Christopher Starratt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Office: LIB 146
Phone: (305) 899-3478
Email: cstarratt@mail.barry.edu

Dr. Christopher Starratt is a clinical psychologist, licensed in the state of Florida , who joined the faculty at Barry in 1993. Prior to coming to Barry, he served as Director of Neuropsychology at Allegheny Neuropsychiatric Institute, Medical College of Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Dr. Starratt completed his undergraduate training at the University of Florida , earned his masters degree at Ball State University and his Ph.D. (1984) at Auburn University . His specialty area is neuropsychology.

Research Interests

• Neuropsychology of personality and emotion
• Psychotherapy with brain injured
• Electrophysiological aspects of attention and emotion

Selected Supervised Student Research

• Drake, E., Starratt, G.K . & Starratt, C. (2004, May) Frontal lobe involvement in sensitivity to punishment (SP)/sensitivity to reward (SR) as measured by the event-related potential (ERP) . Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.
• Ramos, E., Starratt, C., Craig, M., Frye, D. (2003, March). Concurrent validity of Torrubia's Sensitivity to Punishment/Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ). Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
• Haynes, J., Burns, J.W., Mucenic, M., Burns, K., Starratt, C., & Widmayer, S. (2002, October). Comparison of the neuropsychological performance of HIV+ adolescents and controls. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami, FL.
• Caram, A., Starratt, C., & Peterson, L. (2002, June). Mood incongruent recall as a negative mood repair strategy. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Tartar, J.L., Sheehan, C.M., Nash, A.J., Starratt, C., Puga, A., & Widmayer, S. (2004). ERPs differ from neurometric tests in assessing HIV-associated cognitive deficit. Clinical Neuroscience and Neuropathology: NeuroReport, 15, 1675-1678.
• Starratt, C. (in press). Emotional disorders associated with neurological diseases. In P. Snyder & P.D. Nussbaum (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology guidebook: second edition . Washington , D.C. : American Psychological Association Press.
• Starratt, C., Fields, R.B., & Rogers, E. (2004, May). Do memory measures predict family ratings of dementia-related functional loss? Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.
• Burns, W., Stover, K., Garcia, J., Braaten, A., Peterson, L., Starratt, C., Widmayer, S., & Puranik S. (2003, October). Visual-spatial functioning in HIV+ & brain injured children. Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Dallas , Texas.
• Starratt, C. Starratt, G., Berger,C., Florville, D. (2003, May) Left frontal attenuation in mismatch negativity related to alexithymia. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.
• Starratt, C., & Peterson, L. (1997). Normal personality among the elderly. In P. D. Nussbaum (Ed.), Handbook of neuropsychology and aging. NY: Plenum.

Professional Memberships

• International Neuropsychological Society
• National Academy of Neuropsychology
• American Psychological Association
• Division 2: Teaching of Psychology
• American Psychological Society
• Sigma Xi
• Southeastern Psychological Association

Undergraduate Courses

• Theories of Personality
• Social Psychology
• Substance Abuse
• Neuropsychology
• Senior Seminar

Graduate Courses

• Techniques of Therapy
• Group Psychotherapy
• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Substance Abuse
• Clinical Practicum Supervision