| Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistants | |||||
| Aaron Sedlar | |||||
| Andrew LeBlanc | |||||
| Rachel Chase | |||||
| Elias Safadi | |||||
| Xiaofan (Jenny) Mi | |||||
| Rita Samaan | |||||
| Toni Lupro | |||||
| Abby Willemsen | |||||
| Marlee Fisher | |||||
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