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Robyn Ridley

  • Associate Professor Emeritus, Psychological & Brain Sciences

Education

  • PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1984

Courses Taught

  • PSYCH 407 - Personality Theory
  • PSYCH 412 - Psychopathology
  • PSYCH 711 - Multicultural Issues in Clinical Psychology

Teaching Interests

I teach in the areas of developmental psychology and psychopathology.

Research Interests

My research interests are in clinical-child and in social development, including specifically:

  • Mother's behavior and beliefs regarding separations from their infants (maternal separation anxiety);
  • The study of mother-child interaction in pediatric settings.

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