Education

Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2006

Research Interests

Our work seeks to understand what shapes people's identity. Our research investigates how people think about their identity, changes to their identity, and how identity is different according cultural contexts. We use a personality approach to understanding individual differences in identity. The overarching goal of our research is to illuminate what makes people who they are as dynamic complex individuals living across the world.

Culture and Identity Lab

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Teaching Interests

I teach classes on Introductory Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Biological Basis of Personality, Social and Cognitive Neuroscience. I enjoy teaching new psychology classes, coming up with and applying innovative teaching methods, and learning along-side with students, as they bring in their thoughts and perspectives into the teaching environment. I am actively engaged in study abroad and international education, having taught on several UGA Study Abroad programs and as Fulbright Teaching Scholar to the Kingdom of Bhutan at Sherubtse College.

Media Coverage

PsyPost article based on: Haas, Campbell, Lou & Xia (2024). All You Nonconformists Are (Not) All Alike: Dissociable Social Stereotypes of Mavericks and Contrarians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

WUGA Athens News Matters interview based on: Haas, Campbell, Lou & Xia (2024). All You Nonconformists Are (Not) All Alike: Dissociable Social Stereotypes of Mavericks and Contrarians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

UGA Today article written based on: Haas, Campbell, Lou & Xia (2024). All You Nonconformists Are (Not) All Alike: Dissociable Social Stereotypes of Mavericks and Contrarians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Greater Good Magazine article on “Top 10 Insights from the Science of a Meaningful Life in 2023” based on Krys, Haas et al., Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being: Combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies.

Psychology Today article based on Krys, Yeung, Haas et al., Family first: Evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution article based on recent culture and personality research and Haas et al., The role of culture on the link between worldviews on nature and psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Curiosity Daily podcast based on Haas and Omura, Cultural Differences in Susceptibility to the End of History Illusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Uconn Today article based on: Haas et al., The role of culture on the link between worldviews on nature and psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences

UGA Today article written based on: Haas & vanDellen (2020). Culture Is Associated With the Experience of Long-Term Self-Concept Changes. Social Psychological and Personality Science

LA Times article written based on Haas et al., (2016). Epigenetic modification of OXT and human sociability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A.

UGA Today article written based on Haas et al., (2016). Epigenetic modification of OXT and human sociability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A.

UGA Today article written based on Haas et al., (2015). Borderline personality traits and brain activity during emotional perspective taking. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

Medical Research (MedicalResearch.com) interview based on Haas et al., (2015). Borderline personality traits and brain activity during emotional perspective taking. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

UGA Red and Black article written based on Haas et al., (2015). The tendency to trust is reflected in human brain structure. NeuroImage.

UGA Today article written based on Haas et al., (2015). The tendency to trust is reflected in human brain structure. NeuroImage.

Selected Publications

Haas, B. W., Campbell, W. K., Lou, X., Xia, R.(In Press). All You Nonconformists Are (Not) All Alike: Dissociable Social Stereotypes of Mavericks and Contrarians. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Krys, K., Kostoula, O., van Tilburg, W.A.P., Mosca, O., Lee, J.H., Maricchiolo, F.,…. Haas, B.W.,… Uchida, Y.  (In Press). Happiness Maximization is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Krys, K., Haas, B. W., Igou, E. R., . . . Bond, M.H. (In Press). Introduction to a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Well-being: Combining Life Satisfaction and Interdependent Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Happiness Studies. [JOHS]

Krys, K., Yeung, J., Haas, B. W., . . . Xing, C. (2023). Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family versus Personal Happiness across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 54(3), 323-339

Haas, B.W., Abney, D. H., Eriksson, K., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2023). Person-culture personality fit: Dispositional traits and cultural context explain country-level personality profile conformity. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 14(3) 375-285[SPPS]

Haas, B.W., & Omura, K. (2022). Cultural differences in susceptibility to the End of History Illusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 48(9), 1331-1348. [PSPB] 

Krys, K., Capaldi, C.A., Torres, C., van Tilburg, W., Vignoles, V., Bond, M.H., Zelenski, J., Haas, B.W., , . . . Xing, C. (2022). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 17(1). 117-130 [JoPP]

Cochran, R. N., VanDellen, M. R., & Haas, B.W., (2021). How did I get here? Individual differences in perceived retrospective personality change. Journal of Research in Personality, 90, 104039. [JRP]

