Here is some additional information about the lab's personnel in their own words!
Dr. Robert McGrath- Principal Investigator
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University in 1984, and have been a faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson University ever since. My early research focused on assessment and measurement, with a particular interest in the MMPI, Rorschach, and global issues in assessment. Out of that emerged an interest in methodology, which led me to write a couple of books on quantitative methods, and for a while I was interested in Paul Meehl’s taxometric analysis. As a clinical psychologist, I also became interested in professional issues in health service psychology. In conjunction with that work, I have directed the university’s Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. I also founded an online Postdoctoral M.S. Program in Clinical Psychopharmacology, as well as a certificate program in integrated primary care. I also helped develop training programs in integrated care for APA Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology) and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and directed a HRSA-funded program that embedded Ph.D. clinical students in a federally qualified health center for disadvantaged populations. Since 2013, though, my research has focused on character and virtue, with most of work occurring in collaboration with the VIA Institute on Character.
Dr. Robert McGrath- Principal Investigator
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University in 1984, and have been a faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson University ever since. My early research focused on assessment and measurement, with a particular interest in the MMPI, Rorschach, and global issues in assessment. Out of that emerged an interest in methodology, which led me to write a couple of books on quantitative methods, and for a while I was interested in Paul Meehl’s taxometric analysis. As a clinical psychologist, I also became interested in professional issues in health service psychology. In conjunction with that work, I have directed the university’s Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. I also founded an online Postdoctoral M.S. Program in Clinical Psychopharmacology, as well as a certificate program in integrated primary care. I also helped develop training programs in integrated care for APA Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology) and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and directed a HRSA-funded program that embedded Ph.D. clinical students in a federally qualified health center for disadvantaged populations. Since 2013, though, my research has focused on character and virtue, with most of work occurring in collaboration with the VIA Institute on Character.
Dr. Mitch Brown- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
I currently work as Dr. McGrath's post-doctoral research fellow, heading up a meta-analysis on the efficacy of character education interventions and assisting in developing an evolutionary model on the behavioral economics of altruism. Prior to coming to FDU, I received my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2019. My research primarily focuses on adaptive face perception by considering how fundamental social motives (e.g., mate acquisition, affiliation) shape affordance judgments based on the presence of facial structures connoting personality and good gene cues in others' faces. Recent efforts have included perceptions of structures connoting extraversion, limbal rings, and facial width-to-height ratio. I am continuing to expand these lines of research with Dr. McGrath while also learning to integrate exciting new methodologies and theoretical perspectives into my knowledge repertoire.
I currently work as Dr. McGrath's post-doctoral research fellow, heading up a meta-analysis on the efficacy of character education interventions and assisting in developing an evolutionary model on the behavioral economics of altruism. Prior to coming to FDU, I received my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2019. My research primarily focuses on adaptive face perception by considering how fundamental social motives (e.g., mate acquisition, affiliation) shape affordance judgments based on the presence of facial structures connoting personality and good gene cues in others' faces. Recent efforts have included perceptions of structures connoting extraversion, limbal rings, and facial width-to-height ratio. I am continuing to expand these lines of research with Dr. McGrath while also learning to integrate exciting new methodologies and theoretical perspectives into my knowledge repertoire.