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Faculty & Staff
Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Psychological
Science at Kennesaw State University.
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Corinne McNamara
Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology
Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology cmcnama4@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4034
Area of Expertise: Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal violence
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Jennifer Willard
Associate Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology
Associate Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology jwillar3@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4038
Area of Expertise: Social Psychology
Research Interests: Social psychology (e.g., self-fulfilling prophecies and person perception); intersections
between psychology and law (e.g., false confessions); scholarship of teaching and
learning (e.g., cheating in higher education)
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Daniel Niederjohn
Faculty Athletic Representative, Assistant Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Associate Professor of Psychology
Faculty Athletic Representative, Assistant Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Associate Professor of Psychology dniederj@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4016
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Fear related to post graduation plans, student-athlete academic
performance, High Impact Practices (HIP), and increasing self-efficacy related to
academic achievement
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Dorothy Marsil
Psychology Program Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Lauren Taglialatela
General Education Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Amanda Wolfe
Online Degree Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Psychology
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Adrienne Williamson
Assessment Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Erica Holliday
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Danyelle Denham
Administrative Assistant
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Deanna Lee-Avaria
Office Manager
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Destiny Pappas
Academic Program Support Specialist
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Anisah Bagasra
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology abagasra@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5254
SO 2017
Research Interests: Mental health disparities; behavioral health research in college student populations
(HBCU); religious commitment and acculuration among Mulsim Americans
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Meghan Bankhead
Senior Lecturer of Educational Psychology
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Shadi Beshai
Associate Professor of Psychology
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Amy Buddie
Director of Undergraduate Research and Professor of Psychology
Director of Undergraduate Research and Professor of Psychology abuddie@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6255
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Michael Chen
Associate Dean for Student Success and Engagement and Professor of Psychology
Associate Dean for Student Success and Engagement and Professor of Psychology hchen33@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2566
SO 5009 -
Tyler Collette
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology tcollet1@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
HSE 51 (3217) 108
Research Interests: Mechanisms for risk and resilience after trauma, cross-cultural psychology, health
disparities, and research design
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Alexander Crenshaw
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Patrick Devine
Professor of Psychology
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Abigail DiMercurio
Lecturer of Psychology
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Roxanne Donovan
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology rdonova4@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6920
SO 2016
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology & Certificate in Women's Studies
Research Interests: Inclusion, diversity, and equity including ally development, social justice education,
and social justice parenting
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Ordene Edwards
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
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Ebony Glover
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Neuroscience eglove12@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-4281
UC 226
Area of Expertise: Neoroscience and Animal Behavior
Research Interests: Biological and social basis of affective behaviors (such as fear and anxiety) and
their implications for mental health
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Mandy Guitar
Lecturer of Psychology
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Jeffrey Helms
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology jhelms@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4030
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Scholarship of teaching and understanding attitudes and prejudice towards individuals
who identify as bisexual
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Chanler Hilley
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology chilley2@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4011
Research Interests: Transition to adulthood; behavioral health; risk & resilience; prevention science;
positive youth development
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Erica Holliday
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Kristin Horan
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology khoran1@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
H51-3217 104A
Research Interests: Occupational health psychology, workplace safety and health interventions, high-risk
occupations, health behaviors
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Kyung Hun Jung
Professor of Psychology
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Sidni Justus
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Danica Kulibert
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Elicia Lair
Lecturer of Psychology
Lecturer of Psychology elair@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4015
Area of Expertise: Social Psychology and Quantitative Methods
Research Interests: Affect and cognitive information processing styles; intersection of social cognition
and clinical psychology, specifically risk, resilience, and coping
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Suma Mallavarapu
Professor of Psychology
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Dorothy Marsil
Psychology Program Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Tim Martin
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology tmarti61@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2903
SO 4011A
Area of Expertise: Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Mesoscopic brain dynamics, motion perception, gaze dynamics, visual attention, dynamic
attention, and the relationship between behavioral inhibition and neural inhibition;
Past research has covered these topics as well as psychotherapy outcome (particularly
in motivational interviewing) and recovery of cortical functions after stroke
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Nicole Martin
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology nmarti40@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4022
Area of Expertise: Developmental Psychology
Research Interests: Infant emotional development, the ontogeny of social referencing in infancy, post-adoption
depression in mothers adopting children internationally, and gender and sexual development
in children
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Allison Martin
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology alm8737@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5211
SO 4017
Area of Expertise: Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Captive animal management, animal training, animal welfare, operant conditioning,
applied behavior analysis
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Cody Mashburn
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology cmashb10@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4019
Area of Expertise: Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal violence
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Corinne McNamara
Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology
Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology cmcnama4@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4034
Area of Expertise: Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal violence
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Brian Moore
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology bmoore50@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7281
House 3217 - 103
Research Interests: Trauma, military psychology, resilience, sleep, health psychology
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Daniel Niederjohn
Faculty Athletic Representative, Assistant Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Associate Professor of Psychology
Faculty Athletic Representative, Assistant Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Associate Professor of Psychology dniederj@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4016
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Fear related to post graduation plans, student-athlete academic performance, High
Impact Practices (HIP), and increasing self-efficacy related to academic achievement
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Sharon Pearcey
Professor of Psychology
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Christopher Randall
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology crandal2@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4030
Area of Expertise: Experimental Psychology
Research Interests: Learning & behavior, comparative psychology, and evolutionary psychology
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Hansol Rheem
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Daniel Rogers
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology droger29@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4024
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Scale development / measurement / psychometric; student-teacher alliance; majoring
in psychology / career development / student advising; interpersonal functioning;
psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory
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Christina Salnaitis
Lecturer of Psychology
Lecturer of Psychology csalnait@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6668
SO 2013A
Area of Expertise: Educational Psychology and Human Neuropsychology
Research Interests: Neuropsychology, Executive Function, Cognition and Emotion, Diversity across the
Curriculum
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Israel Sanchez-Cardona
Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology isanche7@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7338
House 3217 Faculty website -
Kayla Sargent
Lecturer of Psychology
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Sandra Scheier
Lecturer of Psychology
Lecturer of Psychology sscheier@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 2011A
Area of Expertise: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Physical health & mental well-being relationship, stress & coping, grit, and mindfulness.