Haas, B.W., Hoeft, F., & Omura, K. (2021). The role of culture on the link between worldviews on nature and psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 170, 110336. [PAID]

Haas, B.W., vanDellen M.R., (2020). Culture is Associated with the Experience of Long-term Self-concept Changes. Social Psychological and Personality Science. [SPPS]

Krys, K., Zelenski, J., Capaldi, C.A., Park, J., van Tilburg, W., van Osch, Y., Haas, B.W., . . . Zhu, Z. (2019). Putting the ‘We’ in Well-being: Collectivism-fit Measurement of Well-being Attenuates the Individualism-Well-being Association. Asian Journal of Social Psychology.22(3), 256-267. [AJSP]

Haas, B.W. (2019). Enhancing the Intercultural Competence of College Students: A Consideration of Applied Teaching Techniques. International Journal of Multicultural Education. 21 (2), 81-96. [IJME]

Cochran, R.N., vanDellen M.R., Haas, B.W. (2019). Getting to Know You: Associations between Judge and Target Personality with Personality Judgment Accuracy during a Dyadic Social Interaction Task.142, 139-144. [Personality and Individual Differences].

Haas, B.W., Akamatsu, Y. (2019). Psychometric Investigation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness and Well-Being Measures in the Kingdom of Bhutan and the United States. [Mindfulness].

Haas, B.W. (2018). The impact of study abroad on improved cultural awareness: a quantitative review. Intercultural Education, 1-18. [Intercultural Education]

Haas, B.W., Filkowski, M.M., Cochran, R.N., Denison, L., Ishak, A., Nishitani, S., Smith, A.K. (2016). Epigenetic modification of OXT and human sociability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. PNAS

Filkowski, M.M., Anderson, I.W., Haas, B.W. (2016). Trying to trust: brain activity during interpersonal social attitude change. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 16 (2), 325-338. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Miller, J.D. (2015). Borderline personality traits and brain activity during emotional perspective taking. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. 6(4): 315-320. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Brook, M., Remillard, L., Ishak, A., Anderson, I.W., Filkowski, M.M. (2015). I know how you feel: The warm-altruistic personality profile and the empathic brain. PLoS ONE. 10(3): e0120639. [PloS One]

Haas, B.W., Anderson, I.W., Filkowski, M.M. (2015). Interpersonal reactivity and the attribution of emotional reactions. Emotion. 15(3): 390-398. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Ishak, A., Anderson, I.W., Filkowski, M.M. (2015). Agreeableness and brain activity during emotion attribution decisions. Journal of Research in Personality.57: 26-31. [JRP]

Haas, B.W., Ishak, A., Anderson, I.W., Filkowski, M.M. (2015). The tendency to trust is reflected in human brain structure. NeuroImage. 107: 175-181. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., & Smith, A. K. (2015) Oxytocin, vasopressin, and Williams syndrome: epigenetic effects on abnormal social behavior. Frontiers in Genetics. 6:28. [Frontiers]

Hoeft, F., Dai, L. Haas, B.W., Sheau, K.E., Masara, M., Mills, D., Galaburda, A., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J., Reiss, A.L., (2014). Mapping Genetically Controlled Neural Circuitries of Social Behavior and Visuo-Motor Integration by a Preliminary examination of Atypical Deletions with Williams Syndrome. PLoS One. 9 (8), e104088. [PloS One]

Haas, B.W., Barnea-Goraly, N., Sheau, K.E., Yamagata, B., Ullas, U., Reiss, A.L. (2014). Altered microstructure within social-cognitive brain networks during childhood in Williams syndrome. Cerebral Cortex. Oct 24(10):2796-806. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Sheau, K. E., Kelly, R. G., Thompson, P., Reiss. A.L. (2014). Regionally specific increased volume of the amygdala in Williams syndrome: Evidence from surface based modeling. Human Brain Mapping. Mar;35(3):866-74.[PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Anderson, I.W., Smith, J.M. (2013). Navigating the complex path between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and cooperation: an endophenotype approach. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Nov 28;7:801. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Mills, D., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., Reiss, A.L., (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(4):1132-9. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Constable, R.T., & Canli, T. (2008). Stop the sadness: Neuroticism is associated with sustained Medial Prefrontal Cortex response to emotional facial expressions. NeuroImage 42(1):385-92. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., & Canli, T. (2008). Emotional Memory function, Personality structure and Psychopathology: A Neural System Approach to the identification of vulnerability markers. Brain Research Reviews 58(1):71-84. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Omura, K., Constable, R.T., & Canli, T. (2007). Emotional conflict and neuroticism: personality-dependent activation in the amygdala and subgenual anterior cingulate. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(2), 249-256. [PubMed]

