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Psychology Faculty Accepting New Graduate Students

Psychology Faculty Accepting New Graduate Students

The faculty listed below are currently accepting graduate students for the fall 2025 semester. 

Clinical (Adult and Child)

Distinguished Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-1733
Peter Arnett
Evan Pugh University Professor
(814) 865-3879
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Associate Professor
814-863-4248
KatieBurkhouse
Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-1754
Louis Castonguay
Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
(814) 863-1746
Pamela Cole
Assistant Professor of Psychology
814-865-1173
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Associate Professor of Psychology
Assistant Clinical Professor
(814) 865-3239
Interim Co-Director of Clinical Training
SARI Director
Professor of Psychology
Frank Hillary
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 865-8498
Cynthia Huang-Pollock
Professor of Psychology
Associate Director of Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
Dr. Jackson is currently looking for undergraduate research assistants.
(814) 867-3244
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Cognitive

Cognitive Area Coordinator
Associate Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-8524
Roger Beaty
Associate Department Head for Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor of Psychology
(814) 865-1712
Nancy Dennis
Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, & Neuroscience
Faculty, Center for Language Sceince
Faculty, Center for Healthy Aging
Co-Fund, Social Sciences Research Institute
(814) 863-1726
Michele Diaz
Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Co-Director, Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC)
Co-Director of the Center for Language Science
(814) 867-2337
Janet van Hell

Developmental

Department Head of Psychology
Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor in Children, Work, and Families and Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 865-9514
Kristin Buss
Professor of Psychology; Consortium for Substance Use and Addictions.
Co-Director, Child Study Center
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 863-7767
Rina D. Eiden
Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Education
(814) 863-1718
Lynn Liben
Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty, Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
(814) 863-1991
Erika Lunkenheimer
Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
Co-Director, Child Study Center
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 865-4818
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McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 865-9272
Koraly Perez-Edgar
Developmental Area Coordinator
Associate Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 867-2921
Suzy Scherf
Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Co-Director, Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC)
Co-Director of the Center for Language Science
(814) 867-2337
Janet van Hell
Professor of Psychology
Director of PACT (Parents And Children Together)
(814) 867-3112
Dawn Witherspoon

Industrial-Organizational

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ricardo_Brooks
Liberal Arts Professor
Industrial/Organizational Area Coordinator
(814) 863-1867
Alicia Grandey
Professor of Psychology
SoDA Dual Title Degree Liaison
(814) 867-4847
James LeBreton
Professor of Psychology
Lead, CTSI-Team Science Core
(814) 863-7387
Susan Mohammed

Social

Associate Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-1725
Reginald Adams
Associate Professor of Psychology
Sherwin Early Career Professor, 2023-2026
Social Area Coordinator
Cameron_C.Daryl
Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-1713
Karen Gasper
Assistant Professor of Psychology
(814) 865-0107
Sean Laurent
Associate Professor of Psychology and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
(814) 863-0126
Jes Matsick
Professor of Psychology
Associate Director of the Climate Consortium
Fellow Social Science Research Institute
(814) 863-1730
Janet Swim
Professor of Psychology
(814) 863-1714
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