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November 22, 2009

Department of Psychology and Anthropology

SBSC 356
University of Texas-Pan American
1201 W. University
Edinburg, TX 78539
phone: 956-381-3329
FAX: 956-381-3333

Psychology Faculty

Aldridge, James W. Jr.
Professor; human learning (memory, cognition)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 352
phone: 956-381-3325
email: jaldridge@utpa.edu

Alfaro, Edna (Vita)
Assistant Professor; Developmental Psychology
EDC 1.220
Phone: 956-381-2662
email:  ecalfaro@utpa.edu

Benham, Grant
Associate Professor; health psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 354
phone: 956-292-7342
email: gbenham@utpa.edu

Cain, Roy E.
Associate Professor; physiological psychology, stress management
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 347
office.956-381-2808
email: cainr@utpa.edu

Croyle, Kristin L.
Assistant Dean & Associate Professor; Adult clinical psychology, Neuropsychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 234
phone: 956-381-3671
email: kcroyle@utpa.edu

Eisenman, Russell
Associate Professor; clinical and evolutionary psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 363
phone: 956-381-3327
email: eisenman@utpa.edu

Ernst, Frederick
Assistant Dean & Professor; clinical psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 234
phone: 956-381-2967
email: fernst@utpa.edu

Fielding, Cheryl (Vita)
Associate Professor; applied behavior analysis (autistic children), developmental disabilities, and obesity and physical fitness
EDC 244
Phone: 956-381-3404
email: fieldingc@utpa.edu

Gasquoine, Phillip
Associate Professor; clinical neuropsychology
EDC 1.202A 
phone: 956-381-2155
email: pgasquoine@utpa.edu

Gonzalez, Genaro E.
Professor; social and health psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 339
phone: 956-318-5022
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
SBSC 369
Phone: 956-381-2638
email: hiraim@utpa.edu

James-Aldridge, Valerie (Wendy)
Chair & Associate Professor; animal behavior (primates especially)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 356
phone: 956-381-3330 
email: wjames@utpa.edu

Jou, Jerwen
Professor; cognitive psychology (memory, cognition)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 365
phone: 956-381-2689
email: jjou@utpa.edu

Kendrick, Sherrill
Assistant Professor; clinical psychology
SBSC 355
phone: 956-381-3320
email: skendrick@utpa.edu

Leka, Gary
Lecturer
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 359
phone: 956-381-3329
email: leka@utpa.edu

Montgomery, Gary T.
Professor; developmental and social psychology
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SBSC 337
phone: 956-381-3323
email: gtm6b5e@utpa.edu

Rogers, Darrin
Assistant Professor; child clinical psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
EDC 1.218
phone: 956-381-2866
email: drogers1@utpa.edu

Weimer, Amy
Assistant Professor; developmental psychology (particularly child development)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
EDC 1.202B
phone: 956-381-2650
email: aweimer@utpa.edu

Winkel, Mark H.
Associate Professor; social psychology
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 349
phone: 956-381-3328
email: winkelm@utpa.edu

Wisener, Robert H.
Assistant Professor; clinical psychology
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SBSC 333
phone: 956-381-2807
email: wisener@utpa.edu

Anthropology Faculty

Margaret E. Dorsey
Assistant Professor and Curator of Rio Grande Valley Folklore Archive
Vita
A Nation Divided: the Border Wall, Immigration and Citizenship on the U.S. Mexico Border
Pachangas

SBSC: 331
Phone: 956-381-2806
email: dorseyme@utpa.edu
 

Glazer, Mark
Professor; folklore, anthropological theory
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 351
phone: 956-381-2806
email: mglazer@utpa.edu

Graham, Margaret A. (Peg)
Assistant Professor; medical anthropology, applied anthropology, border issues
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phone: 956-292-7393
email: mgraham1@utpa.edu

Hinojosa, Servando Z.
Associate Professor; cultural anthropology, folk medicine, indigenous peoples of Mexico
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 331
phone: 956-316-7002
email: hinojosas@utpa.edu

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

James-Aldridge, Valerie (Wendy)
Chair & Associate Professor; area: animal behavior (primates especially)
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 356
phone: 956-381-3330
email: wjames@utpa.edu

Pozorski, Shelia
Professor; New World archaeology, archaeological method and theory, ethnobiology
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SBSC 329
phone: 956-381-2572
email: spozorski@utpa.edu

Pozorski, Thomas G. 
Professor and Anthropology Program Coordinator; New World archaeology, South American culture
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 322
phone: 956-381-2865
email: tpozorski@utpa.edu

Reidhead, Van A.
Professor and Dean; anthropology of religions
SBSC 234J
phone: 956-381-3551
email: reidheadv@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: 956-388-8085
e-mail: rskowronek@utpa.edu

Vincentnathan, Lynn
Assistant Professor; cultural anthropology, legal anthropology, poeples of India, gender
Knowledge & Expertise Profile
SBSC 330
phone: 956-381-3567
email: lvincent@utpa.edu

 


 

Psychology & Anthropology Staff

Villlareal, Lourdes
Secretary 1
SBSC 356
phone: 956-381-3329
email: lourdes@utpa.edu

Melgar, Jackelyn
Clerk
SBSC 356
phone: 956-381-3329
Email: jmelgar@utpa.edu

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