Montclair State University

Research

The department prides itself on mentoring students and having them actively engaged in research endeavors and ongoing studies.

Click here for a document of our faculty and their areas of interest. To contact one of the faculty members, please visit our Faculty page. To look at some of the laboratories in our department, please visit our Laboratories page.

Recent "Citings"

Elected Positions

Dr. Debra Zellner is president-elect of the Eastern Psychological Association.
Dr. Milton Fuentes was elected as president of the National Latino/a Psychological Association.
Dr. Valerie Sessa is membership chair-elect for Management Education and Development division of Academy of Management.
Dr. Debra Zellner was elected to be a fellow in the Eastern Psychological Association.

Publications/Presentations

Poole, D.A., & Dickinson, J.J. (in press). Evidence supporting restrictions on uses of body diagrams in forensic interviews. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Dickinson, J.J., & Poole, D.A. (2011). Mr. Science—Germ Detective! A novel paradigm for manipulating disclosure histories for research on children’s eyewitness testimony. Paper presented at the 4th International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) Conference, Dundee, Scotland.
Dickinson, J.J., & Poole, D. A. (2011). The eyewitness testimony of behaviorally inhibited and uninhibited children: Implications for forensic interviewing. Paper presented at the 4th International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) Conference, Dundee, Scotland.
Korkman, J., Finnila-Tuohimaa, K., & Dickinson, J.J. (2011). Recorded conversations between caretakers and their children when suspecting child sexual abuse. Paper presented at the 4th International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) Conference, Dundee, Scotland.
Dickinson, J.J., & Poole, D.A. (2011). The eyewitness testimony of behaviorally inhibited and uninhibited children: Implications for forensic interviewing. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, Florida.
Molinaro, P., & Dickinson, J.J., & Wright, D.B. (2011). Preconception and crime condition on the evaluation of confessions. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, Florida.
Dickinson, J.J. (2011). Children’s disclosure of sex abuse: What video evidence tells us about the process of disclosure. Invited presentation to the 25th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, California.
Dickinson, J.J. (2011). The use of body outline drawings and touch questions in forensic interviews with children. Invited presentation to the 25th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, California.
Dickinson, J.J. (2011). The Child Witness: Research, Practice and Policy. Invited presentation to the 2011 Spring South Dakota Judges Conference, Ft. Pierre South Dakota.
Dickinson, J.J.(2011). The use of props and interview aids in forensic interviews: Current findings and future directions. Invited presentation to the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) June Clinic. Seattle, Washington.
Fuentes, M.A., & Adamés, H.Y. (2011). The Socio-Cultural Profile (SCP). In M. Pope,
J. Pangelinan, & A. Coker (Eds.), Experiential activities for teaching multicultural counseling classes and infusing cultural diversity into core classes. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association Press.
Adamés, H.Y., & Fuentes, M.A. (2011). Having a voice and being heard: Exploring the
impact of multiple social identities on the self. In M. Pope, J. Pangelinan, & A. Coker (Eds.), Experiential activities for teaching multicultural counseling classes and infusing cultural diversity into core classes. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association Press.
Benavides, K., Fuentes, M. A., Bassett, C., Saravia, J., Saulle, C., Truffin, M. (2011, April).
Saying "No" In The Workplace: Examining Supervisor and Employee Relations. Paper presented atMontclair State University's Fifth Annual Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ.
Bustamante, J. E., Fuentes, M. A., Hernandez, H., Varga, S., Truffin, M., Bolesworth, R. (2011,
April). Academic guidance: revisiting developmental and prescriptive styles of advising. Paper presented at Montclair State University’s Fifth Annual Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ.
Ladha, A., Fuentes, M. A., Bolesworth, R., Sheikh, F., Ortiz, N., & Varga, S. (2011, April). Have
you Tried Therapy?” College Students’ Perceptions of Mental Health Services. Poster session presented at Montclair State University’s Fifth Annual Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ.
Lakusta, L. (2011). Language and memory for motion events: Children’s representations of source and goal paths. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, April, Montreal.
O’Hearn, K., Lakusta, L., Schroer, E., Minshew, N., Luna, B. (2011). Deficits in adults with autism spectrum disorders when processing multiple objects in dynamic scenes. Autism Research. PMID: 21254449.
Pace-Schott, E.F., Shepherd, E., Marcello, M., Tucker, M., Propper, R.E., & Stickgold, R. (2011). Napping promotes inter-session habituation to emotional stimuli. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 95, 24-36.
Propper, R.E., Brunyé, T. T., & Januszewskia, A. (2011, February). Lateral gaze enhances long term
memory for geographical information. Poster presented to the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Propper, R.E., Januszewskia, A., Brunyé, T. T. (2011, February). Inconsistent-handers are more affectively negative and more susceptible to mood induction. Poster presented to the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Ragin, D.F. (2011). Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Health.New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall