Full-time Faculty
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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
Associate Professor
empowerment, resilience, community-based learning, transformative education, civic engagement, intimate partner violence, survivor-centered services
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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
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
Associate Professor
personality traits and psychosocial factors influencing the co-morbidity and maintenance of addictive behavior patterns
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Keith D Renshaw
Instructor
Anxiety, stress/trauma reactions, and interpersonal relationships; scalable solutions to promote mental health
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Amanda L Sanchez
Assistant Professor
Culturally responsive care; reducing mental health disparities; community-engagement, equity-informed implementation science
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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
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
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Natasha A Tonge
Assistant Professor
minority mental health disparities; trust; self-disclosure; anxiety; patient-provider interactions in adults