Core Faculty

Faculty

Program

Accepting
Research Students?

Dr. Elissa Abod

Lecturer

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I/O:  Industrial/Organizational
Psychology – UMBC @ The Universities at Shady Grove

No research students at this time.

Dr. Diane Alonso

Principal Lecturer and Director, Shady Grove Program

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Undergraduate Program – UMBC@ The Universities at Shady Grove

No graduate research
opportunities.Yes, a limited number for undergrad psych majors at the Shady Grove campus.

Dr. Robert Anderson

Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

No graduate research opportunities.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Sandra Barrueco

Professor
and Director of Clinical Training

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HSP – Human Services Psychology: Clinical Psychology Child Clinical /  Community

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, undergraduate research opportunities are available

Dr. Janelle Billingsley

Assistant Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Community Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, undergraduate research opportunities for Spring 2025.

Dr. John Borrero

Professor

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ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis@Main Campus, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and JHU

No graduate research opportunities.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities at this time.

Dr. Anne Brodsky

Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology: Clinical / Community
Psychology

No research opportunities at this time.

Dr. Mirela Cengher

Assistant
Professor

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ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis@Main Campus, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and JHU

Yes, accepting new ADP graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate
opportunities are available.

Dr. Charissa Cheah

Professor

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ADP – Applied Developmental Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate
opportunities are available.

Dr. Aubrey Etopio

Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

No research opportunities at this time.

Dr. Shariece Evans

Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

No research opportunities at this time.

Dr. Erika Fountain

Assistant
Professor

Profile

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ADP – Applied Developmental
Psychology

HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Community Psychology

No undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Molly Franz

Assistant
Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:

Clinical Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available

Dr. Karrie Godwin

Associate
Professor

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ADP – Applied Developmental Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Sophia Hwang

Assistant Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Community Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, limited undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Angela Katenkamp Shiplet

Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

No research opportunities for students at this time.

Undergraduate students who are interested in the Writing Fellows Program should visit this page.

Dr. Tasneem Khambaty

Associate
Professor

Profile

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:

Clinical Psychology / Behavioral Medicine

Not accepting new graduate students at this time.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Donald Knight

Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – UMBC@The Universities of Shady Grove

No research opportunities for students at this time.

Dr. Elliot Lasson

Professor of the Practice and Director,
I/O Psychology Graduate Program

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I/O – Industrial/Organizational Psychology – UMBC@The Universities at Shady Grove

No research opportunities for students at this time.

Dr. Christopher Murphy

Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Not accepting new graduate students at this time.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi

Associate
Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Community Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Matthew Novak

Assistant
Professor

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ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

 

Yes, undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Eileen O’Brien

Principal
Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

Director, College Teaching and Learning Science Post Master’s Certificate

No graduate research opportunities at this time.

 

Yes, undergraduate students taking PSYC 398.

Dr. Steven Pitts

Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Quantitative Methods

No research students at this time.

Dr. Raimi Quiton

Clinical
Associate Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:  Neuroscience

Not accepting new graduate students at this time.

No undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Pamela Rakhshan Rouhakhtar

Assistant Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:

Clinical Psychology

Yes, Undergraduate opportunities available.

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Dr. Laura Rose

Senior Lecturer

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Undergraduate Program – Main Campus

No graduate research opportunities at this time.

Undergraduate students who are interested in the Peer Mentor Program should visit this page.

 

 Dr. Leher Singh

Chair

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ADP – Applied Developmental Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities available.

Dr. Rebecca Schacht

Assistant
Professor

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:

Clinical Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

No undergraduate research opportunities available.

Dr. David Schultz

Associate
Professor

Profile

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ADP – Applied Developmental Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

No undergraduate research opportunities are available.

Dr. Susan Sonnenschein

Professor

Profile

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ADP – Applied Developmental Psychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities available.

Dr. Shuyan Sun

Associate
Professor

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ADP – Applied Developmental
Psychology:  Quantitative Methods

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities available.

Dr. Shari Waldstein

Professor

Profile

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HSP – Human Services Psychology: Clinical Psychology / Behavioral Medicine / Neuropsychology

Yes, accepting new graduate students.

No, not accepting undergraduate students for Fall 2024.

Dr. Greg Williams

Clinical
Associate Professor & Director, Instructional Systems Development
Graduate Program

Profile

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LAPT – Learning and Performance Technology (formerly ISD)

No research opportunities for students at this time.

Dr. Lira Yoon

Associate
Professor

Profile

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HSP – Human Services Psychology:

Clinical Psychology

No graduate research opportunities at this time.

Yes, some undergraduate research opportunities available.