Psychology

Faculty

Below are the Department of Psychology faculty located on the St. Petersburg campus. For full bios and faculty on all campuses, visit the departmental website.


Cognition, Neuroscience and Social Faculty

Jennifer O'Brien

Jennifer O'Brien

Title: Associate Professor and Campus Chair
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Phone: 727-873-4415
Email: jenobrien@usf.edu
Office: DAV 112A
Area of Interest: Cognition, neuroscience and social


Max Owens

Max Owens

Title: Assistant Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4533
Email: mjowens@usf.edu
Office: DAV 102
Area of Interest: Cognition, neuroscience and social


Mark Pezzo

Mark Pezzo

Title: Associate Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4020
Email: pezzo@usf.edu
Office: DAV 113
Area of Interest: Judgmental biases, with a focus on the competing influences of motivational and cognitive processes in many areas, including hindsight bias, planning fallacy, perceptions of offensiveness, and the spread of rumors


Wendy Rote

Wendy Rote

Title: Associate Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4957
Email: wmrote@usf.edu
Office: DAV 114
Area of Interest: Cognition, neuroscience and social


Clinical Faculty

Tiffany Chenneville

Tiffany Chenneville

Title: Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4585
Email: chennevi@usf.edu
Office: DAV 117
Area of Interest: Clinical


V. Mark Durand

V. Mark Durand

Title: Distinguished University Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4774
Email: vdurand@usf.edu
Office: TER 404
Area of Interest: Clinical


Kemesha Gabbidon

Kemesha Gabbidon

Title: Assistant Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4263
Email: kgabbido@usf.edu
Office: DAV 112A
Area of Interest: Youth sexual health; health equity and intersectionality


James McHale

James McHale

Title: Professor
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Phone: 727-873-4848
Email: jmchale@usf.edu
Office: DAV 121A
Area of Interest: Clinical


Instructional Faculty

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Svetlana Chesser

Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction
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Email: svetlanachesser@usf.edu
Office: DAV 121


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Juliana French

Title: Assistant Professor
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Email: julianafrench@usf.edu
Office: DAV 111
Area of Interest: Cognition, Neuroscience, & Social


Aimee Johnson

Aimee Johnson

Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction
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Email: aimeejohnson@usf.edu
Office: DAV 118