Haas, B. W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T. (2007). Is automatic emotion regulation associated with agreeableness? A perspective using a social neuroscience approach. Psychological Science 18(2), 130-132. [PubMed]

Canli, T., Qiu, M., Omura, K., Congdon, E., Haas, B.W., Amin, Z., et al. (2006). Neural correlates of epigenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 103(43), 16033-16038. [PubMed]

Haas, B.W., Omura, K., Constable, R. T., Canli, T. (2006). Interference Produced by Emotional Conflict Associated with Anterior Cingulate Activation. Cognitive, Affective Behavioral Neuroscience 6(2), 152-156. [PubMed]

Canli, T., Omura, K., Haas, B.W., Fallgatter A., Constable, R. T., Lesch K.P. (2005). Beyond Affect: A role for genetic variation of the serotonin transporter in neural activation during a cognitive attention task. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (103)34, 12224-12229. [PubMed]

Klapp, S.T., & Haas, B.W. (2005). Nonconscious Influence of Masked Stimuli on Response Selection Is Limited to Concrete Stimulus-Response Associations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 31(1), 193-209. [PubMed]

Lab association:

Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Franklin Foundation Neuroimaging Training Program

Publications and other professional information can be viewed on Dr. Clementz's vita

Note: I am not recruiting graduate students during the 2023-24 application cycle

Education

Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2010

Research Interests

My research interests fall under the broad topic of employee well-being. I study topics including overwork and workaholism, work-family dynamics, and effects of stressors on health and well-being outcomes.

Selected Publications

Clark, M. A. (2024). Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture is Bad for Business--and How to Fix It. Harvard Business Review Press.

Clark, M. A., Hunter, E. M., & Carlson, D. S. (in press). Hidden costs of anticipated workload for individuals and partners: Exploring the role of daily fluctuations in workaholism. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.

Clark, M. A., Smith, R. W., & Haynes, N. J. (2020). The multidimensional workaholism scale: Linking the conceptualization and measurement of workaholism. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(11).

Clark, M. A., Robertson, M., & Young, S. (2019). "I feel your pain": A critical review of organizational research on empathy. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40, 166-192.

Clark, M. A., Robertson, M. M., Carter, N. T. (2018). You spin me right round: Workplace correlates of daily affect spin. Journal of Management, 44, 3176-3199.

Clark, M. A., Early, R. J., Baltes, B. B., & Krenn, D. (2019). Work-family behavioral role conflict: Scale development and validation. Journal of Business and Psychology, 34(1), 39-53.

Clark, M. A., Beiler, A., & Zimmerman, L. (2016). Work-family conflict of women workaholics. In M. Mills (Ed.), Gender and the Work-Family Experience: An Intersection of Two Domains.Springer Publishing.

Clark, M. A., Michel, J. S., Zhdanova, L, Pui, S., & Baltes, B. B. (2016). All work and no play? A meta-analytic examination of the correlates and outcomes of workaholism. Journal of Management, 42, 1836-1873.

Clark, M. A., Michel, J. S., Early, B., & Baltes, B. B. (2014). Strategies for coping with work stressors and family stressors: Scale development and validation Journal of Business and Psychology, 29, 617-638.

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Personal Page

Education

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1997

Assessment and Procedures

Geek Culture Engagement Scale (GCES)

Geek Identity Scale

Psychological Entitlement Scale (PES, Appendix B) (Polish Translation) (Japanese Translation) (Spanish Translation) (ChineseTranslation) (Chinese Translation) The PES is free for research use - there is no need to ask for permission.

Narcissistic Personality Inventory - 13

The Relationship Closeness Induction Task

Exploration Scale (Green & Campbell, 2000)

Books

Twenge, J. M. & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Personality Psychology: Understanding yourself and others. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Campbell, W. K. & Miller, J. D. (2011). The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatments.  Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K. (2009). The narcissism epidemic: Living in the age of entitlement. New York: Free Press.

Campbell, W. K. (2005). When you love a man who loves himself: How to deal with a one-way relationship. Chicago: Sourcebooks Casablanca. (translated into Polish, 2006)

Selected Publications

Sedikides, C., & Campbell, W. K. (2017). Narcissistic force meets systemic resistance: The energy clash model. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(3), 400-421.