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Gail Scott
Senior Lecturer of Psychology
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Kalisha Smith
Lecturer of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Hillary Steiner
Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Educational Psychology
Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Educational Psychology hsteiner@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6147
House 3211 - 103
Area of Expertise: Educational Psychology (Applied Cognition and Development)
Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), metacognition and self-regulated learning,
postsecondary students' study strategies
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Tracie Stewart
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology tstewa44@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6244
SO 5005B
Area of Expertise: Psychological Science (Social Psychology)
Research Interests: Intergroup Relations; Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination: Causes and consequences
of implicit biases and strategies to reduce their negative effects, Motivating social
action, Individual differences in implicit and explicit intergroup biases; Cognitive
and physiological measures of attitudes and social judgments; Pedagogical techniques
for teaching multicultural perspectives: Development and assessment
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Paul Story
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology pstory@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6594
SO 2019A
Research Interests: Basic and applied topics in Industrial/Organizational psychology
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Lauren Taglialatela
General Education Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Jennifer Willard
Associate Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology
Associate Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology jwillar3@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4038
Area of Expertise: Social Psychology
Research Interests: Social psychology (e.g., self-fulfilling prophecies and person perception); intersections
between psychology and law (e.g., false confessions); scholarship of teaching and
learning (e.g., cheating in higher education)
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Adrienne Williamson
Assessment Coordinator and Professor of Psychology
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Amanda Wolfe
Online Degree Program Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Psychology
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Yian Xu
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology yxu11@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2334
SO 4006
Research Interests: Individual and cultural differences in essentialist thinking, as well as its implications
in legal and clinical decision-making
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Ginny Zhan
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology gzhan@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4012
Area of Expertise: Developmental Psychology
Research Interests: Cross-cultural developmental topics, Asian-American identities, and teaching-related
areas
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Dianhan Zheng
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology dzheng4@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 2014
Area of Expertise: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Research Interests: Employee-organization relationship, emotions in the workplace, and employee wellbeing
Faculty website
Part-time and Limited Term Faculty
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Hibbah Agha
Limited Term Instructor of Psychology
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Christopher Allen
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Andrew Blalock
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Kim Butun
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Megan Drohan
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Lisa End-Berg
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Kelly Ferreira
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Elisheva Gottstein
Lecturer of Psychology
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Emily Griner
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Jonathan Hill
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Nicole Hoffman Miller
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Jay Ingram
Extended LOA & Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Chloe Jacobs
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Deborah Kemp
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Dakota Kinney
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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John Long
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Sameera Luthur
Graduate Programs Associate Director, MBA and WebMBA & Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
Graduate Programs Associate Director, MBA and WebMBA & Part-Time Instructor of Psychology sluthur@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6673
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Stella Michael
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Aaron Miller
Associate Director, Career Advising and Planning & Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
Associate Director, Career Advising and Planning & Part-Time Instructor of Psychology amill324@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6555
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Tina Morales
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Andrew Neiner
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Conflict Management and Psychology
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Conflict Management and Psychology aneiner@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4030 -
William Perez-Martinez
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Sheldon Rifkin
Psychologist & Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Ahmad Sarris
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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David Schwartz
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Mona Swallow
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Meghan Toups
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Kimberly Watkins
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Psychology
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James Williams
Lecturer of Psychology
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Brandi Williams
Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
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Virginia Wood
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Part-Time Assistant Professor of Clinical and Counseling Psychology vwood4@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 4030
| NAME |
POSITION |
| Michael Firment |
Associate Professor Emeritus |
| Grace Galliano |
Professor Emeritus |
| Ruth Hepler |
Professor Emeritus |
| William Hill, IV |
Professor Emeritus |
| Pam Marek |
Professor Emeritus |
| Linda Noble |
Professor Emeritus |
| Thomas Pusateri |
Professor Emeritus |
| Betty Siegel |
Professor Emeritus |
| Valerie Whittlesey |
Professor Emeritus |
| Christine Ziegler |
Professor Emeritus |
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