27 faculty and 38 courses in Psychology at Barnard College.
- Peter Balsam, Samuel R. Milbank Professor h-index 45
Notable: “The learning curve: Implications of a quantitative analysis” (2004) · 633 citations
- Colin Wayne Leach, Barbara Silver Horowitz Professor of Psychology & Africana Studies h-index 42
Notable: “Group-level self-definition and self-investment: A hierarchical (multicomponent) model of in-group identification.” (2008) · 1,791 citations
- Michael G. Wheaton, Associate Professor of Psychology h-index 38
Focus on the psychopathology and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and OCD-related disorders, with a particular emphasis on behavioral therapy. He is a licensed psychologist in New York State and teaches classes in abnormal p
Notable: “Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: Development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.” (2010) · 835 citations
- Erica Musser, Assistant Professor h-index 32
Es on the nature and clinical presentation of neurodevelopmental disabilities with a focus on ADHD, Autism, and related disabilities. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Musser is interested in improving understanding of these conditio
Notable: “The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network” (2018) · 390 citations
- Ann Senghas, Professor of Psychology; Director, Program in Cognitive Science h-index 26
Notable: “Children Creating Language: How Nicaraguan Sign Language Acquired a Spatial Grammar” (2001) · 788 citations
- Robert Remez, Professor of Psychology h-index 23
Notable: “Speech Perception Without Traditional Speech Cues” (1981) · 812 citations
- Lisa Son, Professor of Psychology h-index 22
Notable: “Metacognitive and control strategies in study-time allocation.” (2000) · 382 citations
- Alexandra Horowitz, Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Psychology h-index 21
Notable: “Naturalizing Anthropomorphism: Behavioral Prompts to Our Humanizing of Animals” (2007) · 170 citations
- Michelle Greene, Assistant Professor h-index 20
Notable: “Visual search in scenes involves selective and nonselective pathways” (2011) · 519 citations
- Koleen McCrink, Professor of Psychology h-index 20
Es on the development of spatial and numerical cognition from infancy through adulthood. She has been funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development via awards 1R15 HD77518-01A1, 1R15HD, and 1R15HD
Notable: “Large-Number Addition and Subtraction by 9-Month-Old Infants” (2004) · 483 citations
- Kathleen Taylor, Lecturer h-index 13
Notable: “Mediodorsal Thalamus Hypofunction Impairs Flexible Goal-Directed Behavior” (2014) · 153 citations
- Katherine Thorson, Assistant Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Measuring physiological influence in dyads: A guide to designing, implementing, and analyzing dyadic physiological studies.” (2017) · 107 citations
- Mariel Roberts, Lecturer in Psychology h-index 9
Notable: “Attention Reorients Periodically” (2016) · 133 citations
- Kate Turetsky, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 8
Notable: “Beyond students: how teacher psychology shapes educational inequality” (2021) · 92 citations
- Robert Brotherton, Lecturer h-index 7
Notable: “Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale” (2013) · 947 citations
- Susan Riemer Sacks, Professor of Psychology Emerita h-index 5
Notable: “Student to teacher: novel strategies for achieving the transition” (1984) · 12 citations
- Julia Sheehy, Adjunct Assistant Professor h-index 3
Notable: “Applying a Social Justice Framework to College Counseling Center Practice” (2003) · 37 citations
- Isabelle Portelinha, Term Lecturer h-index 2
Notable: “From marginal to mainstream: The role of perceived social norms in the rise of a far‐right movement” (2016) · 48 citations
- Armita Ghobadi, Lecturer h-index 1
Notable: “The Mediating Role of Self-Criticism in the Correlation Between Well-Being and Mental and Physical Vulnerability” (2018) · 1 citations
- Angelika Seidel, Term Lecturer
- Anna Shusterman, Professor of Psychology & Director of the Center for Toddler Development
- E'mett O. McCaskill, Lecturer (Neuroscience & Behavior, Psychology)
- Elisabeth Mah, Adjunct Associate
- Ken Light, Senior Lecturer (Neuroscience & Behavior, Psychology)
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- Rae Silver, Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural and Physical Sciences
- Svetlana Komissarouk, Term Lecturer
- Tara Well, Associate Professor of Psychology
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.