Psychology Department Chair
Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Ph.D.
Clinical anger problems, therapeutic alliance in adolescents;
rational-emotive behavioral therapies.
Program Director
Dawn P. Flanagan, Ph.D.
Cognitive Assessment; CHC Cross-Battery Approach (XBA); Diagnosis
and treatment of SLD
Other Core Faculty
Elissa Brown, Ph.D.
Assessment and treatment of children with mental health problems
related to trauma and/or bereavement.
Tamara Del Vecchio, Ph.D.
Development and maintenance of early child aggression,
interventions for parents of difficult children.
Dana E. Liebling, Ph.D.
Ethical issues in school psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy,
factors influencing academic success.
Samuel O. Ortiz, Ph.D.
Multicultural evaluation and nondiscriminatory assessment; CHC
Cross-Battery Approach (XBA).
Marlene Sotelo-Dynega, Psy.D.
Nondiscriminatory assessment, assessment and remediation of
learning disabilities.
Mark D. Terjesen, Ph.D.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy with children and adolescents,
preschool assessment and intervention.
Zheng Zhou, Ph.D.
Cross-cultural comparisons on mathematical reasoning, basic
relational concept acquisition and Chinese-American children’s
school adjustment.