Brain, Mind, and Behavior

In addition to serving as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology, Gregory F. Ball is the vice president for research for the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), overseeing a joint research enterprise that ranks among the top 10 public institutions in research expenditures, and which garners $1.3 billion in research awards annually.

Dr. Ball joined the University of Maryland in 2014 as Professor and Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Dr. Bernat received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan, where he also completed an APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral work in Biomedical Engineering. He subsequently served as a Research Associate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Minnesota and then core faculty in Clinical Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Bernat joined the Psychology faculty at the University of Maryland-College Park in 2013.

Bob Slevc is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, as well as part of the Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) and the Maryland Language Science Center. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego and was a postdoctoral scholar at Rice University before coming to UMD. His research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms involved in the processing of language and of music in both normal and brain-damaged populations.

Elizabeth Redcay received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Cognitive Science from the University of California San Diego in 2008 and completed her postdoctoral work in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2011 she joined the faculty at UMD as an Assistant Professor in Psychology and member of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) program.

Robert Dooling studies comparative aspects of hearing and acoustic communication and has published over 250 articles, chapters, and books on this topic. He received his Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Saint Louis University and was an postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor at the Rockefeller University in New York before coming to the University of Maryland. He has received numerous awards over the years for his research including several Career development awards from NIH and an Alexander V. Humboldt Senior Scientist Award.

Personal Statement

Gelfand is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and affiliate of the RH Smith School of Business and is a Distinguished University Scholar Teacher at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Social/ Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Gelfand's research focuses on cultural influences on conflict, negotiation, justice, and revenge; workplace diversity and discrimination; and theory and methods in cross-cultural psychology.

My Research Philosophy. As a graduate student, my advisor impressed upon me the importance of being fair to science. His view and one that I’ve carried with me throughout my career was that the process of doing science is more important than the results one obtains. This view, that “process trumps output” is ever more relevant in today’s research climate. As a believer in the value of transparency and integrity, it is my view that science should be subject to the checks and balances made possible through open and transparent processes.