McCain, J. L., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Narcissism and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000137

Miller, J. D., Lynam, D. R., Hyatt, C. S., & Campbell, W. K. (2017). Controversies in narcissism. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 13, 291-315.

Miller, J. D., McCain, J., Lynam, D. R., Few, L. R., Gentile, B., MacKillop, J., & Campbell, W.    K. (2014). A comparison of the criterion validity of popular measures of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder via the use of expert ratings. Psychological Assessment, 26, 958-969.

Miller, J. D., McCain, J., Lynam, D. R., Few, L. R., Gentile, B., MacKillop, J., & Campbell, W. K. (2014, April 28). A Comparison of the Criterion Validity of Popular Measures of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder via the Use of Expert Ratings. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036613

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K. & Gentile, B. (2012). Increases in individualistic words and phrases in American books, 1960-2008. PLoS ONE.

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K., & Gentile, B. (2012). Generational increases in agentic self- evaluations among American college students, 1966-2009. Self and Identity, 11, 409-427.

Twenge, J.M., Campbell, W. K., & Freeman, E. C. (2012). Generational differences in young adults’ life goals, concern for others, and civic orientation, 1966-2009. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1045-1062.

Campbell, W. K., Hoffman, B. J., Campbell, S. M., & Marchisio, G. (2011). Narcissism in organizational contexts. Human Resource Management Review, 21, 268-284.

Miller, J. D., Widiger, T. A., & Campbell, W. K. (2010). Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the DSM-5. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 640-649.

Twenge, J. M., Abebe, E. M., & Campbell, W. K. (2010). Fitting in or standing out: Trends in American parents’ choices for children’s names, 1880-2007. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 19-25.

Finkel, E. J., Campbell, W. K., Buffardi, L. E., Kumashiro, M., & Rusbult, C. E. (2009). The Metamorphosis of Narcissus: Communal activation promotes relationship commitment among narcissists. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1271-1284.

Campbell, W. K., & Campbell, S. M. (2009). On the self-regulatory dynamics created by the peculiar benefits and costs of narcissism: A Contextual Reinforcement Model and examination of leadership. Self and Identity, 2-3, 214-232.

Bosson, J. K., Lakey, C. E., Campbell, W. K., Zeigler-Hill, V., Jordan, C. H., & Kernis, M. H. (2008). Untangling the Links Between Narcissism and Self esteem: A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1415-1439

Buffardi, L. E., & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Narcissism and social networking websites. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1303-1324.

Krusemark, E. A., Campbell, W. K., & Clementz, B. A. (2008). Attributions, deception, and event related potentials: An investigation of the self-serving bias. Psychophysiology, 45, 511-515

Miller, J. D. & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Comparing clinical and social-personality conceptualizations of narcissism. Journal of Personality, 76, 449-476.

Twenge, J. M. & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Increases in positive self-views among high school students: Birth cohort changes in anticipated performance, self-satisfaction, self-liking, and self-competence. Psychological Science, 19, 1082-1086.

Twenge, J. M., Konrath, S., Foster, J. D., Campbell, W. K., & Bushman, B. J. (2008). Egos inflating over time: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality, 76, 875-902 .

Campbell, W. K., Bonacci, A. M., Shelton, J., Exline, J. J., & Bushman, B. J. (2004). Psychological entitlement: Interpersonal consequences and validation of a new self-report measure.Journal of Personality Assessment, 83, 29-45. (Paper includes Psychological Entitlement Scale (PES) in appendix) 

Education

Ph.D. SUNY-Buffalo, 1985

Research Interests

Visual perception, information processing, attention; for information from a recent interview with UGA Today, please click here.

Visual Perception Laboratory

Publications

Greene H. H., Diwadkar V.A. & Brown JM (2023). Regularities in vertical saccadic metrics: new

insights, and future perspectives. Front. Psychol. 14:1157686. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157686

Hale, R.G., Brown, J.M. Influence of context on spatial expanse of color spreading in the watercolor illusion (2021). Atten Percept Psychophys.

Brown, J.M., Plummer, R.W. (2020) When figure–ground segregation fails: Exploring antagonistic interactions in figure–ground perception. Atten Percept Psychophys 82, 3618–3635. 

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Strauss, G. P. (2020). Shorter fixation durations for up-directed saccades during saccadic exploration: A meta-analysis. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 12(8). 

McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M. & Plummer, R.W. The influence of object structure on visual short-term memory for multipart objects. Atten Percept Psychophys 82, 1613–1631 (2020).

