Research conducted at the UTSA Department of Psychology spans all of the major areas of experimental psychology.

Faculty research interests are listed below.

Brian E. Armenta, Ph.D.

• Social Psychology
• Health Risk Behaviors and Health Disparities
• Prejudice and Discrimination

Michael Baumann, Ph.D.

• Group Decision Making
• Affect in the Workplace
• Perceiving & Leveraging Expertise
• Affect in Decision Making

James H. Bray, Ph.D.

• Family Psychology & Health
• Adolescent Substance Use
• Primary Care Psychology

Thomas Coyle, Ph.D.

• Mental Ability, Intelligence, & IQ
• Brain Aging & Cerebral Health Markers
• Academic Aptitude Test (SAT and ACT)

Ephrem Fernandez, Ph.D.

• Affect Science
• Psychosomatics
• Anger Assessment & Treatment
• Pain

Edward Golob, Ph.D.

• Spatial Cognition
• Attention and Working Memory
• Perception and Action
• Age-related Neurological Disorders

Willie Hale, Ph.D.

• Interpersonal Perception
• Belongingness & Authenticity
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Joseph W. Houpt

• Cognitive Psychology and Quantitative Methods
• Cognitive Modeling
• Intersections between AI and Psychology, Visual Perception, Decision Making

Monica Lawson, Ph.D.