People of the Psychology Department
Department Chair
Sarah Karalunas
Cobb-Jones Endowed Professor & Department Chair
sbarth02@syr.eduAssociate Chairs
Leonard Newman
Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology
lsnewman@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.4633
Natalie Russo
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
nrusso@syr.eduFaculty
Kevin Antshel
Professor
Psychology
Email: kmantshe@syr.edu
315.443.9450
Sara E. Burke
Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: sburke08@syr.edu
Catherine Cornwell
Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: cacornwe@syr.edu
315.443.3118
Daniel Corral
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: dcorral@syr.edu
Amy H. Criss
Professor
Psychology
Email: acriss@syr.edu
Joseph W. Ditre
Professor of Psychology, Director, Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
Psychology
Email: jwditre@syr.edu
Katie Duchscherer
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: kmduchsc@syr.edu
Tanya Eckert
Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in School Psychology
Psychology
Email: taeckert@syr.edu
Les A. Gellis
Professor of Teaching in Psychology
Psychology
Email: lagellis@syr.edu
Yuki (Qiuxi) Huang
Research Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: qhuang33@syr.edu
315.443.4792
Brett K. Jakubiak
Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: bkjakubi@syr.edu
Jessie B. Joyce
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: jcbriggs@syr.edu
Michael L. Kalish
Professor
Psychology
Email: mlkalish@syr.edu
Afton Kapuscinski
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: ankapusc@syr.edu
315.443.3596
Sarah Karalunas
Cobb-Jones Endowed Professor & Department Chair
Psychology
Email: sbarth02@syr.edu
David Kellen
Associate professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: dkellen@syr.edu
Katie Kidwell
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: kmkidwel@syr.edu
Lynn Lohnas
Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: ljlohnas@syr.edu
Laura V. Machia
Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Curriculum, Professor of Psychology
A&S Dean's Cabinet
Psychology
Email: lvmachia@syr.edu
Meredith Martin
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: mmartin@syr.edu
Leonard Newman
Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: lsnewman@syr.edu
315.443.4633
Jeewon Oh
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: joh126@syr.edu
Aesoon Park
Professor, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: aepark@syr.edu
Natalie Russo
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Psychology
Email: nrusso@syr.edu
Lael J. Schooler
Professor
Psychology
Email: lschoole@syr.edu
315.443.1210
Bradley Seymour
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: bseymour@syr.edu
Huilin “Linda” Sun
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: hsun46@syr.edu
Shannon M. Sweeney
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: smsweene@syr.edu
Zahra Vahedi
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: zvahedi@syr.edu
315.443.2354
Peter A. Vanable
Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of Psychology department: Graduate School / Psychology
Psychology
Email: pvanable@syr.edu
315.443.2543
Sarah Woolf-King
Associate Professor
Psychology
Email: sewoolf@syr.edu
Michelle J Zaso
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: mjzaso@syr.edu
Jeffrey C. Zemla
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: jczemla@syr.edu
Emeritus
Benita Blachman
Trustee Professor Emerita of Education and Psychology
Psychology
Email: blachman@syr.edu
Jerome Dusek
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: jbdusek@syr.edu
Craig K. Ewart
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: ckewart@syr.edu
William J. Hoyer
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: wjhoyer@syr.edu
Randall S. Jorgensen
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: rsjorgen@syr.edu
Larry Lewandowski
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: ljlewand@syr.edu
Stephen A. Maisto
Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Psychology
Email: samaisto@syr.edu
Brian K. Martens
Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Email: bkmarten@syr.edu
Tibor Palfai
Emeritus Professor
Psychology
Email: palfai@syr.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers and Associates
Elia F. Soto
Postdoctoral Researcher
Psychology
Email: elsoto@syr.edu
Staff
Jennifer Bragg
Undergraduate Administrator
Psychology
Email: jamcmaho@syr.edu
315.443.4187
Katelynn Commisso
Graduate Support Coordinator
Psychology
Email: kmcommis@syr.edu
315.443.5672
Erica Denny
Operations Specialist
Psychology
Email: erdenny@syr.edu
315.443.2714
Kelly Elugardo
Undergraduate Support Coordinator
Psychology
Email: kelugard@syr.edu
315.443.5369
Heather Pierson
Office Coordinator
Psychological Services Center
Psychology
Email: hmpierso@syr.edu
315.443.3595
Kim Wojtalewski
Budget Support Associate
Psychology
Email: kawojtal@syr.edu
315.443.3087
Graduate Students
Grier Adams
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: gadams08@syr.edu
Sophia Alderman
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: svalderm@syr.edu
Siani Amidon
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: syamidon@syr.edu
Monique Antoine
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: mantoine@syr.edu
Kimberly (Kim) Arjune
