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 Scott Wersinger
Coordinator of Research Advancement (CORA)
Larry Hawk
Department Senate  
  ~Department Faculty  
  ~4 Graduate Students Adwoa Ampiah-Bonney
  Sarah MacDougall
 

Matthew Proy

  TBD
~4 Undergraduate Students

Beracah Aidoo-Andoh

  Joe DeAngelis
  Anaya Gorbea
  Morgan Mazgajewski
Policy and Planning Committee  
  Behavioral Neuroscience: Gregory Loney (25-27) 
  Clinical: Len Simms (25-27) 
  Cognitive: Federica Bulgarelli (25-27) 
  Cognitive: Ilan Dinstein (26-28) 
  Social: Shira Gabriel (26-28) 
  Social: Michael Poulin (25-27)
  Clinical/Teaching Faculty/Research Scientist: Joyce Lacy (26-28) 
Personnel Committee  
  Full Professor: Rebecca Ashare (26-28)
  Full Professor: Shira Gabriel (25-27)
  Full Professor: Mark Seery (26-28)
  Associate Professor: Matthew Paul (25-27)
  Associate Professor: John Roberts (26-28)
  Clinical/Teaching Full Professor: Wendy Quinton (25-27)
   
Graduate Studies Committee  
~Director of Graduate Studies and Chair Craig Colder
~Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
~1 Faculty representative each area  
   ~Behavioral Neuroscience Greg Loney
   ~Clinical Julie Bowker
   ~Cognitive Ilan Dinstein
   ~Social Sandra Murray
~1 Student representative each area  
   ~Behavioral Neuroscience Sydney David
   ~Clinical Emalee Kerr
   ~Cognitive Giselle Yao
   ~Social Izilda Pereira-Jorge
Undergraduate Studies Committee:  
~Chair

Micheal Dent  

~Coordinator Undergraduate Studies Christa Greenberg
  Ericka Nus (25-27)
  Michael Poulin (26-28)
  Mark Seery (25-27)
2 Graduate Student Representatives  Adwoa Ampiah-Bonney
  Yang (Oceana) Di
2 Undergraduate Representatives Maddy Flory
  Krisha Gandhi
Equity and Inclusion Committee  
~Co-Chairs and Diversity Officer*

Kim Chaney

Joyce Lacy*

Faculty Representatives Andrés Buxó-Lugo
  Ken DeMarree
  Rebecca Schwartz-Mette
  Matthew Paul
  Scott Wersinger
Graduate Student Representatives Corey Allred
  Logan Barrett
Undergraduate Student Representatives Beracah Aidoo-Andoh 
  Salwa Nadeem
  Marissa Osei
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
~Clinical/Teaching Faculty Alexis Thompson
~Clinical/Teaching Faculty Scott Wersinger
Awards and Recognition Committee  
  Behavioral Neuroscience: Greg Loney (26-28)
  Clinical: Jamie Ostrov (25-27) 
  Cognitive: Andrés Buxó-Lugo (26-28) 
  Social: Mark Seery (25-27) 
  Clinical/Teaching Faculty/Research Scientist: Tim Pruitt (25-27) 
Grievance Committee  
Faculty Representatives Faculty representation consists of a subset of three members of the Personnel Committee 
~3 Elected Graduate Students

Sarah MacDougall

 

Esther Lee

  Marzieh Samimifar
Alternates

Logan Barrett

  Samantha Johnstone
~3 Elected Undergraduate Students Morgan Greenaway Davis
  Anmoldeep Kaur
  Pembe Koloko

Research Participant Group (RPG) Chair

 Shira Gabriel
Research Participant Group (RPG) Coordinator Gabriella Filipski
Graduate Admissions Committee  
~Director of Graduate Studies and Chair Craig Colder
~Assistant for Academics Mary Schnepf
Elected by BN Area Matthew Paul
Elected by Clinical Area Hollen Reischer
Elected by Cognitive Area Andrés Buxó-Lugo 
Elected by Social Area Michael Poulin
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 Marzieh Samimifar
~Vice President Esther Lee
~Treasurer Ashlan Hubbard
~Secretary Emily Hong
~APA Representative Juliette Bichon
~Board Representatives Yang (Oceana) Di
  Ally Fuchs
  James Kennedy
  Pia Montenegro
Undergraduate Psychology Association (UPA)  
~President Iyahna Garcia
~Vice President Haley Perpignand
~Secretary Kayla Moorehead
~Treasurer Endya Alvarez
~Volunteer Coordinator  Jenna Vanderwerf
~Social Media Coordinator Tasnim Jahan Tisha
~Advisor Christa Greenberg
Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology  
~President Liv Bylewski
~Vice President Taylor Hurrie
~Secretary Lauren Graham
~Social Media Voice and Graphic Designer Julianna Schieder

~Community Service Coordinator

Sanjay Raj Gunaravi

~Faculty Advisor Joyce Lacy
Student Representative for VPUE Academic Integrity Adjudication Committee  
~Undergraduate Student Representative Maiya Doohan
~Graduate Student Representative Sarah MacDougall
CAS Decanal Representatives for Grievance Pool  
~Undergraduate Faculty Representative Micheal Dent
~Undergraduate Student Representative Maiya Doohan
~Graduate Faculty Representative Craig Colder
~Graduate Student Representative

Sarah MacDougall

2026-2027 College Ambassador Program       
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