Full-time Faculty

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  • Leah M Adams

    Leah M Adams

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Psychosocial aspects of adapting to chronic disease and/or traumatic injury; HIV risk & prevention among high-risk groups; Health equity & reducing health disparities

C

  • Lauren B Cattaneo

    Lauren B Cattaneo

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: empowerment, resilience, community-based learning, transformative education, civic engagement, intimate partner violence, survivor-centered services

  • Tara Chaplin

    Tara Chaplin

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Emotion regulation and the development of psychopathology and substance use in adolescence; Parent-focused interventions; Bio-psycho-social models of emotion

E

  • Christianne Esposito-Smythers

    Christianne Esposito-Smythers

    Professor

    Clinical Psychology: adolescent suicide, adolescent substance abuse, development of cognitive behavioral prevention and intervention programs for adolescent mental health problems

F

  • Sarah Fischer

    Sarah Fischer

    Professor

    Clinical Psychology: personality traits and psychosocial factors influencing the co-morbidity and maintenance of addictive behavior patterns

H

  • Camelia Harb

    Camelia Harb

    Assistant Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Barriers to research and treatment engagement for racially and ethnically marginalized populations; Culturally responsive treatment; Community-based participatory research

  • Jessica S Huntt

    Jessica S Huntt

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Clinical Psychology

M

  • Robyn Mehlenbeck

    Robyn Mehlenbeck

    Director, Mason's Center for Community Health

    Professor

    Clinical Psychology: adolescent, medical, eating, diabetes

R

  • Keith D Renshaw

    Keith D Renshaw

    Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Anxiety, stress/trauma reactions, and interpersonal relationships; scalable solutions to promote mental health

S

  • Amanda L Sanchez

    Amanda L Sanchez

    Assistant Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Culturally responsive care; reducing mental health disparities; community-engagement, equity-informed implementation science

  • Jerome Short

    Jerome Short

    Associate Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Well-being; exercise; sleep; physical health and longevity; social support; self-compassion; mental health apps; and help-seeking.

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  • June P Tangney

    June P Tangney

    Distinguished University Professor

    Clinical Psychology: Clinical, Social, and Personality Psychology: Moral Emotions (shame and guilt) and Criminogenic Cognitions, Helpful and Harmful Psychotherapy, Values and Virtues (e.g., humility, forgiveness, self-compassion), Self-Control, Emotion Regulation, Substance Misuse, Motivational Interviewing, Computer-Assisted Jail-based Interventions

  • Natasha A Tonge

    Natasha A Tonge

    Assistant Professor

    Clinical Psychology: minority mental health disparities; trust; self-disclosure; anxiety; depression; patient-provider interactions in adults; AI/ML in mental healthcare