Loyola University Maryland
Department of Psychology

Psychology Department Faculty

Professors
Associate Professors
Assistant Professors
Clinical Faculty
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Four-Fifths Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
Administrative Team

Professors

Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
Legal and ethical issues, cognitive and personality assessment, cognitive psychotherapy, assessment and treatment of children, psychotherapy process and outcome, professional development, therapist distress and impairment

Faith M. Gilroy, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita (retired)
Business applications of psychology, attribtuion theory, conformity, attitudinal measurement (general), women's issues, gerontology, career patterns, gender choice of offspring

Jeffery M. Lating, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Training
Associate Chair

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, coronary-prone risk factors, behavioral medicine

Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Director, Master's Education - Thesis Track
 
Terror management theory, five factor model of personality, psychopathology and personality, disgust sensitivity, survey and attitude research, gender role research-sexual orientation, the emotional state of elevation, spiritual transcendence

Amanda M. Thomas, Ph.D.
Vice President, Graduate Programs
Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, trichotillomania, anxiety problems in children and adolescents

"I think that the psychology staff members are extraordinary. I have never met professors who were so encouraging, enthusiastic about their studies, and genuine in their concern for their students."
.... Psychology undergraduate student

Associate Professors

Carolyn Barry, Ph.D.
Director, Undergraduate Education
Social and self development within childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood (18-25 yrs), including peer relationships, friendships, peer influence, academic and social motivation, and issues concerning the transition to adulthood

Gilbert Clapperton, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
(retired)
Validation of projective techniques, executive selection & employment screening, psychotherapy outcome and process, aggression, ethics, psychopathology

David G. Crough, Ph.D.
Pupillometry, sensation seeking, pace of living, animal research, physiology of behavior, aggressive behavior, educational research, drug abuse

Sharon Green-Hennessy, Ph.D.
Director, Masters Education - Practitioner Track
Access to mental health care, attachment theory, child maltreatment, child and adolescent psychopathology, child and adolescent assessment

Matthew W. Kirkhart, Ph.D.
Medical/health psychology, psychological and medical barriers to adaptation, learning and cognition, adult psychopathology, functional analysis of language, interpersonal psychotherapy, psychological assessment, teaching of psychology

Beth Kotchick, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Parenting and family processes, child and adolescent psychopathology, adolescent sexual and health behavior, cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy with children and adolescents

Charles T. LoPresto, Ph.D.
Homophobia, sexual orientation and sexual minority issues, adolescent treatment issues, cognitive-behavioral approaches to treatment, cross-cultural psychology, men's issues

Heather Lyons, Ph.D.
Culture, discrimination and person-organization fit in the workplace; social cognitive and cultural influences on career expectations; and training issues in multicultural psychology

Jen Lowry, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Factors influencing duration of psychotherapy, psychotherapy outcomes (effectiveness and efficacy), ethics and professional issues, medical psychology, forensic psychology, managed care issues

Steven A. Sobelman, Ph.D.
Non-verbal communication, stress disorders and stress management, therapeutic process and outcome, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, the nature of sleep and dreaming, sexual deviance, emotions, hypnosis, sport psychology

"The professors that I have encountered throughout my career as a psychology major have been some of the best teachers I have ever had. They make some of the hardest or least interesting subjects more interesting and easier to understand.  Also, I feel that the knowledge I have gained is so useful in everyday life and I find myself applying things I've learned to situations I face outside the classroom."
.... Psychology undergraduate student

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Assistant Professors

Rachel Grover, Ph.D.
Development and quality of adolescent friendships and romantic relationships, defining social competence, social skills development and training in adolescence, assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety

Christopher Higginson, Ph.D.
Area of specialization within clinical psychology is adult neuropsychology. Specific research interests are: 1) the degree to which cognitive measures are predictive of daily function (i.e. ecological validity); and 2) degenerative diseases in general, and the cognitive deficits associated with Parkinson's disease and its surgical treatment.

