Faculty Guide

Title

Professor of Psychology

Psychology

Expertise

Clinical and developmental psychology, nonverbal communication, emotional development; gender differences

Profile

Professor Cunningham conducts research on children s cognitive and emotional development and on the nonverbal communication of emotion by children and adults. He teaches courses in clinical psychology and developmental psychopathology.

Awards and Honors

Michael L. Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching (1986)

Courses Taught

BIOL	214c	Genetic Counseling Process Group
PSYC	161a	Clinical Psychology Practicum I
PSYC	161b	Clinical Psychology Practicum II
PSYC	169b	Disorders of Childhood
PSYC	316a	Social Developmental Psychology Research Seminar

Scholarship

Parmley, M. & Cunningham, J.G. "Children's Gender-Emotion Stereotypes in the Relationship of Anger to Sadness and Fear." Sex Roles 58. (2008): 358-370.

Most, S.B., Sorber, A.V., & Cunningham, J.G. "Auditory Stroop reveals implicit gender associations in adults and children." Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 43. (2007): 287-294.

Boone, R.T. & Cunningham, J.G. "Children's expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement." Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 25. (2001): 21-41.

Boone, R.T. & Cunningham, J.G. "Children's decoding of emotion in expressive body movement: The development of cue attunement." Developmental Psychology 48. (1998): 32-44.

Brenner, J.B., & Cunningham, J.G. "Gender differences in eating attitudes, body concept, and self-esteem among models." Sex Roles 27. (1992): 413-437.

Cunningham, J.G., and Weaver, S.L. "Young children's knowledge of their memory span: Effects of task and experience." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 48. (1989): 32-44.

Cunningham, J.G., and Smith, R. "Developmental change in the understanding of affective meaning in music." Motivation and Emotion 12. (1988): 399-413.

Cunningham, J.G. & Odom, R.D. "Differential salience of facial features in children's perception of affective expression." Child Development 57. (1986): 136-142.