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Watching rom-coms may help strengthen your marriage.

Positive social support from a spouse could have negative consequences, new research shows

Johnson’s research interests include marriage and family functioning. He can discuss an array of issues related to relationships. Johnson’s most recent research investigated the success rate of government-funded education programs designed to promote healthy marriages, among couples in this same category. He is the author of “Great Myths of Intimate Relationships: Dating, Sex, and Marriage” and has provided discussions on the developmental course of marital distress and dissolution, particularly among young couples and people of color.

Office Phone : 607-777-2370

Email : mjohnson@binghamton.edu

Tips for Maintaining Family Sanity During the Holiday Season

School Violence Prevention: Watching for the Warning Signs

Raising Teens: How Parents Can Bridge Societal Challenges

Child Abuse Prevention Month: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

Child Mental Health: Minimizing Childhood Stress

Cyberbullying: How to Spot the Warning Signs and Help Your Child Cope

How to Avoid the Back-to-school Blues

Tips for Keeping Ghosts & Goblins Safe This Halloween

What, No Santa? Keeping the Spirit Alive When Children Stop Believing

10 Years After the Columbine Massacre: Optimism and Deep Concern

Managing Money by Managing Materialism in Kids

Sexting"”What Your Teen May be Doing with Her Cell Phone

Don’t let your Thanksgiving turn into a real turkey: Tips for avoiding stress-outs

Experts Offer Tips and Thoughts for Anyone Playing Cupid This Valentine's Day

Avoiding the Easter Bunny Blues

Battling “August Angst” and the “Back to School” Brain Drain

No Valentine? No Problem!

Big shootings in small towns. Binghamton University expert can discuss Colorado shootings, mass murder & mental health.

Book offers resources for PTSD sufferers

In new book, Binghamton University researcher, Mary Muscari, provides PTSD sufferers and their friends and family with a better understanding of the disorder and what to do about it.

Mary Mascari, associate professor of nursing, Director of the O'Connor Office of Rural Health Studies and Coordinator of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Forensic Health Programs, is an expert of school violence and recently offered expert commentary on the Colorado shootings, mass murder and mental health. She is a parenting expert and the author of "Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood." She has conducted numerous parenting workshops around the country on topics such as keeping kids safe from predators (‘live’ and Internet), bullying, cyberbullying, raising nonviolent kids, sexting, anger management in kids, coping with back to school angst, how to avoid spoiling your kid, shaken baby syndrome, how to be a positive role model, teaching children how to be charitable, finding family time, girls and puberty, grand-parenting, holiday etiquette, traveling with kids, how to limit spending on your kids (particularly during the holidays), Halloween safety and money management. She has provided numerous talks on the issue of “Choosing Nursing as a Career,” drawing from her book on the topic, “Becoming a Nurse”.

Office Phone : 607-777-5411

Email : mmuscari@binghamton.edu

Women who attempt suicide exhibit different protein levels years after the attempt, new research shows

Gibb is the director of the Mood Disorders Institute and Center for Affective Science at Binghamton University. His research interests include cognitive, genetic and environmental risk factors for the development of depression and anxiety in children, adolescents and adults. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles. The focus of Gibb’s research is to integrate cognitive and genetic theories of psychopath-ology, by evaluating whether the ways in which people process information (biases in attention, interpretation and memory) may be impacted by specific genetic influences. Gibb and his team are also examining how specific cognitive, genetic and environmental influences may combine, to increase risk for depression. His research is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Office Phone : 607-777-2511

Email : bgibb@binghamton.edu

Your mood depends on the food you eat, and what you should eat changes as you get older

Begdache’s research interests include nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics, neurodegeneration, nutrition and mental distress, and microbiota. She teaches several courses, including Human Nutrition and Metabolism, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology, Principles of Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, and Pathophysiology of Nutrition-Related Diseases. Begdache was featured by publications such as Bustle and The New York Post for her researching showing a connection between food and mood, and she wrote a piece for The Conversation on the hefty price of study drug misues on college campuses.

Office Phone : 607-777-5299

Email : lina@binghamton.edu

Binghamton University launches Peace Corps Master's International Program

Campbell’s research interests include strategic alliances and mergers among non-profit organizations; and the role of private foundations and advocacy in the nonprofit sector. Campbell has devoted his career to research and practice in the nonprofit sector, with his research interests addressing a range of critical nonprofit management issues, including accountability and performance measurement; organizational emergence and adaptation (specifically in response to disaster); and mergers and other forms of restructuring. He has received funding from the Learning by Giving Foundation and Campus Compact for the Philanthropy Incubator he founded. The program educates and encourages philanthropy among undergraduate and graduate students, including awarding funds to local nonprofit organizations. He has distributed more than $100,000 to local organizations over the past seven years.

Office Phone : 607-777-9181

Email : dcamp@binghamton.edu