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Department of Psychology  

Faces of UNC Asheville

Meet individuals who shape the UNC Asheville academic community.
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Pamela Laughon, Ph.D.

Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology

School Psychology/Developmental Psychology
Sentencing decisions in capital murder litigation
238 Carmichael Hall
828.251.6424
Laughon@unca.edu

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Joseph Berryhill, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Clinical and Community Psychology
Community-based research, immigrant youth and families, youth and families in poverty, life stories and their context
206D Carmichael Hall
828.251.6832
jberryhi@unca.edu
http://facstaff.unca.edu/jberryhi

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Tracy L. Brown, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Attention, perception, cognitive neuroscience, reading, language
227 Carmichael Hall
828.251.6828
tlbrown@unca.edu
http://facstaff.unca.edu/tlbrown/


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William Bruce, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Clinical PsychologyHealth psychology, mental health of health professionals, study of lives
228 Carmichael Hall
828.251.6829
WBruce@unca.edu

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Evelyn Chiang, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Educational and Developmental Psychology
Motivation and self-regulation, metacognition, and personal epistemology in both academic (e.g., reading, learning) and non-academic (e.g., health-related) areas
215C Carmichael Hall
828.251.6382
echiang@unca.edu

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Pat Foo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Biopsychology, perception and action, navigation and orienting, coordination dynamics
215A Carmichael Hall
828.251.6830
PFoo@unca.edu

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Lisa Friedenberg, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Developmental Psychology; Program Development and Evaluation
Assessment of child/family characteristics from cultural and intergenerational perspectives
204 Carmichael Hall
828.250.3855
friedenb@unca.edu

http://facstaff.unca.edu/friedenb/

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Mark Harvey, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Social Psychology & Environmental Psychology
Informal science learning and environmental psychology
203 Carmichael Hall
828.251.6831
MHarvey@unca.edu

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Melissa Himelein, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology & Director of The Center for Teaching and Learning

Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology and Psychology of Women
201C Lipinsky Hall (Center for Teaching and Learning)
828.250.3896
Himelein@unca.edu
http://facstaff.unca.edu/Himelein

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Gary Nallan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Experimental Psychology
Human learning & memory, history of psychology and the natural sciences
218 Carmichael Hall
828.251.6827
Nallan@unca.edu