People

T. John Akamatsu Professor Emeritus, KSU jakamats@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2048
Yossef S. Ben-Porath Professor, KSU Distinguished Scholar ybenpora@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2166

Expertise:

• Assessment

Jeffrey A. Ciesla Assistant Professor

Expertise:

• Adult Psychopathology

Karin Coifman Assistant Professor kcoifman@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9155

Expertise:

• Emotion Processing
• Emotion Regulation
• Stress and Trauma
• Adult Psychopathology

Janis Crowther Professor & Director of Clinical Training jcrowthe@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2090

Expertise:

• Adult Psychopathology
• Clinical Health

Douglas L. Delahanty Professor ddelahan@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2395

Expertise:

• Adult Psychopathology
• Clinical Health
• Health

Nancy M. Docherty Professor, KSU Distinguished Scholar ndochert@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-7670

Expertise:

• Adult Psychopathology

E. Thomas Dowd Professor Emeritus edowd@kent.edu
John Dunlosky Professor & Director of Experimental Training jdunlosk@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2207

Expertise:

• Cognitive

Christopher Flessner Assistant Professor cflessne@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2236

Expertise:

• Child Clinical
• Developmental

Jocelyn R. Folk Associate Professor jfolk@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4095

Expertise:

• Cognitive
• Reading and spelling
• Eye movements in reading
• Cognitive neuropsychology

Stephen B. Fountain Professor sfountai@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3826

Expertise:

• Behavioral Neuroscience

David M. Fresco Associate Professor dfresco@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4049

Expertise:

• Adult Psychopathology

John R. Graham, Ph.D Interim Chair - Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Professor Emeritus, KSU Distinguished Scholar jgraham@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-7488
Josefina M. Grau Associate Professor jgrau@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3106

Expertise:

• Child Clinical
• Developmental

John Gunstad Associate Professor jgunstad@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2589

Expertise:

• Assessment
• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Health

Joel W. Hughes Director, Applied Psychology Center jhughes1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-7721

Expertise:

• Clinical Health
• Health

Aaron Jasnow Assistant Professor ajasnow@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2137

Expertise:

• Behavioral Neuroscience

Kathryn A. Kerns Professor kkerns@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2311

Expertise:

• Developmental
• Parent-child attachment

Lawrence E. Melamed Professor Emeritus lmelamed@kent.edu
William E. Merriman Professor wmerrima@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2059

Expertise:

• Cognitive
• Developmental

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. Professor, Director PRADAA aneal@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2266

Expertise:

• Child Clinical
• Adolescent Development

Benjamin H. Newberry Professor Emeritus bnewberr@kent.edu
Katherine Rawson Associate Professor krawson1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3789

Expertise:

• Cognitive
• Improving student learning
• Cognitive skill acquisition
• Text comprehension

David C. Riccio Professor, KSU Distinguished Scholar driccio@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2365

Expertise:

• Behavioral Neuroscience

Amy Sato Assistant Professor asato2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4888

Expertise:

• Child Clinical
• Pediatric Psychology

Mary Beth Spitznagel Assistant Professor mspitzna@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2399

Expertise:

• Clinical Neuropsychology

Mary Ann Parris Stephens Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies mstephen@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4712

Expertise:

• Social Psychology
• Health

F. Robert Treichler Professor Emeritus rtreichl@kent.edu
John A. Updegraff Associate Professor jupdegr1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-4731

Expertise:

• Clinical Health
• Health
• Social Psychology

Alanna Updegraff Director of the Psychological Clinic Manfred Van Dulmen Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator mvandul@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2504

Expertise:

• Social Psychology
• Developmental
• Adolescent & Young Adult Romantic Relationships
• Measurement & Methodology

Beth G. Wildman Professor bwildman@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2119

Expertise:

• Child Clinical
• Pediatric Psychology

Maria S. Zaragoza Professor, Department Chair mzaragoz@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2018

Expertise:

• Cognitive

NTT  FACULTY	Office	E-mail	Office Phone		Web Site
JOYNES, Robin (Teaching)	232   KTA	rjoynes@kent.edu	330-672-3787
SCIARTELLI, Sharon (Teaching) UPDEGRAFF, Alanna (Director, Psychological Clinic)	225   KTA 176B KTH	ssciarte@kent.edu aupdegra@kent.edu	330-672-2198 330-672-2617
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS	Office	E-mail	Office Phone		Web Site
FINN, Jacob	227 KTA	jafinn@kent.edu	330-672-3361
TAUBER, Uma	229 KTH	stauber@kent.edu	330-672-3158
STAFF	Office	E-mail	Office Phone		Web Site
FARNBAUCH, Laure	204 KTA	lfarnbau@kent.edu	330-672-2218
FINAN, Michelle	176 KTH	mfinan1@kent.edu	330-672-2372
FRANEK, Sharon	144A KTH	sfranek@kent.edu	330-672-2168
INKS, Tina	144 KTH	tinks@kent.edu	330-672-2166
LAUX, Cindy	144B KTH	llaux@kent.edu	330-672-5477
MENYES, Michael	231 KTA	mmenyes@kent.edu	330-672-3759
SOLTIS, Peggy	144C KTH	psoltis@kent.edu	330-672-2167
THOUVENIN, Sandi	378B KTH	sthouven@kent.edu	330-672-2003
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES	Office	Office Phone
Department Office	144 KTH	330-672-2166
Advising Office	142 KTH	330-672-2912
Applied Psychology Center	378 KTH	330-672-2003
FAX		330-672-3786
MMPI	219 KTA	330-672-3580
Psychological Clinic	176 KTH	330-672-2372