Brown, J. M., Breitmeyer, B. G., Hale, R. G., & Plummer, R. W. (2018). Contrast sensitivity indicates processing level of visual illusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. July 9, doi: 10.1037/xhp0000554.

Breitmeyer, B. G., Tripathy, S. P., & Brown, J. M. (2018). Can contrast-response functions guide research on visual processing levels? Vision, 2, 14; doi:10.3390/vision2010014.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Where did I come from? Where am I going? Functional differences in visual search fixation duration. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1), 1-13. doi:http://10.16910/jemr.10.1.5

McDunn, B. A., Brown, J. M., Hale, R. G., & Siddiqui, A. P. (2017). Disentangling boundary extension and normalization of view memory for scenes.Visual Cognition, 1-13. doi:10.1080/13506285.2016.1274810

Hale, R., Brown, J. M., & McDunn, B. A. (2016). Increasing task demand by obstructing object recognition increases boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Advance online publication, DOI 10.3758/s13423-016-1018-5.

Hale, R., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui, A.P. (2015). An influence of extremal edges on boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 961-966, DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0751-x.



Brown, J. M., Guenther, B. A., Narang, S., & Siddiqui, A., & Foley, N. (2014). The object advantage can be eliminated under equiluminant conditions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21:1459–1464, DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0630-5.

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Dauphin, B. (2014). When do you look where you look? A visual field asymmetry. Vision Research, 102, 33-40.

Hale, R., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui, A.P. (2015) An influence of extremal edges on boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 22:961–966 DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0751-x

McDunn, B.A., Siddiqui, P. A., & Brown, J.M. (2014). Exploring the boundary of boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, 370-375, DOI 10.3758/s13423-013-0494-0  

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Paradis, B. A. (2013). Luminance contrast, eye movement indices, and the visual span during visual target localization. Displays, 34, 27-32.

Brown, J.M. (2013). A sex difference in location-based IOR. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 721-725.

Brown, J. M., & Guenther, B. A. (2012). Magnocellular and parvocellular pathway influences on location-based inhibition-of-return. Perception, 41, 319-338.

Guenther, B. A., & Brown, J. M. (2012). Exploring the effect of stimulus characteristics on location-based inhibition of return using abrupt and ramped stimulus presentation. Vision Research, 60, 28-33.

Brown, J. M. (2009). Visual streams and shifting attention. In N. Srinivasan (Ed.), Progress in Brain Research (Volume 176, Attention, pp. 47-63): Elsevier.

Bedwell, J. S., Brown, J. M., & Orem, D. M. (2008). The effect of a red background on location backward masking by structure. Perception & Psychophysics, 70, 503-507.

Brown, J. M., & Denney, H. I. (2007). Shifting attention into and out of objects: Evaluating the processes underlying the object advantage. Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 606-618.

Bedwell, J.S., Miller, L.S., Brown, J.M., and Yanasak, N.E. (2006). Schizophrenia and red light: fMRI evidence for a novel biobehavioral marker. International Journal of Neuroscience, 116, 1-14.

Srinivasan, N., & Brown, J. M. (2006). Effects of endogenous spatial attention on the detection and discrimination of spatial frequencies. Perception, 35, 193-200.

Brown, J. M., Breitmeyer, B. G., Leighty, K. A., Denney, H. I. (2006). The path of visual attention. Acta Psychologica, 121, 199-209.

Bedwell, J. S., Miller, L. S., Brown, J. M., McDowell, J. E. & Yanasak, N. E. (2004). Functional magnetic resonance imaging examination of the magnocellular visual pathway in nonpsychotic relatives of persons with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 71(2-3), 509-510.

Bedwell, J. S., Brown, J. M., & Miller, L. S. (2003). The magnocelllular visual system and schizophrenia: What can the color red tell us? Schizophrenia Research, 63, 273-284.

Solberg, J. L., & Brown, J. M. (2002). No sex differences in contrast sensitivity and reaction time to spatial frequency. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 94, 1053-1055.

Brown, J. M., Gyoba, J., & May, J. G. (2001). Stationary phantoms and grating induction with oblique inducing gratings: Implications for different mechanisms underlying the two phenomena. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 278-283.

Brown, J. M. (2000). Fundus pigmentation and equiluminant moving phantoms. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 963-973.