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: ksarjune@syr.edu
Sinem Aytac
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: saytac@syr.edu
Kriti Behari
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: kbehari@syr.edu
Tara Bello
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: tmbello@syr.edu
Nathan Burns
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: nwburns@syr.edu
Elisabeth Cabot
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: epcabot@syr.edu
Nicolas Cardenas
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: nicarden@syr.edu
Yu-Wei Chang
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: ychang01@syr.edu
Xiaoxiao Chen
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: xchen128@syr.edu
Mariya Churina
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: mchurina@syr.edu
Joshua Circe
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: jcirce@syr.edu
Nessia Crispe
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: ncrispe@syr.edu
Eleanor Czajkowski
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: elczajko@syr.edu
Maci DelFavero
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: mjdelfav@syr.edu
Alexa Deyo
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: aldeyo@syr.edu
Fatima Dobani
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: fdobani@syr.edu
Ashley Douglass
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: asdougla@syr.edu
Jayda Felder
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: jpfelder@syr.edu
Amelia Gao
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: mgao28@syr.edu
Antonia Hamilton
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: ahamil14@syr.edu
Yiou He
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: yhe231@syr.edu
Alexandria Jaurique
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: ajauriqu@syr.edu
Iana (Yana) Klochkova
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: iklochko@syr.edu
Xiangjing Kong
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: xkong09@syr.edu
Emma Lape
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: eclape@syr.edu
Gabriella Larson
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: gklarson@syr.edu
Chanju Lee
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: clee99@syr.edu
Aidee Leon Lua
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: aleonlua@syr.edu
Grace Levine
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: glevine@syr.edu
Tom Liao
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: yliao24@syr.edu
Clarisse Lin
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: clin112@syr.edu
Danielle Lynch
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: dlynch02@syr.edu
Arthur Marsden
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: admarsde@syr.edu
Haley McBride
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: hlmcbrid@syr.edu
Minnie McMillian
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: msmcmill@syr.edu
Megan Milligan
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: mamillig@syr.edu
Jason Mitala
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: jmitala@syr.edu
Mecca Muamba
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: mmuamba@syr.edu
Kaytlin Nelson
Graduate Student
Psychology
Email: knelso13@syr.edu
Camryn O'Conner
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: coconner@syr.edu
Elaheh Oloumi
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: eoloumi@syr.edu
Destiny Orantes
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: dmorante@syr.edu
Jarryd Osborne
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: josborne@syr.edu
Rachel Perri
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: rlperri@syr.edu
Sarah Pieper
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: smpieper@syr.edu
Emily Presutti
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: ekpresut@syr.edu
Grant Ripley
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: ghripley@syr.edu
Skyla Ross-Graham
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: sarossgr@syr.edu
Emma Schillinger
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: esschill@syr.edu
Ashley Schiros
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: arohacek@syr.edu
Marie Shuter
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: mshuter@syr.edu
Ilaria Siriner
Graduate Student, Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Email: isiriner@syr.edu
Arina Stoianova
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: astoiano@syr.edu
Elina Sun
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Jingyi Tang
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: tang52@syr.edu
Alex Tansey
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: agtansey@syr.edu
Lyric Tully
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: lktully@syr.edu
Avani Uppal
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: avuppal@syr.edu
Ben Valen
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: bvalen@syr.edu
Alison Vrabec
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: avrabec@syr.edu
Jenna Walmer
Graduate Student, Social Psychology
Psychology
Email: jmwalmer@syr.edu
Jennifer Williams
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: jwill180@syr.edu
Tyler Young
Graduate Student, School Psychology
Psychology
Email: tyoung02@syr.edu
Jin Zhao
Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology
Psychology
Email: jczhao@syr.edu