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James Garbarino

Professor and Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology

Disciplines

  • Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

Research Interests

  • My research focuses on issues in the social ecology of child and adolescent development. I have a long standing interest in a wide range of violence-related issues - war, child maltreatment, childhood aggression, and juvenile delinquency. In 1991 I undertook missions for UNICEF to assess the impact of the Gulf War upon children in Kuwait and Iraq, and have served as a consultant for programs serving Vietnamese, Bosnian and Croatian children. I also serve as a scientific expert witness in criminal and civil cases involving issues of trauma, violence, and children. In all these issues I am concerned with how developmental processes are shaped by the human ecology in which they occur, and have a particular interest in matters of spirituality and identity in this process. After completing a project on physical aggression in girls (resulting in a book entitled See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It), I am currently working on a project dealing with childhood in the face of the terrorist threat.

Heather Wheeler

Associate Professor

Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Computer Sciences

Research Interests

  • Genome-wide analyses of the past few years have revealed that a substantial portion of the genetic control of complex traits is exerted through the regulation of gene expression. Much of the genetic variation associated with complex traits falls outside the protein coding regions of genes. Mechanistic understanding of how this variation contributes to phenotype is lacking, but gene regulation is thought to play a major role. We develop and apply methods that fully harness gene regulation within complex trait association and prediction studies.

Discipline

    1. Business 25
    2. Psychology 23
    3. English Language and Literature 23
    4. Nursing 19
    5. Education 18

Research Interest

    1. globalization 3
    2. Catholic school leadership development 2
    3. Modern Europe 2
    4. Philosophy of Education 2
    5. Public History 2

Organization

    1. Quinlan School of Business 26
    2. Department of Psychology 23
    3. Department of English 20
    4. School of Education 19
    5. Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing 18

Position

    1. Faculty Member 294
    2. Emeritus Faculty 6
    3. Adjunct Faculty Member 5
    4. Librarian 4
    5. Non-Academic Position 2