Department Governance

Chair Jennifer Read
Associate Chair Sandra Murray
Director of Graduate Studies and Graduate Admissions Craig Colder
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Micheal Dent

Director, Psychology Honors Program Wendy Quinton
Behavioral Neuroscience Area Head Paul Meyer
Clinical Area Head Jamie Ostrov
Cognitive Area Head Micheal Dent
Social-Personality Area Head

Michael Poulin (Fall 2023) 

Mark Seery (Spring 2024)

Clinical/Teaching Faculty Representative Wendy Quinton
Coordinator of Research Advancement (CORA)
Larry Hawk
Associate Director of Clinical Training John Roberts
Department Senate  
  ~Department Faculty  
  ~4 Graduate Students Chihiro Honda
  Dakota Hughes
 

Izilda Pereira-Jorge

  Devan Walter
~4 Undergraduate Students

Sukey Chin

  Debra Chondool 
  Jared Liu
  Shania Walters
Policy and Planning Committee  
  Becky Ashare (22-24)- Clinical
  Julie Bowker (22-24)- Clinical
  Andrés Buxó-Lugo (23-25)- Cognitive
  Peter Pfordresher (22-24)- Cognitive
  Ken DeMarree (23-25)- Social
  Tim Pruitt (22-24)- Clinical/Teaching Faculty/Research Scientist
  Greg Loney (23-25)- Behavioral Neuroscience
Personnel Committee  
  Shira Gabriel (22-24)
  Joyce Lacy (22-24) Advisory
  Sandra Murray (23-25)
  Michael Poulin (23-25)
  Len Simms (23-25)
  Ann-Marie Torregrossa (22-24)
   
Graduate Studies Committee  
~Director of Graduate Studies and Chair Craig Colder
~Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
~1 Faculty representative each area  
   ~Behavioral Neuroscience Matthew Paul
   ~Clinical Becca Schwartz-Mette
   ~Cognitive Federica Bulgarelli
   ~Social Michael Poulin
~1 Student representative each area  
   ~Behavioral Neuroscience Stacy Moppert
   ~Clinical Emalee Kerr
   ~Cognitive Adwoa Ampiah-Bonney
   ~Social Veronica Schneider
Undergraduate Studies Committee:  
~Chair

Micheal Dent  

~Coordinator Undergraduate Studies Christa Greenberg
  Craig Colder (23-25)
  Paul Meyer (22-24) 
  Ericka Nus (22-24)
2 Graduate Student Representatives Bernard Pereda
  Veronica Schneider
2 Undergraduate Representatives Caleb Cudney
  Bibi Roksana
Equity and Inclusion Committee  
~Co-Chairs and Diversity Officer*

Kenneth DeMarree

Joyce Lacy*

Faculty Representatives Andrés Buxó-Lugo
  Paul Meyer
  Becca Schwartz-Mette
  Scott Wersinger
Graduate Student Representative TBA (Vacant)
Undergraduate Student Representatives TBA (Vacant)
Assessment Committee  
~Coordinator Ericka Nus
~Department Chair Jennifer Read
~Undergraduate Program Rep Micheal Dent
~Undergraduate Program Rep Christa Greenberg
~Graduate Program Rep Craig Colder
~Graduate Program Rep Mary Schnepf
  Carey Dowling
  Kimberly James
  Alexis Thompson
Awards and Recognition Committee  
  Federica Bulgarelli (22-24)- Cognitive
  Matt Paul (23-25)- Behavioral Neuroscience
  Mark Seery (23-25)- Social (Starting Spring 2024)
  Jamie Ostrov (23-25)- Clinical  (replacing John Roberts on Sabbatical)
  Sarah Taber-Thomas (22-24)- Clinical Faculty/Research Scientist
Grievance Committee  
Faculty Representatives Faculty representation consists of a subset of three members of the Personnel Committee 
~3 Elected Graduate Students

Calaudia Kuchan

 

Hanbyeol (Esther) Lee

  Sarah MacDougall
Alternates

Nicole Koefler and Stacy Moppert

~3 Elected Undergraduate Students Julia Luong
  Bianca Taylor
  Shania Walters

Research Participant Group Chair

 Shira Gabriel
Graduate Admissions Committee  
~Director of Graduate Studies and Chair Craig Colder
~Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
Elected by Clinical Area Becca Schwartz-Mette/Julie Bowker
Elected by BN Area Greg Loney
Elected by Cognitive Area Andrés Buxó-Lugo 
Elected by Social Area Shira Gabriel
Website Committee  
~Chair and Administrator Wendy Quinton
Director of Graduate Studies Craig Colder
Director of Undergraduate Studies Micheal Dent
Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies Christa Greenberg
Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
Psychology Graduate Student Association  
~President Nicole Koefler
~Vice President Gabriela Pascuzzi
~Treasurer Veronica Schneider
~Secretary Emalee Kerr
~APA Representative Nate Perdue
~Board Representatives Brittney Greene
  Sera Levy
  Nathaniel Zedomi
Undergraduate Psychology Association (UPA)  
~President Taylor Adams
~Vice President Athena Smith
~Treasurer Gwen Gominiak
~Secretary Alysse Rollins
~Social Media Coordinator Riley Godwin
~Volunteer Coordinator Joe Cook
~Advisor Christa Greenberg
Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology  
~President Alexis Dimitroff
~Vice President Lowell Santoro
~Secretary Trishani Sudanandan
~Social Media Voice and Graphic Designer Katie Kremer

~Community Service Coordinator

Samantha Treadway

~Faculty Advisor Joyce Lacy
Student Representative for VPUE Academic Integrity Adjudication Committee Bianca Taylor
CAS Decanal Representative  
~Undergraduate Faculty Representative Micheal Dent
~Undergraduate Student Representative Sukey Chin
~Graduate Faculty Representative Craig Colder
~Graduate Student Representative

Sarah MacDougall

2024-2025 College Ambassador Program       
  Kayla Bonilla
  Mario Liguori
  Caramia Michno
  Rowen Radel
  Lowell Santoro