Faculty

Dr. Jeff Anastasi

Jeff Anastasi, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: a focus on cognitive psychology with an emphasis on memory and includes various topics such as eyewitness memory, face recognition biases, illusory/false memories, effects of photographs on acceptance of information, and the testing effect.

CHSS 375

(936) 294-3049

jeff.anastasi@shsu.edu

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Jaime L. Anderson, Ph.D.

Jaime L. Anderson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include the conceptualization, assessment, and diagnosis of personality disorders, with particular focus on the use of dimensional trait models in understanding personality psychopathology.

CHSS 378

(936)294-4745

jla068@shsu.edu

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Boccacino

Marcus Boccaccini, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology
Associate Director of Clinical Training

Research interests include: adversarial allegiance in expert witness opinions, agreement among forensic evaluators, field reliability and validity of procedures used in forensic assessment.

CHSS 386

(936) 294-1179

boccaccini@shsu.edu

Cash

Daniella Cash, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include how social and cognitive principles are at play within the legal system. This includes eyewitness identification, jury decision-making, and deception detection.

CHSS 311

(936)294-3874

dkc025@shsu.edu

Conroy

Mary Alice Conroy, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Clinic Director

Research interests include: forensic clinical psychology risk assessment, civil commitment evaluations

PSC

(936) 294-3806

maconroy@shsu.edu

Crosby

James Crosby, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: psychometrics, peer victimization, and the psychology of religion and spirituality

CHSS 290

(936) 294-2202

crosby@shsu.edu

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Gulden Esat, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: Developing school-based preventive programs such as the Mindful Ambassadors Program for college students; evaluating the acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of mental health or educational programs; and incorporating spirituality and religiosity in clinical practice.

CHSS 377

(936) 294-4161

gxe020@shsu.edu

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Henderson

Craig Henderson, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology/Interim Director of Clinical Training

Research interests include: family psychology. juvenile substance abuse treatment, college student alcohol use, exercise-based interventions, advanced data analytic methodology.  

CHSS 379

(936)294-3601

ceh003@shsu.edu

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Hillary Langley, Ph.D.

Hillary Langley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Chair

Research interests include developmental psychology, youth mental health, early life adversity, positive parenting practices, parent-child attachment, parental emotion socialization, gratitude, intimate partner violence, children’s eyewitness testimony, autobiographical memory, the development of prosocial behaviors/emotions, juvenile delinquency and parenting interventions.

CHSS 376

(936)294-3260

hxl022@shsu.edu

Ryan Marek Ph.D.

Ryan Marek, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests: center around health psychology and assessment psychology, with a particular focus in presurgical psychological assessment and how psychopathology predicts various medical outcomes.

CHSS 309

(936)294-3614

rxm147@shsu.edu

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Natoli

Adam P. Natoli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include developing, evaluating, and applying advanced measurement and statistical methodologies to the empirical study of human behavior with a concentration on instrument psychometrics, applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in psychology, personality, psychodynamic theory/concepts, and forensic psychology.

CHSS 318

(936)294-1176

apn017@shsu.edu

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Noland

Ramona Noland, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, School Psychology Program

Research interests include: school psychology, autism spectrum disorders, and English language learners

CHSS 385

(936)294-4310

psy_rmn@shsu.edu

Ratcliff

Chelsea Ratcliff, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include health psychology, mindfulness meditation, behavioral interventions to improve health and quality of life for medically ill patients.

CHSS 310

(936)294-4662

cgr024@shsu.edu

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Riggs

Shelley A. Riggs, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology
Master's Program Coordinator

Research interests include: Family systems, Attachment relationships throughout the lifespan, Trauma and Loss, Couple and Family Therapy

CHSS 380

(936)294-1178

sxr142@shsu.edu

Ruchensky

Jared R. Ruchensky, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include personality disorders (particularly psychopathy), the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders, forensic psychology, psychological assessment of constructs relevant to forensic/correctional settings.

CHSS 308

(936)294-2434

jrr107@shsu.edu

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Nicholas L. Scheel, Ph.D., NCSP

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: identifying systems change and reform efforts in implementing multi-tiered system of supports frameworks to enhance social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health services as well as crisis prevention, intervention, and postvention initiatives and practices in schools.

CHSS 317

(936) 294-4709

nls046@shsu.edu

George Scott

George Scott, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: clinical health psychology, behavioral medicine, well-being, and integrated health care at the individual and health systems level

CHSS 307

(936) 294-1180

ghs003@shsu.edu

Stoebner-May

Diane Stoebner-May, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include anxiety disorders, depression, trichotillomania and logotherapy.

CHSS 316

(936)294-1720

dxs011@shsu.edu

Dieu Truong

Dieu Truong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: dissemination and implementation science to reduce healthcare disparities through culturally and linguistically responsive identification and intervention practices for autistic and neurodiverse populations within the Southeast Asian diaspora, both in the United States and abroad

CHSS 316

(936) 294-2434

dmt052@shsu.edu

Varela

Jorge G. Varela, Ph.D.

Department Chair/Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: cultural and linguistic (Spanish) diversity issues in forensic psychology, particularly forensic assessment.  I also maintain professional interests in law enforcement psychology as well as military psychology

CHSS 390C

(936)294-3052

jgv002@SHSU.EDU

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Stephen White, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: the development, validation, and utilization of animal models of psychiatric syndromes for research, translational validity of animal models, pre-clinical drug discovery focusing on identifying novel antidepressants.

CHSS 306

(936) 294-1173

sww012@shsu.edu

J. J. Wu

Jiaju Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Research interests include: applied behavior analysis and gifted education.

CHSS 323

(936) 294-1177

jxw089@shsu.edu