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


Consultant:

Bob Krueger, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, 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

 

 

 

Research Assistant:

Andy Shields
B.A., Wash U in St. Louis, 2007

Email.: ajshield@artsci.wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4323

 


Research Assistant:

Amber Bolton

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

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

 

 

Research Assistant:

Rickey Louis

(B.A. Washington University in St. Louis , 2009

Email.: srlouis@artsci.wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-4323

Current Graduate Students:

Erin Lawton

(B.A., Macalester College, 2005)

Mayumi Okada

(B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2004)


Christie Spence

(B.A., Spelman College, 2005)

Abigail D. Powers

(B.A., Emory University, 2007)


Krystle Disney

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

 

     
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Gitanjali Narayanan, PhD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Phone: 314-935-8453
Email: narayang@psychiatry.wustl.edu
     
 
 
Current Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Katherine Clevenger
Ciara Caprara
Adam Abadir
Marci Engel
Paul Johannet
Mara Bromberg
Adam Potter
Andrea Temkin
Jovana Husic
Katherine Chew
John Huang
Sheila D'sa
Christopher Leatherwood
David Hollander-Urback
Lia Nunez
Daniel Bogart
Jason Sanders
Katherine Salis
Sarah Goldenberg
Canan Altindas 
Jackie Lostys
Kamryn Schalker 
Kelly Kilgallon
Mackenzie Leonard
Nick Schade 
Rickey Louis 
Former Graduate Students:

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.

Jason Pagan, (Washington University in St. Louis 2008). "Self- and Informant-Reported Personality Disorder Traits in Treatment-Seeking Military Veterans"
Current Position: Post Doctoral Employee at Psychological Associates, Clayton, MO

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, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University. http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/psychology/index.php?people/faculty/david_klonsky

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
 
 
Rick