Psychology (M.A) - Clinical Psychology
Advising
Below is a list of departmental faculty who have chaired theses for clinical psychology graduate students in the past. If you are planning to conduct a thesis, it is strongly recommended that you identify, in your personal statement, the faculty member with whom you want to work. You should also contact that faculty member in advance of applying to determine whether s/he will be taking on students and to discuss your research interests. While the goal is to permit students to conduct research in their area of interest, this may not always be possible (i.e., if the faculty member with whom the student wants to work is not taking new students). In this case, the student will be helped to find a suitable, alternative, thesis chair.
| PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY WHO CHAIR THESIS COMMITTEES FOR THE CLINICAL PROGRAM |
Faculty Name
e-mail address |
Topic Areas |
| Bethany Brand, Ph.D.
bbrand@towson.edu
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Assessment, Attachment, Trauma, Transition to College/Adjustment, Treatment Outcome (Trauma Disorders)
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Gregory S. Chasson, Ph.D.
gchasson@towson.edu |
Autism, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Social Cognition (in Psychopathology), Statistics and Methodology, Treatment (Pragmatics; Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Autism)
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| Bryan Devan, Ph.D./ Mark Chachich, Ph.D.
bdevan@towson.edu |
Aging, Animal Behavior, Cognition, Evolutionary Psychology, Learning, Limbic System, Memory, Music, Neuroanatomy, Neuropsychology, Neurotoxicology, Psychopharmacology, Statistics and Methodology, Treatment (Neurodegenerative Disease and Age-Related Cognitive Decline)
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| Paz Galupo, Ph.D.
pgalupo@towson.edu
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Breastfeeding, Gender Issues, Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered Issues, Multicultural Issues, Perception, Qualitative Methods
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| Kerri Goodwin, Ph.D.
kgoodwin@towson.edu |
False memory, social factors in eyewitness memory, applied memory research
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| John Govern, Ph.D
jgovern@towson.edu |
Decision-Making, Law and Psychology, Self-Awareness, Social Cognition, Statistics and Methodology
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| Mindy Gutow, Ph.D.
mgutow@towson.edu |
Multicultural Issues, School-Based Interventions, Trauma, Violence
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| Elizabeth C. Katz, Ph.D.
ekatz@towson.edu |
Addictions, Contingency Management, Clinical Trials, Criminal Justice, Smoking, Memory, Expectancies, Treatment Outcome (Substance Abuse/Dependence, Human Behavioral Pharmacology), Treatment Engagement, Brief Interventions
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Jonathan Mattanah, Ph.D.
jmattanah@towson.edu |
Attachment, Family, Transition to College/Adjustment
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| Bruce Mortenson, Ph.D.
bmortenson@towson.edu |
Applied Behavioral Analysis, School-Based Interventions
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Geoff Munro, Ph.D.
gmunro@towson.edu |
Decision-Making, Persuasion, Prejudice, Self-Serving Biases, Social Cognition
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| Rick Parente, Ph.D.
fparente@towson.edu |
Neuropsychological Assessment, Cognition, Cognitive Rehab, Learning, Memory, Neuropsychology, Psycholinguistics, Statistics and Methodology, Traumatic Brain Injury
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| Christa Schmidt, Ph.D.
ckschmidt@towson.edu |
Health Psychology, Mind/Body Connection, Positive Psychology, Career Development
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| Ellyn Sheffield, Ph.D.
esheffield@towson.edu |
Academic Performance, Development, Infancy, Language Development, Memory, Music, Psychoacoustics
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| Kim Shifrin, Ph.D.
kshifrin@towson.edu |
Caregiving |
Evangeline Wheeler, Ph.D.
ewheeler@towson.edu |
Cognition, Women and Race, Memory, Mind/Body, Multicultural Issues, Social Class, Statistics and Methodology, Stress |
View the full listing of Faculty Research Interests/Expertise by Area (PDF)
Not all faculty are willing to serve as thesis advisors, although all faculty generally serve as thesis committee members. Thus, if you are interested in working with a faculty member who was not listed as having chaired a thesis for a clinical student before, it is imperative that you contact that faculty member directly to determine whether s/he is willing to chair a thesis. |
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