Psychology | Faculty & Staff Directory

Anthony Ahrens

Anthony Ahrens

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Associate Professor

Anthony Ahrens did his undergraduate work at Northwestern University and received his doctorate in psychology from Stanford University. His research interests fall at the interface of social and clinical psychology. His current interests emphasize gr... [More]

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202-885-1714
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Michele Carter

Michele Carter

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Associate Professor

Dr. Carter received his doctorate and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University and his bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University. He completed a clinical internship at the Palo Alto V.A. followed by a postdoctoral at the Center for Stress an... [More]

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202-885-1712
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Noemi Enchautegui-de-Jesus

Noemi Enchautegui-de-Jesus

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Enchautegui-de-Jesus received her MA and PhD in Community Psychology from New York University. She was a postdoctoral fellow with the NIMH’s Family Research Consortium III at the University of Michigan. Her research revolves around a core interes... [More]

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202-885-1773
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Bryan Fantie

Bryan Fantie

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Associate Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS:Cognitive and clinical neuropsychology, behavioural neuroscience; neural mechanisms and correlates of behaviour, emotion, cognition, learning, memory; behavioural neurology; neuropsychological testing and diagnosis; function of the... [More]

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202-885-1790
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Maria Gomez

Maria Gomez

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Senior Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Gomez-Serrano was born and raised in Madrid where she obtained her Veterinarian degree specializing in animal husbandry and genetics. Right after obtaining her degree, Dr. Gomez-Serrano moved to Washington DC and started working at NIH with Dr. S... [More]

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202-885-2681
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James Gray

James Gray

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Professor

Current Research Interests: Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Psychotherapy, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Religion

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202-885-1716
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Kathleen Gunthert

Kathleen Gunthert

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Associate Professor

Dr. Gunthert’s program of research focuses on the influence of everyday stress and coping on depression, anxiety, and psychotherapy outcomes. Specifically, she has used intensive daily monitoring techniques to address how everyday mood regulation var... [More]

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202-885-1701
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David Haaga

David Haaga

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Professor

Dave Haaga is a Professor of Psychology and has been a faculty member at American University since 1989. He directs the James J. Gray Psychotherapy Training Clinic.Dr. Haaga received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Southern Cali... [More]

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202-885-1718
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Laura Juliano

Laura Juliano

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Associate Professor

Laura M. Juliano earned her PhD. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research addresses cognitive and behavioral mecha... [More]

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202-885-1715
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David Kearns

David Kearns

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Associate Professor

Research interests:animal models of drug abuse and addiction treatment; the effects of drug cues on behavior; conditioning and learning; extinction; theories of learning; animal models of gambling.

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202-885-1711
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Gishawn Mance

Gishawn Mance

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Assistant Professor

Devoted to providing effective community prevention and intervention programs for underserved children and adolescents, GiShawn A Mance has worked diligently with communities across the nation. She received training in community based participatory r... [More]

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202-885-1702
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Barry McCarthy

Barry McCarthy

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Professor

Dr. McCarthy came to American University in 1969 as lecturer, and has been promoted to assistant professor, associate professor, and now professor. He teaches an undergraduate course each semester-in the Fall Human Sexual Behavior and in the Spring P... [More]

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202-885-1710


Scott Parker

Scott Parker

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Professor

Born in Brooklyn, Scott Parker discovered early that he liked New York and stayed there to receive his higher education at Columbia University. He began teaching at American University in 1974 and discovered that he likes Washington too. He is intere... [More]

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202-885-1719
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Zehra Peynircioglu

Zehra Peynircioglu

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Professor

Zehra Peynirciolu received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford. Dr. Phil Zimbardo drew her into psychology, Dr. Ewart Thomas advised her, and Dr. Roger Shepard directed her honors thesis. She started graduate studies in cognitive psy... [More]

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202-885-1713
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Anthony Riley

Anthony Riley

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Department Chair, Psychology

Dr. Riley received his undergraduate training at the University of North Carolina and obtained his PhD from the University of Washington. He did a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacology at Dalhousie University in Canada. He joined the faculty at Am... [More]

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202-885-1720
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Arthur Shapiro

Arthur Shapiro

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Professor

Arthur Shapiro specializes in the areas of visual perception and cognitive neuroscience. He did his undergraduate work in Mathematics (Computer Science) and Psychology (Cognitive Science) at U.C. San Diego. He received his PhD in Psychology from Colu... [More]

