Psychology at Baylor University

33 faculty and 0 courses in Psychology at Baylor University.

Faculty

• Christine A. Limbers, Graduate Program Director (Psy.D.), Professor h-index 41
  Notable: “How young can children reliably and validly self-report their health-related quality of life?: An analysis of 8,591 children across age subgroups with the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales” (2007) · 1,075 citations
• Masha Gartstein, Department Chair, Professor h-index 40
  Notable: “Studying infant temperament via the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire” (2003) · 1,349 citations
• Thomas A. Fergus, Associate Chair, Associate Professor h-index 40
  Relate to gaining a better understanding of anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He is also interested in examining variables that might span across psychological disorders, such as metacognitive beliefs. For more info
  Notable: “Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales” (2020) · 1,211 citations
• Wade C. Rowatt, Professor h-index 36
  And his B.A. in psychology and philosophy. Dr. Rowatt teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology, personality, and the psychology of religion. He enjoys running and basketball. Dr. Rowatt uses an apprenticeship model
  Notable: “Two Dimensions of Attachment to God and Their Relation to Affect, Religiosity, and Personality Constructs” (2002) · 448 citations
• Annie T. Ginty, Associate Professor h-index 34
  Notable: “The other side of the coin: Blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity are associated with negative health outcomes” (2013) · 273 citations
• Michael K. Scullin, Professor h-index 34
  Notable: “Sleep, Cognition, and Normal Aging” (2015) · 500 citations
• Michael E. Young, Vice Provost, Dean of Graduate School; Professor h-index 32
  Dr. Michael Young began his career as a computer scientist with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence, working for the Army Corps of Engineers, Procter & Gamble, and Hewlett-Packard. After switching to cognitive psychology for his
  Notable: “Experimental Verification of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterial Coupling and Energy Squeezing Using a Microwave Waveguide” (2008) · 756 citations
• Gary R. Elkins, Professor h-index 29
  Notable: “Advancing Research and Practice:The Revised APA Division 30 Definition of Hypnosis” (2014) · 394 citations
• Shawn J. Latendresse, Graduate Program Director (Ph.D.), Associate Professor h-index 27
  Notable: “Testosterone supplementation improves spatial and verbal memory in healthy older men” (2001) · 457 citations
• A. Alexander Beaujean, Professor h-index 26
  For the doctoral and master's programs. In addition, he contributed to the school psychology program and served as the program coordinator for two years, where he developed the program's doctoral specialization. Dr. Beaujean is a prolific s
  Notable: “Bifactor structure of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence—Fourth Edition.” (2013) · 144 citations
• Elisabeth G. Vichaya, Assistant Professor h-index 22
  Notable: “Cancer exosomes induce tumor innervation” (2018) · 301 citations
• Keith P. Sanford, Professor h-index 22
  Notable: “Other evidence for at least two alcoholisms II: Life course variation in antisociality and heterogeneity of alcoholic outcome” (1996) · 146 citations
• Sara L. Dolan, Associate Dean for Professional Development, Graduate School; Professor h-index 20
  Neuropsychological functioning and substance abuse treatment, as well as diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) . My research examines how neuropsychological dysfu
  Notable: “Decision-making deficits, linked to a dysfunctional ventromedial prefrontal cortex, revealed in alcohol and stimulant abusers” (2001) · 1,176 citations
• Charles A. Weaver III, Associate Dean for Sciences; Professor, Master Teacher h-index 18
  Notable: “Individual differences in metacognition: Evidence against a general metacognitive ability” (2000) · 253 citations
• Francesca Penner, Assistant Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Change in Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Majority Hispanic/Latinx US Sample” (2020) · 218 citations
• Danielle Ann Young, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 13
  Dr. Young’s graduate clinical training and coursework spanned across the lifespan. During internship and community work, Dr. Young specialized in working with children, adolescents, and young adults. Her research interests focus broadly on
  Notable: “Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults” (2015) · 49 citations
• Regina Hiraoka, Associate Psychology Clinic Director, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 12
  Dr. Hiraoka was clinically trained as a generalist, with clinical experiences across the lifespan, and later received specialization in treating PTSD. Her research interests focus on topics related to anxiety disorders and trauma. Represent
  Notable: “Self‐Compassion as a Prospective Predictor of PTSD Symptom Severity Among Trauma‐Exposed U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans” (2015) · 104 citations
• Karen K. Melton, Secondary Faculty h-index 11
  Notable: “Promoting Youth Physical Activity in Rural Southern Communities: Practitioner Perceptions of Environmental Opportunities and Barriers” (2014) · 52 citations
• Christopher Brett Jaeger, Secondary Faculty h-index 6
  Notable: “Predicting variation in endowment effect magnitudes” (2020) · 31 citations
• Alisha Wray, Psychology Clinic Director, Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Associate Professor
  Relate to creating/adapting, evaluating, and disseminating evidence based psychotherapies for justice-involved and Veteran populations. She also has interest in routine outcome monitoring and measurement based care. Representative Publicati
• Brittany Kuhn, Assistant Professor
  Interrogating the neurobiological states and genetic regulation of both vulnerability and resiliency to OUD, the latter of which remains understudied. She accomplishes this through several mechanisms utilizing both rat and mouse behavior
• Brittany Tausen, Secondary Faculty
• Hugh H. Riley, Senior Lecturer
• Jacques Nguyen, Assistant Professor
• Jean Philippe Bodet III, Lecturer
  Dr. Bodet’s expertise is in the neural substrates of language processing, bilingualism, language learning, and the use of virtual reality in learning. His interests lie in understanding how different teaching approaches and technologies aff
• Jo-Ann C. Tsang, Professor
  Social Psychology. Academic interests: Psychology of religion, prejudice, gratitude, forgiveness Teaching interests: Social Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Positive Psychology Representative Publications Tsang, J. (2021). (Un)special f
• Karenna Malavanti, Senior Lecturer, Faculty-in-Residence
  In applied cognition and human memory. She has three broad areas of scholarship, legal psychology (i.e., efficacy of juror instructions and expert testimony, eyewitness memory in bilinguals, optimal line-up procedures), applying cognitiv
• Meredith H. Palm, Psychology Advisor, Lecturer
• Nicole Phillips, Lecturer
  Cognitive Neuroscience. My research focuses on brain waves called alpha oscillations and how they support attention and memory processes. Representative Publications: Forner-Phillips, N.A ., Brown, J.E., Silck, B.M., & Ross, R.S. (2021
• Renee Michalski, Senior Lecturer
  Self-administered assessment instruments for PTSD and personal variables in the development of posttraumatic stress disorders; Effective teaching strategies in college courses Courses taught at Baylor PSY 1305 - Introduction to Psychology P
• Sarah A. Schnitker, Professor, Associate Vice Provost of Interdisciplinary Initiatives
• Shazarah Ari, Lecturer
• Tamara J. Lawrence, Undergraduate Program Director, Senior Lecturer
  Es on how people navigate unrequited love. In addition, Dr. Lawrence has interest in personality and media consumption, relationship initiation and maintenance, and women’s issues. Current Courses taught at Baylor PSY/NSC 1101 - New Student

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.