Investigators/Collaborators/Consultants:
Principal Investigator:

Thomas F. Oltmanns, Ph.D.
Edgar James Swift Professor in Arts and Sciences
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Director of Clinical Training in Psychology

Co-investigator:

Linda Cottler, M.Ph., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
Director, Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group
Washington University School of Medicine


Consultant:

Marci E.J. Gleason, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
University of Texas - Austin

Collaborator:

Martha Storandt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology Washington University


Collaborator:

Simine Vazire.
Professor of Psychology
Washington University

Collaborator:

Randy J. Larsen Ph.D.
William R. Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values and Moral Development and Chair (Psych Dept @ Wash U)
Professor of Psychology

Full-Time Project Staff Members:

Project Coordinator:

Merlyn M. Rodrigues ( M.A., University of Mumbai , India , 1998)
Email: mmrodrig@artsci.wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4323

 

 

 

Data Manager:

Yana Weinstein

(Ph.D., University College London, 2009)

Email.: y.weinstein@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4323


Research Assistant:

Amber Wilson

(B.A. Alabama A&M University, 2008)

Email.: abolton@WUSTL.EDU
Phone: 314-935-4323

 

 

Research Assistant:

Josh Oltmanns
B.A., Indiana University, 2007

Email.: joltmann@WUSTL.EDU
Phone: 314-935-4323

Current Graduate Students:

Erin Lawton

(M.A. Washington University, 2010)
(B.A., Macalester College, 2005)



Christie Spence

(B.A., Spelman College, 2005)


Abigail D. Powers

(M.A. Washington University, 2008)
(B.A., Emory University, 2007)

Krystle Disney

(M.A., Gonzaga University, 2009)
(B.A., University of Arkansas, 2007)


Janine Galione

(B.A.,University of Miami, 2007)

 

Hannah King

(B.A.,Boston University , 2009)


 

 

     
Postdoct
Current Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Dara Baker
Sara Fisch
Brittany Goodman
Ali Goodyear
Sarah Griffin
Jen Guo
Rebecca Horowitz
Rachel Howard
Emily Kline
Brittany Koch
Laura Levin
Ana Markdasilva
Allie Michels
Simran Sahni
Jason Sanders
Hillary Sigale
Daryl Stein
Steffanie Van Sijll
Emily Vanderbleek
Taylor Clark
Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows:

Gitanjali Senior Research Associate at Center for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), New Delhi India

Mayumi Okada Gianoli (Washington University in St. Louis 2010). "Relations between personality and stressful life events." Position Fall 2010 onwards: Post Doctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University

Gitanjali Narayanan, PhD ( National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2008).

Steve Balsis, (Washington University in St. Louis 2008). "Assessment of Personality Disorders in Older Adults.”
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.

Denise Martin Zona, (Washington University in St. Louis, 2008). “Personality’s relationship with Behavioral Compliance in Hemodialysis Patients”
Current Position: Captain and Clinical Psychologist for the United States Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base in MD.

Susan South (University of Virginia, 2005).  Personality Disorders and Marital Adjustment. (co-chair with Eric Turkheimer). Current position: "Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Purdue University

E. David Klonsky (University of Virginia, 2004).  Functions of Deliberate Self-harm in College Students. (co-chair with Eric Turkheimer).  Current position: Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver
http://www.psych.ubc.ca/faculty/profile/index.psy?fullname=Klonsky,%20E.%20David&area=Clinical&designation=core

Allan Clifton (University of Virginia, 2004).   Current position: Assistat Professor, Department of Psychology, Vasser College. http://psychology.vassar.edu/clifton.html

Jacqueline W. Friedman (University of Virginia, 2003): Perceptions of People with Personality Disorders Based on Thin Slices of Behavior. (co-chair with E. Turkheimer). Current position: Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University

Alison H. Melley (University of Virginia, 2002): Peer Assessment of Social Functioning and Its Relation to Personality Pathology.  Current position: Full-time mother of 3 children and research consultant, Germantown, MD.

J. Serrita Jane (University of Virginia, 2001): Gender Bias in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders: An Item Response Theory Analysis.  Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.

R. Cannon Thomas (University of Virginia, 2002):  Current position: Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice, San Francisco, CA http://www.sfpsychology.com/

Former Undergraduate Students:
Elana Graeber, graduate student at U of Delaware
Fran Arnold, graduate student at SUNY Buffalo
Former Staff Members:
Maria Whitmore, graduate student at Virginia Tech
Derek Ford, graduate student at the University of Virginia
Nick Eaton, graduate student at U of Minnesota

Washington University, Department of Psychology, Campus Box 1125, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Dept Phone # 1-314-935-6565 | Fax # 1-314-935-7588