Core School Psychology Faculty Research Interests

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.