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May 20, 2012

Department of Psychology and Anthropology

SBSC 356
University of Texas-Pan American
1201 W. University
Edinburg, TX 78539
phone: 956-665-3329
FAX: 956-665-3333

Psychology Faculty

Gasquoine, Philip
Department Chair
Associate Professor; clinical neuropsychology
EDC 1.202A 
phone: 956-665-2155
email: pgasquoine@utpa.edu

Aldridge, James W. Jr.
Professor; human learning (memory, cognition)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 352
phone: 956-665-3325
email: jaldridge@utpa.edu

Alfaro, Edna (Vita)
Assistant Professor; Developmental Psychology
EDC 1.220
Phone: 956-665-2662
email:  ecalfaro@utpa.edu

Benham, Grant
Associate Professor; health psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 354
phone: 956-665-7342
email: gbenham@utpa.edu

Croyle, Kristin L.
Vice Provost: Under Graduate Instruction; Adult clinical psychology, Neuropsychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 234
phone: 956-665-7917
email: kcroyle@utpa.edu

Eisenman, Russell
Associate Professor; clinical and evolutionary psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 363
phone: 956-665-3327
email: eisenman@utpa.edu

Ernst, Frederick
Professor; clinical psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 358
phone: 956-665-3323
email: fernst@utpa.edu

Gonzalez, Genaro E.
Professor; social and health psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 339
phone: 956-665-5022
email: ggonzalez@utpa.edu

Hirai, Michiyo (Vita)
Assistant Professor; Etiology and treatment of anxiety disorders; Emotions; Cognitive processes;  Cognitive behavioral treatment;  Internet-based assessment and treatment techniques; PTSD; Specific phobia; Cross-cultural issues
Office:  SBSC 369
Phone: 956-665-2638
Email: hiraim@utpa.edu
Faculty website:  http://www.utpa.edu/faculty/hiraim/

James-Aldridge, Valerie (Wendy)
Associate Professor; animal behavior (primates especially)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 345
phone: 956-665-3330 
email: wjames@utpa.edu

Jou, Jerwen  (Vita)
Professor; cognitive psychology (memory, cognition)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 365
phone: 956-665-2689
email: jjou@utpa.edu

Leka, Gary
Lecturer
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 359
phone: 956-665-3329
email: leka@utpa.edu

Montgomery, Gary T.
Assistant Dean & Professor; Developmental and social psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 234
phone: 956-665-2967
email: gtm6b5e@utpa.edu

Rogers, Darrin
Assistant Professor; child clinical psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
EDC 1.218
phone: 956-665-2866
email: drogers1@utpa.edu

Weimer, Amy
Assistant Professor; developmental psychology (particularly child development)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
EDC 1.202B
phone: 956-665-2650
email: aweimer@utpa.edu

Winkel, Mark H.
Associate Professor; social psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 349
phone: 956-665-3328
email: winkelm@utpa.edu

Anthropology Faculty

Graham, Margaret A. (Peg)
Associate Professor; medical anthropology, applied anthropology, border issues
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC: 318
phone: 956-665-7393
email: mgraham1@utpa.edu

Dr.Miguel Diaz-Barriga
Professor of Anthropology
SBSC: 344
phone: 956-665-5354
email: diazbarrigam@utpa.edu

Hinojosa, Servando Z.
Associate Professor; cultural anthropology, folk medicine, indigenous peoples of Mexico
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 351
phone: 956-665-7002
email: hinojosas@utpa.edu

Lovett, Bobbie
Lecturer; New World archaeology, Texas archaeology, human ecology
SBSC 360
phone: 956-381-3329
email: lovett@utpa.edu

Pozorski, Shelia
Professor; New World archaeology, archaeological method and theory, ethnobiology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 329
phone: 956-665-2572
email: spozorski@utpa.edu

Pozorski, Thomas G. 
Professor and Anthropology Program Coordinator; New World archaeology, South American culture
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 322
phone: 956-665-2865
email: tpozorski@utpa.edu

Skowronek, Russell
Professor; Historic and prehistoric archaeology of North America with special emphasis on the contact and colonial era in the New World; Museum management and the conservation and curation of archaeological materials: historic ceramic analysis; underwater archaeology; piracy; Spanish colonial world
SBSC 317
Phone: 956-665-8085
e-mail: rskowronek@utpa.edu

Vincentnathan, Lynn
Associate Professor; cultural anthropology, legal anthropology, poeples of India, gender
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 330
phone: 956-665-3567
email: lvincent@utpa.edu

Psychology & Anthropology Staff

Villlarreal, Lourdes, Administrative Assistant II
SBSC 356
phone: 956-665-3329

Villarreal, Silvia, Office Assistant II
SBSC 356
phone: 956-665-3329

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