Faculty Taking Graduate Students (2022)

1. Faculty: Philip C. Kendall
   Institution: Temple University (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus: Youth Anxiety, D and I
   
   

2. Faculty: Shannon Sauer-Zavala
   Institution: University of Kentucky (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus: Treatment Development, refinement, transdiagnostic mechanisms, personality, borderline PD
   
   

3. Faculty: Kasey Stanton 
   Institution: University of Wyoming (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus:  Personality, mood, and psychopathology assessment; transdiagnostic and dimensional models; personality and bipolar spectrum disorders
   
   

4. Faculty: Craig Rodriguez-Seijas  
   Institution: University of Michigan (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus: Dimensional models of psychopathology & factors related to their manifestation among sexual & gender minority populations, and other minoritized populations
   
   

5. Faculty: Daniel Klein
   Institution: Stony Brook University (PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus: Depression, anxiety, developmental psychopathology
   
   

6. Faculty: Brandon Gibb
   Institution: Binghamton University (SUNY) (APA Accredited)
   Research Focus: Risk for depression across the lifespan (infants, kids, adolescents, adults)
   
   

7. Faculty: Joe Raiker
   Institution: Florida International University (FIU) (APA Accredited)
   Research Focus: ADHD
   
   

8. Faculty: Jonathan Stange
   Institution: University of Southern California (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
   Research Focus: Affect regulation, vulnerability to depression, proximal risk factors, ambulatory assessment, fMRI
   
   

9. Faculty: Yara Mekawi
   Institution: University of Louisville (APA Accredited)
   Research Focus: Racism and BIPOC mental health
   
   

10. Faculty: Erin Kang
    Institution: Montclair State University (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: Autism spectrum disorder, neural development and plasticity, evidence-based interventions
    
    

11. Faculty: Kari M Eddington
    Institution: UNC Greensboro (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: Depression, anhedonia, motivation and goal pursuit, mental health identity and stigma
    
    

12. Faculty: Amanda Jensen-Doss
    Institution: University of Miami  (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: Youth mental health services, implementation of evidence-based practices
    
    

13. Faculty: Lauren Friedman
    Institution: Arizona State University (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
    Research Focus: Etiology and Treatment of Externalizing Disorders
    
    

14. Faculty: Leonard Simms
    Institution: University at Buffalo (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
    Research Focus: Personality Disorders, HITOP, classification and diagnosis, measurement
    
    

15. Faculty: Blair Wisco
    Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: PTSD, cognitive processes, emotion regulation
    
    

16. Faculty: Chris Conway
    Institution: Fordham University (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus:  Borderline personality disorder; emotional disorders; distress tolerance; personality/symptom change over time
    
    

17. Faculty: June Tangney
    Institution: George Mason University (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: Developing jail-based interventions to enhance post-release success
    
    

18. Faculty: Konrad Bresin
    Institution: University of Louisville (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: The role of emotions in self-injury, alcohol use, and aggression
    
    

19. Faculty: Jessica Hamilton
    Institution: Rutgers University (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
    Research Focus: Identifying and modifying risk factors for adolescent self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, with an emphasis on developmental processes and social contexts (including social media and sleep), among youth with diverse backgrounds and identities
    
    

20. Faculty: Katie Witkiewitz
    Institution: University of New Mexico  (APA/PCSAS Accredited)
    Research Focus: Substance use, mindfulness, quantitative methods
    
    

21. Faculty: Jeffrey S. Berman
    Institution: University of Memphis (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: Psychotherapy Process and Outcome
    
    

22. Faculty: Greg Fabiano
    Institution: Florida International University (APA Accredited)
    Research Focus: ADHD assessments and treatments. Multiple studies are starting in the next year focused on parenting programs for male caregivers of young children, supports for relatively younger kindergarteners, and rigorous evaluation of behavioral, medication, and academic interventions in a summer treatment program setting. This is a great time to join the team and be a part of these studies from the start. Please email gfabiano@fiu.edu to set up a meeting if you want to learn more as you make decisions about applying.
    
