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Faculty Research Areas

Students are encouraged to contact faculty affiliated with the Ph.D. in Behavioral & Community Sciences to discuss opportunities for working with the faculty member as a research mentor.

	Dr. Anna Davidson Abella Ph.D. in Applied Cultural Anthropology Research Areas: Implementation of mental health programs and services; Experiences of families and staff in child welfare and prevention services; Effectiveness of police/mental health collaboratives; Mixed-method program evaluation and ethnographic methods.
	Dr. Jason Anthony Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology; Ed.S. in School Psychology Research Areas: Language and Literacy Development; Early Childhood Education Policy and Evaluation; School Readiness Assessment
	Dr. Judith Biesen Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Research Areas: Co-occurrence of relationship distress (e.g., verbal and physical conflict behaviors, relationship dissolution), mental health, and substance use in couples, including those from underserved populations, quantitative methods, and implementation/intervention research.
	Dr. Tim Boaz Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Research Area: Evaluation of Public Mental Health Programs/Policy
	Dr. Donna Burton Ph.D. in Public Health Research Area: School Based Mental Health Services Integration
	Dr. Linda M. Callejas Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology Research Areas: Behavioral health disparities in children, youth, and families of color; Experiences of parents involved in child welfare systems; Community-engaged research; Qualitative methods.
	Dr. Maria Carlo Ph.D. in Psychology Research Area: Bilingualism and Biliteracy Development
	Dr. Annette Christy Ph.D. in Applied/Experimental Psychology Research Areas: Involuntary care, justice system diversions for people with behavioral health disorders, process of using external data/large data sets, program evaluation
	Dr. Chih-Chin Chou Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology Research Area: Psychiatric Rehabilitation
	Dr. Kyaien Conner Ph.D. in Social Work Research Area: Culturally Relevant Mental Health Services
	Dr. Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science Research Area: Reintegration of Veterans with TBI
	Dr. Matthew Foster Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology Research Area: Early Mathematics Intervention, Measurement and Evaluation, Developmental Disabilities and Special Education
	Dr. Bryanna Fox Ph.D. in Psychological Criminology Research Area: Identification of Psychological and Developmental Risk Factors for Criminal Behavior
	Dr. Heather Peshak George Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Special Instruction Research Area: Positive Behavior Support, School-wide Discipline Systems-level
	Dr. Howard Goldstein Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology Research Area: Early Language and Literacy Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Multi-Tiered System of Supports
	Dr. Amber Gum Ph.D.in Clinical Psychology Research Area: Mental Health Services for Older Adults
	Dr. Holly Hills Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Psychology Research Areas: Women and their children in contact with the justice system, Trauma Informed Care / PTSD, Structured interviewing and assessment, Substance use disorder, Re-entry from jails and prison
	Dr. Rose Iovannone Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Research Area: Functional behavior assessment and individualized behavior supports, Autism spectrum disorder and evidence based practices, Tier 3 behavior systems.
	Dr. Kimberly Johnson Ph.D. in Population Health Research Area: Quality of care for substance use disorders, Data driven quality improvement and use of technology to improve access and quality of care for people with SUDs
	Dr. Tammy Jorgensen-Smith Ph.D. in Counselor Education/Rehabilitation Research Areas: Inclusion and Supportive Services; Employment and Education
	Dr. Don Kincaid Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Research Area: Positive Behavior Support
	Dr. Kristin Kosyluk Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling Education Research Area: Mental illness and psychiatric disability, with a special interest in social justice issues and stigma.
	Dr. Nik Lampe Ph.D. in Sociology Research Areas: LGBTQIA+ Behavioral Health and Healthcare; Dementia Care and Caregiving; Aging and Older Adulthood
	Dr. Bruce Lubotsky Levin Ph.D. in Health Services Research & Policy Research Area: Behavioral Health Services Delivery, Policy, Informatics, Translational Research, Education, and Integration with Public Health.
	Dr. Oliver Tom Massey Ph.D. in Psychology Research Area: Implementation Science in Behavioral Health and School Based Mental Health Services
	Dr. Roxann McNeish Ph.D. in Public Health Research Area: Child and Adult Behavioral/Mental Health, Behavioral/Mental Health Disparities, Child Maltreatment
	Dr. Kathleen Moore Ph.D. in Social/Health Psychology Research Area: Co-occurring Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders
	Dr. Khary Rigg Ph.D. in Medical Sociology Research Area: Drug prevention and treatment; Drug overdose/mortality; Harm reduction; Drug policy; Mixed-methods and qualitative research
	Dr. Alison Salloum Ph.D. in Social Work Research Area: Childhood Trauma/PTSD, Child Mental Health, Child Welfare
	Dr. Julianne Serovich Ph.D. in Child and Family Development Research Area: HIV Disclosure
	Dr. Paul Stiles Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Research Areas: State mental health policy, Geriatric mental health services and policy, Research ethics
	Dr. Marilyn Stern Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology Research Area: Overweight/Obese Children and Adolescents
	Dr. Gregory Teague Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice Research Areas: Fidelity to program models, esp. assertive community treatment, Involvement of persons with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system, Effectiveness of consumer-operated services, Performance measurement, Self-directed care, Consumer-provider relationships
	Dr. Jeffrey Williams Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Quantitative concentration Research area: Modeling factors in preschool that predict children’s later performance in kindergarten
	Dr. Lana Yampolskaya Ph.D. in Sociology Research Areas: Child maltreatment, child welfare, children’s mental health, quantitative methods.
	Dr. M. Scott Young Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Research Areas: Coerced treatment of substance use disorders, Co-Occurring mental health and substance use disorders, Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors affecting substance abuse treatment participation and outcomes, Alternative case processing approaches for non-violent drug offenders, Drug policy, Program evaluation

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