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Dr. Hall served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Barry University from 2007 to 2008, and she joined the faculty in the fall of 2009.   In addition to teaching, she is the faculty advisor for the Psychology Club and Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology. Prior to arriving at Barry University, Dr. Hall taught at Hampton University and worked as a development consultant for Southern Partner’s Fund, a non-profit foundation in Atlanta, Georgia.  She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology with minors in Quantitative and Cognitive Psychology from The Ohio State University. 

Research Interests

• Effect of Music on Memory and the Relationship between Music and Physiological Arousal
• The Benefits of Service Learning on College Student Development.

Selected Supervised Student Research

• Cleland, S.(2009).  The Influence of Rap and Hip-Hop Music on Youth.
• Jackman, D.(2009).  The Use of the Photo-Voice Methodology to Study Oppression in Haitian and African-American Males.
• Profilo, D.(2009).  Personality Differences in Motivations for Listening to Specific Types of Music. 

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Cleland, S. & Hall, P. (2009).  The Influence of Visual Images and Written Messages of Hip-Hop Music: How is it Affecting the Brains of America’s Youth?  Poster Presented at the Florida Academy of Science, Saint Leo, Florida.
• Jackman, D. & Hall, P.(2009).  Oppression through the Eyes of Haitian and African-American Males.  Paper presented at the Florida Academy of Science, Saint Leo, Florida.
• Jackman, D. & Hall, P.(2009).  The Use of the Photo-voice Methodology to Study Oppression in Haitian and African-American Males.  Paper Presented at Barry University Symposium on Race, Gender and Politics in the Twenty First Century, Miami Shores, Florida.
• Hall, P.D. (2003). “The Benefits of Counseling vs. Mentioning in the African-American Community.”  Invited Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Black Psychologists, Hampton, Virginia.
• Al-Mateen, C., Best, A., Brookman, R., Hall, P. & Singh, N.(1999).  Sexual abuse and perimenstrual symptoms in adolescent girls.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.14, 1211-1224.
• Hall, P. D. (January, 1999).  The Effects of Meditation on the Academic Performance of African-American College Students.  Journal of Black Studies, 29, 408-415.
• Hall, P. D. (July, 1998).  The Relationship between types of Rap Music and Memory in African-American Children.  Journal of Black Studies, 28, 802-814.
• Hall, P.D. (1996). “The Effects of Intra-group Racism: Clark’s Doll Study Revisited.” Paper Presented at the  National Association of African-American Studies, Houston, Texas.
• Hall, P.D. (1996).  “The State of Black Psychology.”  Paper Presented at the National Association of African-American Studies, Houston, Texas.
• Hall, P. D.(1996),  “The Effects of Discrimination on African-Americans and the Physically Disabled.”   Paper Presented at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Hall, P.D(1995).  “The Effects of Rap Music on African-American Children.” Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of African-American Studies, Petersburg, Virginia.
• Hall, P.D. (1995).  “The Effects of Need for Cognition on Person Memory and Organization in a Multi-Target Setting.” Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Professional Memberships

• Association of Black Psychologists
• American Psychological Society

Undergraduate Courses

• Social Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Introduction to Psychology

Graduate Courses

• Community Psychology