Psychology at Baylor University

33 faculty and 0 courses in Psychology at Baylor University.

Faculty

• Masha Gartstein, Department Chair, Professor h-index 40
• 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
• 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
• Charles A. Weaver III, Associate Dean for Sciences; Professor, Master Teacher h-index 35
• 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
• Gary R. Elkins, Professor h-index 29
• Shawn J. Latendresse, Graduate Program Director (Ph.D.), Associate Professor h-index 27
• 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
• Elisabeth G. Vichaya, Assistant Professor h-index 22
• Keith P. Sanford, Professor h-index 22
• Jacques Nguyen, Assistant Professor h-index 17
• Karen K. Melton, Secondary Faculty h-index 11
• Sara L. Dolan, Associate Dean for Professional Development, Graduate School; Professor h-index 4
  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
• 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
• Annie T. Ginty, Associate Professor
• 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
• Christine A. Limbers, Graduate Program Director (Psy.D.), Professor
• Christopher Brett Jaeger, Secondary Faculty
• Danielle Ann Young, Clinical Assistant Professor
  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
• Francesca Penner, Assistant Professor
• Hugh H. Riley, Senior Lecturer
• 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
• Michael K. Scullin, Professor
• 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
• Regina Hiraoka, Associate Psychology Clinic Director, Clinical Assistant Professor
  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
• 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 2026-07-01.