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Department of Psychology Information

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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Psychology Program
Matthew Brubaker head shot
Director of Counseling Psychology PsyD Program, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Developmental and complex trauma
  • Suicide prevention
  • Gender role stress and identity
  • Supervision and training of trauma-informed practices
Sean DeMartino head shot
Chair for the Department of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Scarcity
  • Health disparities
  • Subjective indicators of socioeconomic status
  • Maternal and child health
Maysa DeSousa
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Couples
  • LGBTQ+ Relationships
  • Intimacy
  • Proactive Interventions
Profile photo of Tatiana Gray
Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Prevention and Health Promotion
  • Training and Social Justice
  • Ethics and Professional Issues in Counseling
  • Trauma and Resilience
  • Spirituality and Counseling
Sally Hage, Director of the PsyD Program
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Racial health disparities 
  • Bi/multiracial experience and identity 
  • Multicultural training 
  • Social justice Clinical supervision
Michael Gale head shot
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, Professor of Psychology
Interests

Cognitive psychology, including psycholinguistics and factors that impact teaching and learning

Head shot of Chris Hakala
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Adolescent and emerging adult sexual and romantic relationship development
  • Sexual orientation/identity development
  • Narrative identity studies and methodologies
Elizabeth Morgan head shot
Administrative Associate
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Gender identity development
  • Gender socialization
  • Development of immigrant youth
  • Longitudinal methods and data analysis
Profile photo of Kingsley Schroeder
Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of Athletic Counseling Progam
Interests
  • Identity
  • Eating Disorders
  • Self-Awareness
  • Mental Health of Athletes
Christine Selby photo
Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Competencies in Conflict Management and Mediation
  • Factors Related to Group Development and Group Performance
  • Talent Acquisition and Talent Management
Michael Surrette head shot
Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Interests
  • Understanding diversity and inclusion dynamics in systems
  • Leadership from the domestic and global perspectives
  • Organizational change
  • Negotiation
  • Women of color career development

 

Ny Mia Tran head shot
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Athletic Counseling
Interests
  • Mindfulness
  • Perfectionism
  • Professional Issues in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
  • Self-Talk
Erika Van Dyke, Springfield College
Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Self-talk
  • Professional issues in sport and exercise psychology
  • Mental warmup
Judy L. Van Raalte head shot
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Interests
  • Emerging and young adulthood
  • Mixed methods research
  • Developmental cultural psychology
Juan Zhong