Associate Professor

Office: Room 316G, Davidson Hall 
Phone: (502) 852-0070
Fax: (502) 852-8904
Email:  tlnewton@louisville.edu

Lab location: Davidson Hall

Lab phone: 852-2665

Lab website: Health and Stress Lab

Education

Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1992

Research Interests

• Psychophysiology of stress and emotion, particularly within the broader context of mental and physical health functioning and women's health issues

Selected Publications

• Newton, T. L., & Weigel, R. A.  (2007).  Cardiovascular correlates of interpersonal mistreatment in healthy adults.  Journal of Emotional Abuse, 7, 35-58.
• Wolfe, J., Turner, K., Caulfield, M., Newton, T. L., Melia, K., Martin, J., & Goldstein, J.  (2005).  Gender and trauma as predictors of military attrition:  A study of Marine Corps recruits.  Military Medicine, 170, 1037-1043.
• Newton, T.L. Parker, B. C., & Ho, I. K.  (2005).  Ambulatory cardiovascular functioning in healthy postmenopausal women with victimization histories.  Biological Psychology, 70, 121-130.
• Peirce, J., Newton, T. L., Buckley, T., & Keane, T. M.  (2002).  Gender and the psychophysiology of posttraumatic stress disorder.  In R. Kimerling, P. Ouimette, & J. Wolfe (Eds.), Gender and PTSD (pp. 177-204).  Guilford Press.
• Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Newton, T. L.  (2001).  Marriage and health:  His and hers.  Psychological Bulletin, 127, 472-503.

Courses Often Taught

• Stress and Trauma (Undergraduate)
• Psychology of Women (Undergraduate)
• Introduction to Psychology (Undergraduate)