Laura Juliano Professor CAS | Psychology
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 …
Department Leadership & Staff
Chair
Program Directors
- Clinical PhD Program Director: David A. F. Haaga
- MA Program Director: Jonathan Tubman
- Undergraduate Studies Director: Laura Duval
Eleftherios Hazapis Senior Administrative Assistant CAS | Psychology
Britten Rollo Senior Administrative Assistant CAS | Psychology
Full Time Faculty
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Anthony Ahrens Professor CAS | Psychology
My continuing interests include gratitude and mindfulness, especially the relation of gratitude to the desire to be independent of others. I also have two relatively new interests. (1) Non-Buddhist co…
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Laurie Bayet Assistant Professor CAS | Neuroscience
Dr. Bayet is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist interested in infant cognitive development and high-level vision. Her lab combines electro-encephalography (EEG), behavioral methods, and computat…
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Nicole Caporino Associate Professor CAS | Psychology
Dr. Caporino’s primary research interest is maximizing the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders in children and adolescents. This involves iden…
Michele Carter Professor CAS | Psychology
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. foll…
Alice Coyne Assistant Professor CAS | Psychology
Alice Coyne is an Assistant Professor of Psychology who joined the department in 2023. Dr. Coyne completed her PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her postdoctoral training at…
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Laura Duval Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Psychology
Dr. Duval earned her bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and her MS and PhD in Social Psychology from Tulane University. As the new Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology…
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Noemi Enchautegui de Jesus Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Psychology
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 Mic…
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Bryan Fantie Associate Professor CAS | Psychology
After completing an Honours thesis on motivational systems in the brain guided by Dr. Roy Wise at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, Dr. Fantie did his graduate work at Dalhousie University in …
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Maria Gomez Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Psychology
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 W…
Kathleen Gunthert Professor CAS | Psychology
Dr. Gunthert’s program of research focuses on the influence of everyday stress and coping on depression and anxiety. Specifically, she has used intensive daily monitoring techniques to address how eve…
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David A. F. Haaga Professor CAS | Psychology
Dave Haaga is a Professor of Psychology and has been a faculty member at American University since 1989. Dr. Haaga received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California an…
Erica Hart Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Psychology
Erica teaches a range of psychology courses including Human Sexual Behavior, Evolution of Behavior, Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Introduction to Clinical Psychology …
Nathaniel Herr Associate Professor CAS | Psychology
Nathaniel Herr is an Associate Professor of Psychology who joined the department in 2012. Dr. Herr received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and received p…
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Laura Juliano Professor CAS | Psychology
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 …
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David Kearns Professor and Department Chair, Psychology CAS | Psychology
Research interests:Learning, behavior, addiction.Recent publications:Beasley, M. M., Gunawan, T., Tunstall, B. J., & Kearns, D. N. (2022). Intermittent access training produces greater motivation for …
Judy Kim Assistant Professor CAS | Psychology
Judy Kim is a cognitive scientist studying the relationship between language, thought, and social cognition. She completed her PhD in Experimental Psychology at Johns Hopkins University and received p…
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Nicole Lorenzo Assistant Professor CAS | Psychology
Dr. Lorenzo studies relationships between parenting and early childhood social-emotional and behavioral functioning. The goal of her research is to aid in the early identification of children at risk …
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Christopher Tripoli Professorial Lecturer CAS | Other Operations and Administration
Jonathan Tubman Professor of Psychology CAS | Psychology
My research and practice training is in the areas of applied developmental psychology, addiction studies and social work. My research program focuses on health risk behaviors, substance use and mental…