Available Faculty Mentors:

The following faculty in each area of study are considering applications for admissions in the upcoming cycle (deadline December 1, 2024 for admission Fall 2025). We encourage students interested in working with specific faculty to contact them in advance of submitting an application.

Doctoral Programs:

·         Behavioral Neuroscience Concentration:

• • Dr. Rodolfo Flores Garcia (Faculty Profile)
  • Dr. Arnold Gutierrez (Faculty Profile)
  • Dr. Laura O’Dell - Neural Basis of Addiction Lab
  • Dr. Katherine Serafine - Behavioral Pharmacology Lab
  • Dr. Chris Tschumi (Faculty Profile)
  • Dr. Sergio D Iñiguez (Behavioral Neuroscience Lab)

·         Bilingualism, Language and Cognition Concentration:

• • Dr. Ashley Bangert - Cognition and Aging Lab
  • Dr. Wendy Francis - Bilingual Cognition Lab
  • Dr. Iva Ivanova - Language and Communication Lab
  • Dr. Christine Potter - Children’s Learning Project (Proyecto Aprendiendo en la Niñez)
  • *Dr. Carla Contemori – Language Acquisition Lab
  • *Dr. Natalia Mazzaro – Language Acquisition & Linguistics Research Lab
  • *Dr. Annie Tremblay – Bilingual Speech Lab

·         Legal Concentration:

• • Dr. Jennifer Eno Louden - Mental Health and Criminal Justice Lab
  • Dr. Krystia Reed – Legal Decision Lab
  • *Dr. Melissa Baker - Political Engagement and Cognitive Health Lab

·         Health Concentration:

• • Dr. Theodore Cooper - Prevention and Treatment in Clinical Health (PATCH) Lab
  • Dr. Craig Field - Latino Alcohol & Health Disparities Research Center
  • Dr. Mitchell Kirwan - Sexual Violence and Emotion Regulation (SEVER) Lab
  • Dr. Osvaldo Morera – Judgement & Decision Making Lab

·         Social/Cultural Concentration:

• • Dr. Osvaldo Morera – Judgement & Decision Making Lab
  • Dr. Michael Zarate - Social Cognition Lab
  • Dr. Hannah Volpert-Esmond Race, Ethnicity, Neuroscience, and Health Lab
  • Dr. Goran Pavlov (Faculty Profile)
  • *Dr. Melissa Baker - Political Engagement and Cognitive Health Lab

• *Faculty affiliation is outside of the Psychology Department, but are eligible mentors in the Psychology PhD program.

Masters Programs:

Any of our research faculty can serve as mentors for our experimental psychology masters program. It is recommended that you review faculty profiles here, and reach out to individuals whose research areas most closely align with your interests. We recommend reaching out to faculty ahead of applying to the program, and we also recommend listing specific faculty you’d like to work with in your statement of purpose. We are no longer accepting applications into our clinical psychology masters program as of March 2024.

Information about applying to graduate school on Dr. Krystia Reed's Legal Decision Lab blog:

Should I Go To Graduate School?

How to Apply to Graduate School

Psychology Graduate Program Information Session

October 8th, 2021

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This website contains various lists for paid internships, virtual graduate school information sessions, post-bac jobs, resources for applying to graduate school, International Moral Psychology List, and much more.

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