Our Faculty
The members of the IIHHS Research Community assist each other in improving the quantity and quality of our scientific research.
Faculty in this group tend to prioritize their research work above many other faculty activities.
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Cynthia Cadieux, Ph.D. Health Sciences cadieucp@jmu.edu http://www.healthsci.jmu.edu/facultystaff/cadieux.html |
| Steven Evans, Ph.D. Psychology and IIHHS evanssw@jmu.edu http://chp.cisat.jmu.edu/evans.html Research interests: developing and evaluating school-based and school-linked treatments for children and adolescents with ADHD |
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| Judith Flohr, Ph.D. Kinesiology flohrja@jmu.edu www.jmu.edu/kinesiolgy/faculty/flohr.html Research interests: children and physical activity; nutrition and physical activity |
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Lincoln Gray, Ph.D. Communication Sciences & Disorders graylc@jmu.edu www.csd.jmu.edu/people/gray.html Research interests: development of hearing; auditory processing in children with ADHD and Dyslexia |
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Michael Hall, Ph.D. Psychology hallmd@jmu.edu| Research interests: speech and music perception; auditory perception and cognition |
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Linda Hulton, Ph.D. Nursing HultonLJ@jmu.edu www.nursing.jmu.edu/contact/hulton.html Research interests: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs, Adolescent Health Promotion, Adolescent Sexual Decision-Making Models |
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Jeff Marler, Ph.D. Communication Sciences & Disorders marlerja@jmu.edu www.csd.jmu.edu/people/marler.html Research interests: developmental communication disorders; electrophysiological measures of brain function in childhood communication disorders; auditory processing and early cognitive interactions in phonological development |
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Aashir Nasim, Ph.D. Psychology nasimax@jmu.edu http://www.iihhs.jmu.edu/thek12project Research interests: protective and risk factors for substance abuse among African Americans |
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Brenda Ryals, Ph.D. Communication Sciences & Disorders ryalsbm@jmu.edu www.csd.jmu.edu/people/ryalsbm.html Research interests: anatomy and physiology of the auditory system; auditory plasticity in the periphery-hair cell regeneration; central auditory system plasticity as a function of hair cell regeneration or deprivation |
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Michael Saunders, Ph.D. |
| Zewe Serpell, Ph.D. Psychology serpelzn@jmu.edu http://chp.cisat.jmu/faculty/serpell.html Research interests: sociocultural factors in learning environments; school climate; teacher bias; culture and cognitive development in children of African descent |
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Cheryl Talley, Ph.D. Psychology talleyce@jmu.edu Research interests: behavioral pharmacology; memory modulation; addiction; transpersonal psychology |
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Christopher Watts, Ph.D. Communication Sciences & Disorders wattscr@jmu.edu www.csd.jmu.edu/people/watts.html Research interests: vocal physiology; voice disorders; motor speech disorders |
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Christopher Womack, Ph.D. Kinesiology womackcx@jmu.edu www.jmu.edu/kinesiology/faculty/womack.html Research interests: blood coagulation responses to exercise; genetic influences on exercise responses |











