Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
The Psychology department is a community of dedicated students, staff members, teachers, researchers, and mentors.
Clinical Faculty
Clinical psychologists study the assessment and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral phenomena.
Kristin Austin
- Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Psychologic Services Center
Sarah Bilsky
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Lee Cohen
- Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Psychology
Laura J Dixon
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Laura Drislane
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Laura Johnson
- Professor of Psychology
Aaron Lee
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Stefan Schulenberg
- Professor of Psychology, Director of Interdisciplinary Minor in Disaster Sciences and Director of the Clinical- Disaster Research Center
Todd Smitherman
- Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training
John Young
- Professor of Psychology
Experimental Faculty
Experimental psychologists study behavior, motive, or cognition in a laboratory or other controlled setting.
Jeff Bednark
- Instructional Assistant Professor of Psychology
Anna Kate Edgemon
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Andrew Hales
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Robert Hunt Jr
- Adjunct Research Professor
Kate Kellum
- Instructional Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Chair
Mervin Matthew
- Instructional Associate Professor of Psychology
Stephanie Miller
- Associate Professor of Psychology and Provost Faculty Research Scholar for Institutional Transformation
Erica O'Brien
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Nicolaas Prins
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Matthew Reysen
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Grace Rivera
- Assistant Professor of Psychology
Don Skinner
- Instructional Assistant Professor of Psychology
Carrie Smith
- Associate Professor of Psychology
Kenneth Sufka
- Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology, Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Stamps Impact Prize
Kurt Streeter
- Instructional Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Joseph Wellman
- Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Experimental Training
Staff
Megan Craven
- Operations Coordinator II
Kim Dunnavant
- Operations Coordinator
Matt Ward
- Operations Manager
Current Graduate Students
Our graduate students study human behavior, emotions, and mental processes to advance their understanding and contribute to the field through research and practical applications.
| Name | Practice | Research Group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Bishop | Clinical | Young | sbishop@go.olemiss.edu |
| Ky Bray | Clinical | Drislane | krbray@go.olemiss.edu |
| Rebekah Brown-Spivey | Clinical | Drislane | rjbrowns@go.olemiss.edu |
| Rachael Cavallaro | Experimental | Rivera | rcavalla@go.olemiss.edu |
| Madelyn Church | Experimental | Rivera | mhchurch@go.olemiss.edu |
| Heather Clark | Clinical | Dixon | hclark@go.olemiss.edu |
| Colter Clayton | Clinical | Lee | ckclayt1@go.olemiss.edu |
| Brianna Davis | Clinical | Drislane | ndavis4@go.olemiss.edu |
| Fatemeh Esfandiari | Experimental | Miller | fesfandi@go.olemiss.edu |
| Zoe Fischer | Experimental | Reysen | zfischer@go.olemiss.edu |
| Alexandra Freshley | Clinical | Dixon | amfreshl@go.olemiss.edu |
| Hannah Friedman | Clinical | Bilsky | hfriedma@go.olemiss.edu |
| Alejandro Garcia | Experimental | Rivera | agarci11@go.olemiss.edu |
| Caitlyn Geraci | Clinical | Johnson | cgeraci@go.olemiss.edu |
| Amanda Greene | Experimental | Miller | aegreen1@go.olemiss.edu |
| Brittany Hampton | Clinical | Schulenberg | bhampton@go.olemiss.edu |
| Morgan Harris | Experimental | Miller | meharr12@go.olemiss.edu |
| Kayce Hopper | Clinical | Bilsky | khopper1@go.olemiss.edu |
| Carolyn Humphrey | Clinical | Young | cehumphr@go.olemiss.edu |
| Yein Kim | Clinical | Schulenberg | ykim24@go.olemiss.edu |
| Hope Kirabo | Clinical | Johnson | hskirabo@go.olemiss.edu |
| Bianca Lewis Kirsch | Clinical | Lee | blewis3@go.olemiss.edu |
| Sophie Kollin | Clinical | Lee | skollin@go.olemiss.edu |
| Patric Leukel | Clinical | Lee | pjleukel@go.olemiss.edu |
| Maxwell Luber | Clinical | Bilsky | mluber@go.olemiss.edu |
| Katherine Lucas | Clinical | Schulenberg | klucas@go.olemiss.edu |
| Kaitlyn MacCharles | Clinical | Smitherman | krmaccha@go.olemiss.edu |
| Fara Fakour Manavi | Experimental | R. Smith | ffakour@go.olemiss.edu |
| Halle McCracken | Clinical | Smitherman | hmccrack@go.olemiss.edu |
| Victoria McCutcheon | Clinical | Schulenberg | vmccutc1@go.olemiss.edu |
| Sarah Mohammadi | Experimental | Hales | smohamm2@go.olemiss.edu |
| Sierra Molina | Clinical | Drislane | sgmolina@go.olemiss.edu |
| Angel Moore | Clinical | Young | aimoore2@go.olemiss.edu |
| Elijah Mudryk | Clinical | Johnson | epmudryk@go.olemiss.edu |
| Rhea Mundle | Clinical | Lee | rsmundle@go.olemiss.edu |
| Katherine Nesbitt | Clinical | Lee | knesbitt@go.olemiss.edu |
| Madeline Pruett | Clinical | Young | mpruett@go.olemiss.edu |
| Biju Rajbhandari | Experimental | Miller | brajbhan@go.olemiss.edu |
| Zeina Ramadan | Clinical | Johnson | zramadan@go.olemiss.edu |
| Gage O. Regier | Experimental | R. Smith | goregier@go.olemiss.edu |
| Brianna Richmond | Experimental | Wellman | brichmon@go.olemiss.edu |
| Jasmine Rios | Experimental | C. Smith | jwrios@go.olemiss.edu |
| Evan Rooney | Clinical | Young | erooney@go.olemiss.edu |
| Leila Sachner | Clinical | Bilsky | lsachner@go.olemiss.edu |
| McCall Schruff | Clinical | Young | maschruf@go.olemiss.edu |
| Joshua Semko | Clinical | Schulenberg | jsemko@go.olemiss.edu |
| Carey Sevier | Clinical | Dixon | cjsevier@go.olemiss.edu |
| Caitlin Shaw | Experimental | C. Smith | cshaw4@go.olemiss.edu |
| Anton Speaker | Experimental | Sabol | haspeake@go.olemiss.edu |
| Taylor Strange | Clinical | Gross | tstrange@go.olemiss.edu |
| Lauren Thaxter | Clinical | Smitherman | lythaxte@go.olemiss.edu |
| Cady Ujvari | Clinical | Schulenberg | cujvari@go.olemiss.edu |
| Nicole White | Clinical | Smitherman | nawhite3@go.olemiss.edu |
| Sydney Wicks | Experimental | Hales | swicks@go.olemiss.edu |
| Sarah Wilson | Clinical | Maack | srwilso2@go.olemiss.edu |
| Natasha Wood | Experimental | Hales | nwood2@go.olemiss.edu |
| Ana Clara Vieira Zaidan | Experimental | Wellman | avieira@go.olemiss.edu |