Adanna Johnson, Ph.D.
Recruitment and retenion of people of color in psychology programs and academia, traditional African healing practices, qualitative methodology


Alison Papadakis, Ph.D. 
The emergence of gender differences in depression during adolescence, gender roles, self-regulation, self-discrepancy, stress and coping, eating disorders

Clinical Faculty

Mary Jo Coiro, Ph.D.
Director, Behavioral Health and Assessment Services,
Loyola Clinical Centers

Scholarly interests include effects of maternal depression on children's mental health and the family environment; risk and protective factors (particularly parenting styles) in the development of child psychopathology; prevention of child psychopathology; cognitive-behavioral therapy with adolescents; policy issues affecting children

Angelita M. Yu-Crowley, Ph.D.
Director, Doctoral Field Education
Psychotherapy, training, supervision

"Psychology is a part of academic life that allows me to bring in aspects of my life into classroom discussions and not feel as though it is inappropriate. All of my professors have been very helpful and available. I find the psychology professors to be the friendliest and kindest."
.... Psychology undergraduate student

Full-time Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Deborah Haskins, Ph.D.
Director, Undergraduate & Master's Field Education
Spirituality and mental health, cross-cultural issues (in supervision, therapy, personality), trauma psychology, sexual abuse, women's issues, career/life transitions, drug abuse

Elizabeth MacDougall, Ph.D.
Clinical geropsychology; geriatric neuropsychology/assessment of dementia syndromes; rehabilitation psychology; cognitive/intellectual assessment; psychometrics

"The professors are very knowledgeable and bring valuable real-life experience to the classroom."
.... Psycholgy undergraduate student

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Four-Fifths Faculty

George S. Everly, Jr., Ph.D, ABPP
Health psychology, behavioral medicine, biofeedback, psychophysiology, cognitive behavior therapy. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, human stress and stress management

Anthony S. Parente, M.A., L.C.P.C.
Director, CAS/Masters Plus Program
Mental health and substance abuse treatment, stress management, group process, interpersonal relations, addiction recovery issues, adolescent development, employee assistance and workplace issues, the therapeutic relationship.

Affiliate Faculty

  • Jamila Bailey, Psy.D.
  • Marcy Burstein, Ph.D.
  • Chanda Corbett, Ph.D.
  • Mickey Fenzel, Ph.D.
  • James Finkelstein, Psy.D.
  • Lauren Gonce, Ph.D.
  • Shawn Hales, Psy.D.
  • Michael Heitt, Psy.D.
  • Shreya Hessler, Psy.D.
  • Russell Hibler, Ph.D.
  • Caitlin Joy, Psy.D.
  • Jerome F. Kowalewski, Ph.D.
  • Eric Lane, Psy.D.
  • Sandra Lashley, Psy.D.
  • Saul Lindenbaum, Ph.D.
  • Patrick LoPresto, M.A.
  • Cynthia Mendelson, Ph.D.
  • Monica Neel, Psy.D.
  • Megan O'Reilly, Psy.D.
  • Jason Parcover, Ph.D.
  • Traci Peragine Martino, M.S.,
    Director of Program Operations, Psychology Department
  • Gary Popoli, Ph.D.
  • Bridget Rivera, Psy.D.
  • Dustin Sentz, Psy.D.
  • Tamra Shockley, Psy.D.
  • Tara Simpson, Psy.D.
  • Steven Sobelman, Ph.D.
  • Colleen Spada, Psy.D.
  • Kate Thomas, Ph.D.
  • Jan Warrington, Psy.D.
  • Rebecca Waite, Ph.D.
  • Jan Williams, M.S., J.D., L.C.A.D.C.,
    Director, Alcohol, Drug Education & Support Services
  • Kimberly Witczak, Psy.D.
  • Nicole Zeitlin, Psy.D.

Administrative Team

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About the Department