Brown, J. M., & Koch, C. (2000). Influences of occlusion, color, and luminance on the perception of fragmented pictures. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 1033-1044.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (2000). Amodal completion and localization. Vision Research, 40, 383-390.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., & Roberts, S. (1999). Afterimages, grating induction and illusory phantoms. Vision Research, 39, 3025-3031.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (1997). Spatial interactions with real and gap-induced illusory lines in a vernier acuity task. Vision Research, 37, 597-604.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (1995). The effect of nearby luminance contrast polarity on color boundary localization. Vision Research, 35, 2767-2771.

Koch, C., & Brown, J. M. (1994). Examining the time course of prime effects on Stroop processing. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 79, 675-687.

Brown, J. M., & Koch, C. (1993). Influences of closure, occlusion, and size on the perception of fragmented pictures. Perception & Psychophysics, 53, 436-442.

Brown, J. M. (1993). Moving phantom visibility as a function of fundus pigmentation. Perception & Psychophysics, 53, 367-371.

Brown, J. M., Weisstein, N., & May, J. G. (1992). Visual search for simple volumetric shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 51, 40-48.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1990). Conflicting figure ground and depth information reduces moving phantom visibility. Perception, 20, 155 165.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., Scott, S., & Donlon, M. (1990). Visual persistence for spatially filtered images. Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 563 567.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., Gutierrez, C., & Donlon, M. (1990). The effects of spatial phase on reaction time to spatially filtered images. Psychological Research, 52, 22 27.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1988a). A phantom context effect: visual phantomsenhance target visibility. Perception & Psychophysics, 43, 53 56.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1988b). A spatial frequency effect on perceived depth. Perception and Psychophysics, 44, 157 166.

Education

Ph.D. West Virginia University

Research Interests

My research is within the area of pediatric psychology. During the last ten years, my team at UGA and I have focused primarily on children and adolescents who have received kidney, liver, or heart transplants. We also conduct research with children who have cardiac conditions, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Tourette syndrome, and neuropsychological conditions. A goal of our research is to better understand the influence of child and family factors that are associated with medical adherence, barriers to adherence, health-related quality of life, medical outcomes, transition from pediatric to adult healthcare, and adjustment to illness. We have multiple ongoing studies addressing these topics.

My long-term research on children’s coping, pain, and distress during medical procedures is currently being conducted through collaboration with investigators at other institutions.

Current Research Initiatives

1. Medication adherence, quality of life, and health outcomes in pediatric transplant recipients. Two longitudinal studies.
2. Psychosocial functioning and adjustment, adherence, family factors, and health outcomes for children and adolescents with cardiomyopathy.
3. Transition of healthcare responsibility from parent to adolescent, and transition from pediatric to adult care.
4. Adjustment and therapeutic camp outcomes for children with Tourette's syndrome.
5. Other areas of Pediatric Psychology.

Recent Publications

Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Loiselle, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Mee, L. L., Gutierrez-Colina, A., & Blount, R. L. (In press, accepted September 6, 2016). Pre-transplant patient, parent, and family psychosocial functioning varies by organ type and patient age. Pediatric Transplantation.

Eaton C. K., Jones, A. M., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Ivey, E. K., Carlson, O., Melville, L., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (First published online April 4, 2016). The influence of environmental consequences and internalizing symptoms on children’s tic severity. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI: 10.1007/s10578-016-0644-5

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J. L., Reed-Knight, B., Hayutin, L., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (First published online on March 17, 2016). The Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Comparison of symptom profiles using three factor structures between pediatric gastroenterology and general pediatric patients. Children’s Health Care. DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2016.1163493

Reed-Knight, B., Lee, J. L., Greenley, R. N., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Disease activity doesn’t explain it all: How internalizing symptoms and caregiver depressive symptoms relate to health-related quality of life among youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 22(4), 963-967. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000686

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K., Mee, L. L., LaMotte, J., Liverman, R., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Executive functioning, barriers to adherence, and nonadherence in adolescent and young adult transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 759-767. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv107

Eaton, C. K., La Motte, J., Gutierrez-Colina, A., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Changes in socio-emotional and behavioral functioning after attending a camp for children with Tourette Syndrome: A preliminary investigation.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1197-1203. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0105-9

Huston, S. A., Blount, R. L., Heidsch, T., & Southwood, R. (First published online January 14, 2016). Resilience, emotion processing and emotion expression among youth with Type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12347

