About Us

This page contains contact information for current laboratory members and a brief account of their interests. Feel free to contact individuals regarding current interests or for additional information regarding the Burkhart Lab.

Burkhart, Barry	Professor of Psychology.
	Cary Hall, Room 119 burkhbr@auburn.edu http://media.cla.auburn.edu/psychology/people/display.cfm?PersonID=2268&display=Professorial&previous=professorial_faculty Current broad interests include assessment and treatment of problems resulting from violence and victimization.
Croysdalle, Allison
	Thach Hall, Room 210 azc0006@auburn.edu http://auburn.edu/~azc0006 I have broad research interests in the adolescent population and forensic psychology, but more specifically the assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders. I am interested in parental and peer attachment factors and maladaptive personality characteristics that contribute to these youths’ delinquency. I am also interested in the area of trauma and victimization as it relates to the development of psychopathology.
Morais, Hugo
	Thach Hall, Room 210 hzm0006@auburn.edu My broad research interests are in the etiology of psychopathological and neuropsychological characteristics of sexual and violent offenders. Current interests involve executive functioning and emotional processing in juvenile delinquents and sex offenders, as well as factors influencing recidivism.
Newman, Jan
	Thach Hall, Room 210 jln0013@auburn.edu I have broad research interests in child and adolescent populations and forensic psychology, but more specifically the development, assessment and treatment of psychopathology in juvenile sex offenders. Additional interests include trauma as it relates to the development of psychopathology.
Ritter, Amber
	Thach Hall, Room 210 AMR0007@auburn.edu Broad research interests include sexual offenders, recidivism, psychopathy, and the relationship between psychopathology and offenders.
	Recent Lab Graduates *and Dissertation Titles* Patrick Cook - Comprehensive Recidivism Data from Juvenile Sex Offenders and Juvenile Delinquents *Jennifer Daniels* - Writing as a coping mediator between psychological and physical health Kelly Farris - A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Sexual Offenders: The Role of Childhood Abuse in the Development of Psychopathology and Sex Offending Behavior Miranda Loper-Higgins - A Cluster-Analytically Derived Typology of Juvenile Sex Offenders Kathryn Lawson - Evaluation of Rape Prevention Programming for Female College Students Patricia Lyle - Adult males with childhood sexual experiences: The role of attachment and coping in psychological adjustment Jason Sikorski - Psychopathy and Choice of Victims: Implications for the Sub-Categorization and Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders