George T. Cvetkovich, Ph.D.

E-mail: George.Cvetkovich
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Dr. Cvetkovich's areas of specialization include social and environmental psychology. Research has focused on how social psychological factors, especially those related to social cognition, influence decisions and judgments made in uncertain and possibly hazardous situations. Research has been conducted in several substantive areas:

  • Judgments of environmental risk and hazards

  • Warnings and product labels

  • Social trust and risk management

Jennifer Devenport, Ph.D.

E-mail: Jennifer.Devenport

Dr. Devenport's primary area of research involves applying social psychological theories to the study of individuals in a legal context. Her research examines the effectiveness of legal safeguards (i.e., cross-examination, expert psychological testimony, judicial motions to suppress eyewitness identifications, presence-of-counsel at post-indictment lineups) designed to protect defendants from erroneous convictions resulting from mistaken eyewitness identifications.

Timothy E. Earle, Ph.D. 

E-mail: Tim.Earle

Dr. Earle's research interests focus on social trust and environmental risk management. 

Deborah Kirby Forgays, Ph.D. 

E-mail: Deborah.Forgays 
Website

Dr. Forgay's research examines:

  • how girls and women develop their anger expression style

  • developmental differences in women's anger

  • the influence of mothers on their daughters' aggression

Susanna A. Hayes, Ph.D. 

E-mail: Susanna.Hayes

Dr. Hayes consults with organizations and communities involved in improving human services systems. She also works with schools and higher education departments to resolve conflicts and improve faculty teamwork. 

Kristi Lemm, Ph.D.

E-mail: Kristi.Lemm
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Dr. Lemm's research primarily involves implicit, or unconscious, beliefs and attitudes, particularly implicit prejudice. Her current work focuses on implicit bias related to gender and sexual orientation as well as implicit gender identity.

Walter J. Lonner, Ph.D. 

E-mail: Walt.Lonner
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Dr. Lonner's primary interest is cross-cultural psychology with special interest in methodology and the measurement of individual differences in and across cultures and ethnic groups. 

David N. Sattler, Ph.D.

E-mail: David.Sattler
Website

Dr. Sattler's research interests include:

  • psychological distress and other responses following disasters (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunami, terrorist attacks), improving aid and intervention programs following disasters worldwide, and developing ways to promote preparedness for natural disasters

  • situations where individual and collective interests are in conflict (i.e., social dilemmas), and factors influencing cooperative behavior

  • environmental issues

Joseph E. Trimble, Ph.D. 

E-mail: Joseph.Trimble
Website

Dr. Trimble's research interests include:

  • studies of the etiology, epidemiology, and prevention of alcohol and drug use among American Indians and Alaska Natives

  • ethnic identification, acculturation, and adaptation to problematic life events across cultural and ethnic groups using Rasch and latent structure modeling techniques.

Related Western Washington University Web Sites

Department of Psychology
Center for Cross-Cultural Research

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 Photograph copyright 2005 by David N. Sattler.
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