Gilleland Marchak, J., Reed-Knight, B., Amaral, S., Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Providers' assessment of transition readiness among adolescent young adult kidney transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 19, 849-857. DOI: 10.1111/petr.12615

Eaton, C. K. & Blount, R. L. (2015). Developing pediatric psychology science and application competencies in doctoral-level graduate programs: Timing and sequencing of training at the University of Georgia. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 3, 191-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000105

Gutierrez-Colina, A. Eaton, C. K., LaMotte, J., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (2015). The role of self-competence in health-related quality of life and emotional/behavioral functioning of children with Tourette Syndrome. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36, 743-751. DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000214

Loiselle, K. A., Gutierrez-Colina, A.M., Eaton, C. K., Simons, L. E., Devine, K. A., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Longitudinal stability of medication adherence among adolescent solid organ transplant recipients.  Pediatric Transplantation. 19, 428-435. doi/10.1111/petr.12480

Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J. L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Predictors of experiences and attitudes at a summer camp for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome. Children’s Health Care, 44, 221-234. DOI:10.1080/02739615.2014.948159

Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Simons, L., Devine, K., Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Clinical cutoffs for adherence barriers in solid organ transplant recipients: How many is too many? Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 40(4), 431-441. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsu102

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton C., Lee, J., LaMotte, J., & Blount, R. (2015). Health-related quality of life and psychosocial functioning in children with Tourette Syndrome: Parent-child agreement and comparision to healthy norms. Journal of Child Neurology, 30, 326-332. DOI: 10.1177/0883073814538507.

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton C., Cheng, P. Strieper, M., Frias, P., Gooden, K., & Blount, R. (2014). Perceived self-competence, psychosocial adjustment, and quality of life in pediatric patients with pacemakers. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 35(6), 360-366. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000073

Lee, J. L., Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Devine, K., Simons, L. Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Longitudinal stability of individual barriers to medication adherence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39, 667-676. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsu026

Reed-Knight, B., Blount, R. L., & Gilleland, J. (2014). The transition of healthcare responsibility from parents to youth diagnosed with a chronic illness: A developmental systems perspective. Families, Systems, and Health. 32, 219-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000039

Cheng, P., Gutierrez-Colina, A.M., Loiselle, K.A., Strieper, M., Frias, P., Gooden, K., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Quality of life and social support in pediatric patients with pacemakers. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 21: 92-102. DOI 10.1007/s10880-013-9381-0

McCormick King, M. L., Mee, L. L., Gutiérrez-Colina, A., Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Emotional functioning, barriers, and medication adherence in pediatric transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39(3) 283-293. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jst074

Greenley, R. N., Reed-Knight, B., Blount, R. L., Wilson, H. W. (2013). Dyadic confirmatory analysis of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(8), 871-882.doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jst030 

Reed-Knight, B., Lewis, J., Blount, R. L. (2013). Behavioral functioning in youth with inflammatory bowel disease: Perceived barriers as mediator of medication adherence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(3), 309-320. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jss122 

Lee, J. L., Gilleland, J. Campbell, R. M., Johnson, G. L., Simpson, P., Dooley, K. J., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Internalizing symptoms and functional disability in children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(3)255-264. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss111 

Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Devine, K. A., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Health-related quality of life and need for mental health services in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 20(1), 88-96. DOI 10.1007/s10880-012-9303-6 

Lee, J., Gilleland, J., Campbell, R. M., Simpson, P., Johnson, G. L., Dooley, K. J., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Health care utilization and psychosocial factors in pediatric noncardiac chest pain. Health Psychology, 32, 320-327. doi: 10.1037/a0027806 

Payne, M. E., Eaton, C. K., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Promoting medication adherence and regimen responsibility in two adolescents on hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease: A case study. Clinical Case Studies, 12(2), 95-110. DOI: 10.1177/1534650112467079 

Loiselle, K. A., Lee, J. L., Gilleland, J., Campbell, R., Simpson, P, Johnson, G., Dooley, K., Blount, R. L. (2012). Factors associated with health care utilization among children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37(7), 817-825. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss055  

Gilleland, J. Amaral, S., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2012). Getting ready to leave: Transition readiness in adolescent kidney recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37(1), 85-96. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr049 

Reed-Knight, B., McCormick, M., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2012). Participation and attrition in a coping skills intervention for adolescent girls with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 12, 188-196. doi: 10.1007/s10880-011-9269-9 

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Predictors of long-term health-related quality of life in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 36(8), 891-901. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr007 

Martin, S. R., Chorney, J. M., Tan, E. T., Fortier, M. A., Blount, R. L., Wald. S. H., Shapiro, N. L., Storm, S. L., Patel, S., & Kain, Z. N. (2011). Changing healthcare providers’ behavior during pediatric inductions with an empirically-based intervention. Anesthesiology, 15(1), 18-27.  doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182207bf5 

Reed-Knight, B., Hayutin, L. G., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Factor structure of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist with a pediatric gastroenterology sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 18, 299-306. doi: 10.1007/s10880-011-9242-7. 