    

23. Faculty: Jean Rhodes
    Institution: University of Massachusetts, Boston
    Research Focus: The Rhodes Lab is interested in strategies that help bridge gaps in mental health and other services. Across various projects and collaborating labs, volunteer and paid mentors are being trained to assume the role of paraprofessionals (i.e., helpers to whom an aspect of a professional task is delegated but who are not licensed to practice as professionals) who deliver appropriate engagement, support, and/or service delivery activities under the supervision of professional mental health providers. Particularly given the global shortage of mental health professionals, the length and cost of professional training, the expense and difficulties associated with accessing mental health and wellness services, and the stigma and distrust that professional services carry in many marginalized communities, mentoring programs are well-positioned to help bridge gaps. We are currently testing models in which volunteer mentors provide opportunities for children and adolescents to practice new skills that they are learning in therapy. The hope is that this will raise the effects and integrate the skills into the day-to-day lives of youth and their families.

Faculty Taking Graduate Students (2021)

1. The APA-accredited scientist-practitioner Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at Central Michigan University anticipates admitting five students for the 2020-2021 academic year, one each to work with the following faculty: Sarah Domoff, James Gerhart, Elizabeth Meadows, Reid Skeel, and Nathan Weed. Any questions may be directed to the chair of the admissions committee, Nathan Weed.
2. The APA-accredited scientist-practitioner Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine anticipates admitting up to seven students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The following faculty are recruiting students: Karen Abram, Michael Brook, Tamar Gefen, Robert Hanlon, Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Molly Losh, Neil Jordan, Cassandra Kisiel, Heather Risser, Emily Rogalski, Benjamin Schalet, Linda Teplin, and Michael Wolf.
3. Kristy Benoit Allen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Benoit Allen's lab website. University of Tennessee's Ph.D. Program - Clinical Psychology website. Interests: child anxiety, parenting, information processing biases, interventions
4. Lorraine T. Benuto, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV. Dr. Benuto's website. UNR's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: Ethnic minority behavioral health, interpersonal violence, trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She is currently director of the DICE Center; and of three clinical service programs: La Cliníca VIVA, THRIVE, and SIERRA Families. The programs are focused on providing behavioral health services to Spanish-speaking Latinx community members, victims of interpersonal violence, and children who are at risk of abuse (respectively).
5. Sara Blaine, Ph.D., Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Dr. Blaine's website. Auburn Clinical Psychology Program website. Interests: how genes and neural networks influence the development of alcoholism under conditions of stress
6. Rosanna Breaux, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Dr. Breaux's website. Virginia Tech Clinical Science PhD Program website and brochure. Interests: social-emotional functioning of children and adolescents with ADHD, emotion regulation, parenting behaviors
7.   Sara Bufferd, PhD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.Dr. Bufferd's website. University of Louisville's program website. Interests: Assessment of psychopathology and temperament in young children; Individual, familial, and contextual correlates and predictors of child anxiety and mood dysregulation; Characterizing the spectrum of early-emerging internalizing behavior

8. Nora Charles, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Dr. Charles' lab website. USM's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: Risky and externalizing behaviors in children, adolescents, and young adults; clinical assessment; dissemination and implementation of interventions

9. Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D., Florida International University, Miami, FL. Dr. Comer's website. FIU Clinical Science PhD Program website. Interests: children’s mental health, child and adolescent anxiety disorders, technology-based treatments
10. Chris Conway, PhD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. Dr. Conway's website. Fordham Clinical Psychology PhD Program Website. Interests: emotional disorders, personality disorders, stress and stress reactivity, ecological momentary assessment
11. Matthew Jarrett, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Department of Psychology, Tuscaloosa, AL. Dr. Jarrett's website. University of Alabama Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: developmental psychopathology, particularly in the areas of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorders, and related domains such as sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). Dr. Jarrett's current research explores the interface of neuropsychological functioning and co-occurring symptomatology in children, adolescents, and emerging adults with ADHD.
12. Dean McKay, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. Dr. McKay's lab website. Fordham's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: anxiety disorders; obsessive-compulsive disorder; disgust in psychopathology; misophonia (selective sound sensitivity).
13. Mariann Weierich, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV. Dr. Weierich's Lab website. University of Nevada's Clinical Psychology Program. Interests: Neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying normative stress states and stress-related disorders, including PTSD. The lab takes a clinical/cognitive/affective neuroscience approach that integrates basic behavioral tasks, fMRI, and neuroendocrine assay in the service of clinically-relevant questions.
14. Candice Alfano, PhD, University of Houston, Houston, TX. Dr. Alfano's lab website. University of Houston's Clinical Psychology Program website. Interests: childhood anxiety, sleep and sleep disorders, behavioral interventions, emotion dysregulation, developmental risk
15. Joye Anestis, Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Dr. Anestis' website. USM's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: externalizing personality/psychopathology; mental health treatment outcomes; personality assessment.
16. Sophia Choukas-Bradley, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Choukas-Bradley's website.  Pitt's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: interpersonal and sociocultural influences on adolescent development and mental health, with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, social media use, body image, and LGBTQ+ youth
17. Lea Dougherty, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Dr. Dougherty's website. University of Maryland's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: developmental psychopathology; youth internalizing problems and mood dsyregulation/irritability; stress and brain development; pathophysiology of youth mood problems.
18. Kari M Eddington, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro NC. Dr. Eddington's lab website. UNC Greensboro Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: cognitive, affective, and motivational processes in depression and how different types of therapy can help people recover. Current projects include a longitudinal study of depressive anhedonia and a study on dissemination and implementation of a brief structured intervention by community health workers in underserved populations.
19. Jean Forney, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Dr. Forney's lab website. Ohio University's program website. Interests: Risk and maintenance factors for eating disorders across psychological, social, and physiological domains. Methods include social network analysis, test meals, and neuroendocrine assessments
20. Brandon Gibb, Ph.D, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY. Dr. Gibb's research lab. SUNY Binghamton's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: Risk for depression across the lifespan, information processing biases, markers of risk across multiple units of analysis (EEG/ERP, eye tracking, psychophysiology, environment, development)
21. Phil Kendall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Kendall's lab website. Temple University Clinical Psychology website. Interests: assessment, treatment, and basic study of anxiety in youth.
22. Daniel Klein, PhD, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.Dr. Klein's website. Stony Brook's PhD program in Clinical Psychology's website. Interests: Antecedents and pathways to depressive and anxiety disorders from early childhood to emerging adulthood.
23. Emily Kroska, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Kroska's website. University of Iowa's Clinical Science program website. Interests: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention research with at-risk and diverse samples; long-term adverse outcomes associated with trauma – both adverse and resilient outcomes; modifiable mechanisms in the relation between trauma and adverse outcomes; psychosocial variables that impact physical health and health behaviors; applications of mobile and internet interventions; dissemination of effective interventions.
24. David Langer, Ph.D., ABPP, Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Dr. Langer's lab website. Suffolk University Clinical Psychology Program Website. Interests: Improving youth mental health through the study of psychosocial treatment approaches, with an emphasis on personalizing treatment through shared decision-making with caregivers and youth.
25. Rob Latzman, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.  Dr. Latzman's lab website. Georgia State University's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests - Personality and Psychopathology, Clinical Neuroscience, Nonhuman primate models of personality and psychopathology, (Dis)inhibitory and regulatory processes, Developmental psychopathology

26. Keyne Law, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.  Dr. Law's lab website. Seattle Pacific University program website. Interests: processes and systems that contribute to suicidal behavior. 

