Phone:  (864) 656-4974
Office:  310-J Brackett Hall
E-mail:  alley@clemson.edu
Curriculum vitae (Word)

Education:

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (Growth Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, 1981-1984)
• PhD:  General Experimental Psychology (University of Connecticut, 1981)
• MA:  General Experimental Psychology (University of Connecticut, 1979)
• BA:  Philosophy (Pennsylvania State University, 1975)
• BS:  Psychology (Pennsylvania State University, 1975)

Research Interests:

• Cognition
• Ecological, ethological and evolutionary psychology
• Eyewitness testimony
• Food preferences, aversion and sharing
• Human memory
• Perception

Selected Publications:

• Alley, T. R., & Passinos-Coffman, T. (2006). Are judgments of linear size more accurate when based on an affordance? Ecological Psychology, 18 (4), 243-255.
• Alley, T. R., & Schultheis, J. A. (2001). Is facial skin tone sufficient to produce a cross-racial identification effect? Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92, 1191-1198.
• Alley, T. R. (2000). A laser-based technique for measuring accuracy and distortion in judgements of linear dimensions. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 32(2), 334-338.
• Alley, R. L. & Alley, T. R. (1998). The influence of physical state and color on perceived sweetness. Journal of Psychology, 132(5), 561-568.
• Sarno, J. A., & Alley, T. R. (1997). Attractiveness and memorability of faces: Only a matter of distinctiveness? American Journal of Psychology, 110(1), 81-92.

Professional Positions:

• Editor: Human Ethology Bulletin
• Consulting Editor: Ecological Psychology
• Board of Officers: International Society for Human Ethology

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Psychological Science
• Behavioral and Brain Sciences Associate
• Eastern Psychological Association
• International Society for Ecological Psychology
• International Society for Human Ethology
• Psychonomic Society

Teaching Responsibilities:

• PSYCH 201 & H201: Introduction to Psychology
• PSYCH 333: Cognitive Psychology
• PSYCH 334: Cognitive Psychology Laboratory
• PSYCH H390: Psychology of Eating
• PSYCH 422 & H422: Sensation and Perception
• PSYCH 423: Sensation and Perception Laboratory
• PSYCH 823: Perception, Cognition & Technology
• PSYCH 833: Advanced Cognitive Psychology