Full-time Faculty

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  • Leah M Adams

    Leah M Adams

    Associate Professor

    Psychosocial aspects of adapting to chronic disease and/or traumatic injury; HIV risk & prevention among high-risk groups; Health equity & reducing health disparities

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  • Lauren B Cattaneo

    Lauren B Cattaneo

    Associate Professor

    empowerment, resilience, community-based learning, transformative education, civic engagement, intimate partner violence, survivor-centered services

  • Tara Chaplin

    Tara Chaplin

    Director

    Associate Professor

    Emotion regulation and the development of psychopathology and substance use in adolescence; Parent-focused interventions; Bio-psycho-social models of emotion

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  • Christianne Esposito-Smythers

    Christianne Esposito-Smythers

    Professor

    adolescent suicide, adolescent substance abuse, development of cognitive behavioral prevention and intervention programs for adolescent mental health problems

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  • Sarah Fischer

    Sarah Fischer

    Associate Professor

    personality traits and psychosocial factors influencing the co-morbidity and maintenance of addictive behavior patterns

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  • Keith D Renshaw

    Keith D Renshaw

    Instructor

    Anxiety, stress/trauma reactions, and interpersonal relationships; scalable solutions to promote mental health

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  • Amanda L Sanchez

    Amanda L Sanchez

    Assistant Professor

    Culturally responsive care; reducing mental health disparities; community-engagement, equity-informed implementation science

  • Jerome Short

    Jerome Short

    Associate Professor

    Well-being; exercise; sleep; physical health and longevity; social support; self-compassion; mental health apps; and help-seeking.

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  • June P Tangney

    June P Tangney

    Distinguished University Professor

    * Moral Emotions and Cognitions, Self-Control, Helpful and Harmful Psychotherapy, Computer-Assisted Jail-based Interventions, Substance Misuse * Values and virtues (e.g., humility, forgiveness, self-compassion) * Self control generally, and emotion regulation specifically * Borderline Personality Disorder * Brief interventions for jail inmates * Motivational Interviewing * Mindfulness-based Interventions * Values Affirmations * Restorative Justice-themed Interventions * Reducing Substance Misuse * Reducing HIV risk behavior

  • Natasha A Tonge

    Natasha A Tonge

    Assistant Professor

    minority mental health disparities; trust; self-disclosure; anxiety; patient-provider interactions in adults