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 Ann-Marie Torregrossa
Clinical Area Head & Director of Clinical Training Rebecca Ashare
Associate Director of Clinical Training Rebecca Schwartz-Mette
Cognitive Area Head Micheal Dent
Social-Personality Area Head Mark Seery
Clinical/Teaching Faculty Representative Wendy Quinton
Coordinator of Research Advancement (CORA)
Larry Hawk
Department Senate  
  ~Department Faculty  
  ~4 Graduate Students Emily Hong
  Dakota Hughes
 

Sarah MacDougall

  Stacy Moppert
~4 Undergraduate Students

Zara Khan

  Jared Liu
  Ceci Rath
  Anna Yatteau
Policy and Planning Committee  
  Kim Chaney (24-26)- Social
  Ken DeMarree (23-25)- Social
  Peter Pfordresher (24-26)- Cognitive
  Greg Loney (23-25)- Behavioral Neuroscience
  Eduardo Mercado (24-26) - Behavioral Neuroscience
  Kathy Parks (24-26)- Clinical/Teaching Faculty/Research Scientist
  John Roberts (24-26)- Clinical
Personnel Committee  
  Micheal Dent (24-26)
  Sandra Murray (23-25)
  Lora Park (24-26)
  Michael Poulin (23-25)
  Rebecca Schwartz-Mette (24-26)
  Len Simms (23-25)
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 Jamie Ostrov
   ~Cognitive Federica Bulgarelli
   ~Social Lora Park
~1 Student representative each area  
   ~Behavioral Neuroscience Sydney David
   ~Clinical Berny Pereda
   ~Cognitive Logan Barrett
   ~Social Veronica Schneider
Undergraduate Studies Committee:  
~Chair

Micheal Dent  

~Coordinator Undergraduate Studies Christa Greenberg
  Kim Beede-James (24-26)
  Craig Colder (23-25)
  Shira Gabriel (24-26) 
2 Graduate Student Representatives Matthew Proy
  Devan Walter
2 Undergraduate Representatives Trinitra Antony
  Julia Luong
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 Representatives Chihiro Honda and Samantha Johnstone
Undergraduate Student Representatives Kayla Anderson and Salwa Nadeem
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
  Kimberly James
  Alexis Thompson
Awards and Recognition Committee  
  Federica Bulgarelli (24-26)- Cognitive
  Ericka Nus (24-26)- Clinical Faculty/Research Scientist
  Matt Paul (23-25)- Behavioral Neuroscience
  Jamie Ostrov (23-25)- Clinical 
  Mark Seery (23-25)- Social
  Alexis Thompson (24-26)- 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

Emalee Kerr

 

Nicole Koefler

  Sarah MacDougall
Alternates

Juliette Bichon and Nate Perdue

~3 Elected Undergraduate Students Beracah Aidoo-Andoh
  Daniel Chen
  Erin Lee

Research Participant Group (RPG) Chair

 Shira Gabriel
Research Participant Group (RPG) Coordinator Arthika Kandasamy
Graduate Admissions Committee  
~Director of Graduate Studies and Chair Craig Colder
~Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
Elected by Clinical Area Larry Hawk
Elected by BN Area Greg Loney
Elected by Cognitive Area Andrés Buxó-Lugo 
Elected by Social Area Rebecca Cipollina
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 Emalee Kerr
~Vice President Nate Perdue
~Treasurer Veronica Schneider
~Secretary Emalee Kerr
~APA Representative Sam Levy
~Board Representatives Emily Hong
  Esther Lee
  Marzieh Samimifar
Undergraduate Psychology Association (UPA)  
~President Taylor Adams
~Vice President Riley Godwin
~Treasurer Abdullah Alam
~Secretary Loise Allen Pador
~Social Media Coordinator Kaylee Demkovich
~Volunteer Coordinator Jaslyn Piacentino
~Advisor Christa Greenberg
Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology  
~President Katie Kremer
~Vice President Caleb Cudney
~Secretary Maanya Misra
~Social Media Voice and Graphic Designer Gabriella Filipski

~Community Service Coordinator

Amanda Fox

~Alumni Coordinator Leianni Byrd
~Faculty Advisor Joyce Lacy
Student Representative for VPUE Academic Integrity Adjudication Committee Jaslyn Piacentino
CAS Decanal Representatives for Grievance Pool  
~Undergraduate Faculty Representative Micheal Dent
~Undergraduate Student Representative Beracah Aidoo-Andoh
~Graduate Faculty Representative Craig Colder
~Graduate Student Representative

Nicole Koefler

2025-2026 College Ambassador Program       
  Kayla Bonilla
  Elizabeth Carlos
  Mario Ligouri
  Carly Profic