Fortier, M. A., Blount, R. L., Wang, S. M., Mayes, L. C., & Kain, Z. N. (2011). Analysing a family-centered preoperative intervention programme: A dismantling approach. British Journal of Anesthesiology, 106(5), 713-718.  doi:10.1093/bja/aer010. 

Reed-Knight, B, Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Association of disease, adolescent, and family factors on medication adherence in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 36, 308-317.  doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq076.  

Loiselle, K. A., Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Post-traumatic growth associated with a relative's serious illness. Families, Systems, & Health, 29, 64-72. DOI: 10.1037/a0023043 

Williams, S., Blount, R. L., & Walker, L. S. (2011). Children's pain threat appraisal and catastrophizing moderate the impact of parent verbal behavior on children's symptom complaints.Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(1), 55-63. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsq043 

Lutton, L. M., Reed-Knight, B. Loiselle, K, O'Toole, K., & Blount, R. (2011). A pilot study evaluating an abbreviated version of the cognitive remediation program for youth with neurocognitive deficits. Brain Injury, 25(4), 409-415. DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.558044

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Fenton, N., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Posttraumatic growth in young adults who experienced serious childhood illness: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings,17(4), 340-348. DOI 10.1007/s10880-010-9210-7 

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Prospective comparison of parent and adolescent report of health-related quality of life in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 14, 1000-1006. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01392.x 

Simons, L. E., McCormick, M. L., Devine, K. A., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Medication barriers predict adolescent transplant recipients' adherence at 18 month follow-up. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35(9) 1038-1048. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq025 

Ratcliff, M. B., Blount, R. L., & Mee, L. (2010). The relationship between adolescent renal transplant recipients' perceived adversity, coping, and medical adherence. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 17, 116-124. DOI 10.1007/s10880-010-9194-3.  

Clinical Interests

My clinical interests include the variety of clinical problems presented by children, adolescents, and their families. Pediatric psychology practicum externship placements are available at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). These include the Pediatric Transplant Unit, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Pediatric Oncology, and other pediatric medical settings. Much of our research is conducted in these applied settings.

Mentoring Philosophy

I prefer to interact with students as junior colleagues. During their first year graduate students typically work with me and the other members our Pediatric Psychology Research Lab on ongoing research. As students become more independent they initiate research in collaboration with me and the other team members. It is more productive and enjoyable for all involved if students conduct research in my general areas of expertise. Former graduate student members of our team often continue as active collaborators after obtaining their PhD.

Characteristics of students who have excelled with me in the past are that they are good self-starters, they seek for excellence in their research and other activities, they are highly motivated, they are creative, and they are team players. I also appreciate people who are caring, fair, open, and respectful of others. I try to model and encourage these characteristics within my team, as well as select students with these characteristics. Undergraduate members are also a vital part of our lab. My team members work well together in a mutually encouraging manner.

It is important that students who apply to work with me have a strong commitment to working with children and adolescents, as well as to some area of pediatric psychology. Preferably the student’s interests align closely within our existing research priorities. I encourage student involvement in organizations relevant to pediatric psychology in particular and clinical psychology in general. I also try to prepare my students to be active and ongoing contributors of clinically relevant research during graduate school and throughout their professional careers.

Lab association:

Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

I rejoined the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Lab as a faculty member in Fall 2010. Previously, I had been a graduate student working with Drs. McDowell and Clementz. I spent 3 years in Boston doing a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Dara Manoach at the Martinos Center affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. My research has involved investigating changes in brain activation following practice of a task. I am interested in how brain function changes as we get better at something and are able to perform it faster and/or more accurately. I have used both fMRI and EEG to look at these changes in young adults. I have also been involved in a number of projects investigating cognitive function in schizophrenia both at UGA and MGH. We are currently interested in whether patients with schizophrenia can improve on cognitive tasks similar to healthy young adults and how changes in brain function support this.