Featured Faculty
Stephanie Godleski
College of Liberal Arts
As a Clinical Psychologist, her research focuses on developmental pathways to risk and resilience, especially within early development from pregnancy to early childhood. In particular, she is interested in how parent and family influences impact the development of psychopathology. For example, how parent substance use, discipline practices, and partner relationships may impact the development of mental health problems in childhood, such as aggression and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In order to address her questions regarding developmental psychopathology, she utilizes a variety of assessment methodologies, such as parent-child interaction paradigms, as well as statistical procedures, including structural equation modeling. The ultimate goal of her work is to create community intervention and prevention programs.
Student centered research is at the heart of her work, both inside and outside of the classroom. Her goal is for students to further hone their skills to be able to critically and creatively face new classes and challenges. Student involvement in research and gaining exposure to empirical work are central to her courses and lab work.
She is currently working on one grant funded project as a Co-Investigator and several collaborative projects. The funded project titled “Developmental Pathways of Violence and Substance Use in a High Risk Sample” focuses on developmental pathways leading to weapon carrying, violence and victimization, and substance use in adolescence. She is also working on a collaborative project with Dr. Cory Crane investigating violence, partner relationships, and substance use among emerging adults. An additional collaborative project with Dr. Joseph Baschnagel examines social cognition and psychophysiology in order to better understand impulsive emotional and social behavior. Drs. Baschnagel and Godleski have also started the RIT Health and Addiction Research Center (HARC) which they created, as co-directors, to facilitate research and advancement of knowledge in health and addictions through community partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Stephanie Godleski
Assistant Professor
RIT College of Liberal Arts