Psychological Science Program Research Opportunities for Students 

At USF St. Petersburg, research opportunities outside the classroom are available to motivated undergraduate and graduate students.  Our students are currently collaborating with faculty on various projects, on topics as diverse as: severe behavior disorders in children, children coping with HIV, asthma in children, early family adjustment, cognitive functioning in adults, and social perception and judgment. See Student Authors page for recent papers and publications by our students.

Psychology Labs and Research Groups

USFSP psychology faculty all maintain active research programs. To learn more about faculty research initiatives, contact us directly or read more in the links below.

• To learn more about Dr. Chenneville's research in the area of pediatric HIV, please e-mail her at chennevi@usfsp.edu.

• To learn more about Dr. Clutter's research in the area of health psychology, please e-mail her at motsuki@usfsp.edu.

• To learn more about Dr. Durand's research on severe behavior problems in children, please go here. 

• To learn more about Dr. Gaskin-Butler's research at the USF St. Petersburg Multicultural Lab, please e-mail her at vgaskinb@usfsp.edu.

• To learn more about Dr. McHale's research in family psychology at USF St. Petersburg's Family Study Center, please go here.

(Pictured Above) USFSP student and post-doctoral researchers involved with Dr. McHale's "Families through Time" study: FRONT ROW: Dr. Donna Elliston, Crystal Cummins, Autumn Soyka, Aldjenatu Romero; MIDDLE ROW: Symphony Thomas; Meredith Machler; BACK ROW: Traci Landers; Kyle DePalma; Chris Scull; Jessica Thompson.

• To learn more about Dr. O'Brien's research in human perception, attention, and decision-making, please e-mail her at jenobrien@usf.edu.

• To learn more about Dr. Pezzo's research in social perception, please go here www.stpt.usf.edu/pezzo.

(Pictured Above) USFSP students Tina Gonzalez and Symphony Thomas presenting research conducted with Dr. Pezzo at the USFSP Undergraduate Research Symposium.

• To learn more about Dr. Salnaitis' research in stress, anxiety, and executive functioning, please e-mail her at csalnaitis@usfsp.edu.