Faculty Research

Rainer Diriwächter, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Professor of Psychology
Email: rdiriwae@callutheran.edu
Phone: 805-493-3442
Office: Swenson 241

Amanda ElBassiouny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: aelbassiouny@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805) 493-3974
Office: SWEN 238
Research Interests:
- The Impact of Different Types of Identities on Social and Behavioral Outcomes
- Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Based on the Intersectionality of Marginalized Identities
- Influence of Intersectional Identities of Defendants and Incarcerates People on Jurors and Parole Boards
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Jodie Kocur, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Email: jkocur@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805)493-3441
Office: SWEN 240
Research Interests:
- The Transition to Post-Secondary Education for Students on the Autism Spectrum
- Mental health in middle childhood
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Marissa Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Email: mericson@callutheran.edu
Office: SWEN 210
Research Interests:
- Multi Organ Synchrony
- Cross-Frequency Coupling
- Computational & Information Processing Models of Consciousness
- Resonant Breathing and Mindfulness
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Andrea Sell, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of Research Development and Support
Email: asell@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805) 493-3781
Office: SWEN 207
Current Research Interests:
- Incorporation of Systems of Perception and Action-Planning into Higher-Order Cognition
- Role of the Spatial and Motor Systems in Grounding Abstract Thoughts
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Nicole Talarico, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Psychology
Email: ntalarico@callutheran.edu
Phone: (805) 493-3440
Office: SWEN 211