Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
The Psychology department is a community of dedicated staff members, teachers, researchers, and mentors.
Clinical Faculty
Clinical psychologists study the assessment and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral phenomena.
Kristin Austin
- Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Psychologic Services Center
Lee Cohen
- Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Psychology
Todd Smitherman
- Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training
Experimental Faculty
Experimental psychologists study of behavior, motives, or cognition in a laboratory or other controlled settings.
Jeff Bednark
- Instructional Assistant Professor of Psychology
Andrew Hales
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mervin Matthew
- Instructional Associate Professor of Psychology
Grace Rivera
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Joseph Wellman
- Associate Professor of Social Psychology
Marilyn Mendolia
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Nicolaas Prins
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Kenneth Sufka
- Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology, Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Stamps Impact Prize
Current Graduate Students
Our graduate students study human behavior, emotions, and mental processes to advance their understanding and contribute to the field through research and practical applications.