27. Matthew D. Lerner, PhD, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Lerner's lab website. Stony Brook's PhD program in Clinical Psychology's website. Interests: Nature of peer relations and social competency deficits that emerge in childhood and adolescence; Novel and evidence-based social skills interventions for youth with ASD; Perceptual, neural, cognitive, affective, and behavioral underpinnings of social dysfunction
28. Erika Manczak, Ph.D., University of Denver, Department of Psychology, Denver, CO. Dr. Manczak's lab website. University of Denver's program's website. Interests: depressive symptoms in children, adolescents, and their parents; inflammation and immune functioning; interpersonal relationships; biological embedding of experiences; the contribution of social and physical environments to mental health risk
29. Christina McDonnell, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Dr. McDonnell's website. Virginia Tech Clinical Science PhD Program website and brochure. Interests: autism spectrum disorders and developmental risk, childhood maltreatment and trauma, parent-child interactions and emotion socialization, and disseminating CBT to underserved populations
30. Cliff McKinney, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. Dr. McKinney's website.  Mississippi State Unviersity's Clinical Psychology program website.Interests: Parenting, parent psychopathology, oppositional defiant problems, gender differences, and young adult outcomes.
31. Brady D. Nelson, PhD, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Nelson's website and lab website. Stony Brook Clinical Psychology PhD Program Website. Interests: Affective neuroscience and psychophysiology; Cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms of anxiety disorders and depression
32. Molly Nikolas, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Dr. Nikolas' lab website. University of Iowa's Clinical Science Program website. Interests: Our lab examines the genetic, cognitive, and emotional factors influencing ADHD and comorbid psychopathology and their interplay with contextual risk and protective factors across development. We have projects that focus on early developmental risk, including pre/perinatal risk as well as projects that examine transitions throughout adolescence and early adulthood.
33. Isaac Petersen, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Dr. Petersen' lab website. University of Iowa's Clinical Science Program website. Interests: Clinical child psychology, developmental psychopathology, externalizing behavior problems, self-regulation, school readiness, developmental cognitive neuroscience
34. Joseph Raiker, PhD, Florida International University, Miami, FL. Dr. Raiker's lab website. FIU's Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology program's website. Interests: assessment and treatment of ADHD, cognition, executive functioning
35. Elizabeth Raposa, PhD, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. Dr. Raposa's website. Fordham University PhD in Clinical Psychology website. Interests: Early life stress; Developmental Psychopathology; Mental health disparities; Community-based interventions
36. Erin Reilly, Ph.D., Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Dr. Reilly's lab website. Hofstra University's program website. Interests: Shared features of eating disorders and anxiety disorders (e.g., repetitive negative thinking; intolerance of uncertainty); behavioral treatments for eating disorders; promotion of best practices for evidence-based treatment in "real-life" settings and best practices in research methods in the field of eating disorders
37. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Dr. Sauer-Zavala lab website. University of Kentucky, Lexington Department Website. Interests: Developing and testing mechanism-informed transdiagnostic treatments for emotional disorders, developing evidence-based decision rules for personalizing the delivery of therapy skills, increasing accessibility to high quality mental health care
38. Kasey Stanton, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Dr. Stanton's website. Virginia Tech Clinical Science PhD Program website and brochure. Interests: Personality and mood assessment, transdiagnostic research frameworks and psychopathology classification, externalizing and bipolar spectrum disorders, and research methods and replicability
39. Bethany Teachman, University of VA, Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Teachman's website. UVA's Clinical Psychology program's website. Interests: Our lab investigates cognitive processes that contribute to the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders and other forms of emotion dysregulation.
40. Eva Telzer, PhD and Mitch Prinstein , PhD, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill. Dr. Telzer's lab website. UNC Chapel Hill's Clinical Psychology  Program Website. Interests: adolescent brain development, social relationships, health risk behaviors, and teen technology/social media use within an emerging center on technology and adolescent brain development.
41. Kiara Timpano, PhD, Unviersity of Miami, Miami, FL. Dr. Timpano's lab website. University of Miami's Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program website. Interests: vulnerability for anxiety and OC spectrum disorders, transdiagnostic risk factors across affective and cognitive domains, decision making deficits

42. Sarah Victor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Dr. Victor's website. Texas Tech's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: Research focused on non-suicidal self-injury and suicide in daily life (using EMA and ambulatory physio assessment) in adolescents and young adults

43. Sylia Wilson, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Wilison's website. University of Minnesota's Psychology PhD website. Interests: Alcohol and brain development, assessment and evaluation, developmental neuroscience, early childhood, executive function, families and parenting, genetics and epigenetics, high-risk populations, infant and early childhood mental health, social and emotional development, stress and maltreatment, vulnerable populations.
    

44. E. Samuel Winer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi. Dr. Winer's lab website. Mississippi State University's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests: Reward devaluation theory; emotional information processing by depressed and anxious persons; anhedonia; psychological crisis and suicide; network theory and analysis

45. Aidan Wright, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.Dr. Wright's lab website. Pitt's Clinical Psychology program website. Interests - Interface between personality and psychopathology, quantitative models of psychopathology, ecological momentary assessment, passive sensing, quantitative methods, narcissism