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202-885-1759
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Alan Silberberg

Alan Silberberg

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Professor

Dr. Silberberg's research interests are in the areas of: experimental analysis of behaviorautoshapingchoice behaviormicrostructural choice behaviormicrostructural analysis of ratebehavioral economicsprimatology

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202-885-1709
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Catherine Stoodley

Catherine Stoodley

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Assistant Professor

Catherine Stoodley is interested in the neuroscience of cognitive development, particularly the role of the cerebellum in learning and skill acquisition. She uses neuroimaging and behavioral studies in healthy people and clinical patients to investig... [More]

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202-885-1785
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Jonathan Tubman

Jonathan Tubman

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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research

Dr. Tubman works with departments and Colleges to develop new graduate programs and to ensure excellence in graduate education at AU. He also works with students, faculty, centers, institutes and external research partners to promote a culture of dis... [More]

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202-885-3778
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Stanley Weiss

Stanley Weiss

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Professor

Dr. Weiss' current research concentrates on:Stimulus Control of Behavior Incentive Motivation Drugs and Behavior Animal Learning Models of Drug Abuse Biological Constraints on Learning Two-Process Learning Theory Appetitive-Aversive Interaction Theor... [More]

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202-885-1724
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Carol Weissbrod

Carol Weissbrod

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Associate Professor

Current Research Interests:Affect, Motivation and Identity in Child and Adolescent Athletes, Gender and Affect the Development of Attitudes About Motherhood

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202-885-1726
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Brian Yates

Brian Yates

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Professor

Dr. Yates has published 77 articles and book chapters, plus 5 books. Most of his publications apply cost-effectiveness or cost-benefit analysis to the systematic evaluation and improvement of human services. Dr. Yates has conducted Cost - Procedure -... [More]

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202-885-1727
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Psychologists in Residence

Wanda Collins

Wanda Collins

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Psychologist in Residence

Dr. Wanda Collins is a licensed psychologist and Director of the Counseling Center at American University. Her theoretical orientation incorporates developmental, psychodynamic, and existential frameworks. She has particular interests in: Group thera... [More]

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202-885-3500
Counseling Center


Kristine Erickson

Kristine Erickson

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Psychologist in Residence

Dr. Erickson's research experiences include neuroendocrine correlates of behavior in rhesus macaques at the NIMH Animal Facility in Poolesville, MD, and womens health issues at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Washington, DC... [More]



Michael Heil

Michael Heil

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Psychologist in Residence

Dr. Michael Heil is a Psychologist-in-Residence at American University where he teaches both I/O Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology. He is a Senior Consultant with Aon Hewitt’s Talent and Rewards practice. He leads a team of IO Psychologi... [More]



Eric Kothari

Eric Kothari

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Psychologist in Residence

Dr. Kothari is a Psychologist in Residence with interests in a number of research areas, particularly related to forensic psychology. Additionally, Dr. Kothari is a licensed clinical psychologist who has specialty practices in the area of forensics, ... [More]

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Deborah Norris

Deborah Norris

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Psychologist in Residence

Dr. Deborah Norris is Executive Director of Science for Health Energy, Inc. and Founder of The Mindfulness Center in Bethesda Md. She previously taught in the Psychiatry Department at Georgetown University Medical School, and in the Health/Fitness De... [More]



 

Adjunct Faculty

Elizabeth Cralley Wetzler

Elizabeth Cralley Wetzler

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Cralley earned both her BA in Psychology (1991) and her MA in Psychological Measurement and Statistics (1993) from Illinois State University. In 1999, she earned her PhD in Experimental Social Psychology from Tulane University, focusing her resea... [More]

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202-885-2028
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Patricia Hall

Patricia Hall

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Lecturer



 

Staff

Eleftherios Hazapis

Eleftherios Hazapis

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Senior Administrative Assistant

Lefteris studied at American University as an undergraduate and graduate student. He enjoyed his educational and extra curricular experience so much that he decided to remain on the staff of his alma mater. Lefteris finds that the knowledge and exper... [More]

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202-885-1710
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Sara Holland

Sara Holland

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Senior Administrative Assistant

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202-885-1717
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