21 faculty and 44 courses in Psychology at Marquette University.
- John Grych, Professor h-index 50
Focus on understanding factors that promote resilience in children and adolescents exposed to chronic stress, trauma, and discrimination. We are particularly interested in families and schools as contexts for healthy developm
Notable: “Marital conflict and children's adjustment: A cognitive-contextual framework.” (1990) · 1,738 citations
- Kristy Nielson, Professor h-index 45
Dr. Nielson's research interests include cognition, psychobiology and neuropsychology, specifically related to memory, attention, aging, dementia, and neuroimaging. She studies how aging affects memory, how to predict Alzheimer’s disease us
Notable: “Differences in the functional neuroanatomy of inhibitory control across the adult life span.” (2002) · 344 citations
- Stephen Guastello, Professor h-index 37
Fall into several areas. The largest concerns nonlinear dynamics (chaos, complexity, and catastrophe theories, and related principles) and their applications to work motivation, work performance and turnover, occupational safety and health
Notable: “Do we really know how well our occupational accident prevention programs work?” (1993) · 165 citations
- Tiffany Kodak, Associate Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis h-index 33
Dr. Kodak’s research focuses on early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder and includes increasing the efficiency of academic instruction, acquisition of verbal behavior, computer-assisted instruction, treatment integrity
Notable: “Autism Spectrum Disorder” (2020) · 213 citations
- Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Assistant Chair and Professor h-index 29
Dr. Van Hecke’s specialty is developmental psychology and neuroscience, with an emphasis on social development across the lifespan. Dr. Van Hecke is interested in brain activity, heart rate regulation, social behavior, and mental health in
Notable: “Parent and Family Impact of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review and Proposed Model for Intervention Evaluation” (2012) · 942 citations
- Debra Oswald, Professor h-index 27
Dr. Oswald applies social psychology theories to understand a number of social issues ranging from stereotyping, prejudice, and relationships. Currently, her primary research interest focuses on gender issues and how women’s’ experience wit
Notable: “Understanding how people process health information: A comparison of tailored and nontailored weight-loss materials.” (1999) · 276 citations
- Jacklynn Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor h-index 26
Trained as a behavioral neuroscientist, Dr. Fitzgerald’s research translates what we know about how the brain generates and regulates emotions to better understand the emergence of emotion dysregulation in clinical populations, notably anxi
Notable: “Critical Care Nurse Burnout, Moral Distress, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A United States Survey” (2022) · 213 citations
- Alyson Gerdes, Professor h-index 25
For 20 years, Dr. Gerdes’ clinical and research interests centered around childhood ADHD and Latino mental health disparities. Her research involved both basic and applied work that served to inform and guide clinicians when treating childh
Notable: “What Aspects of Peer Relationships Are Impaired in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?” (2005) · 607 citations
- Jeffrey Tiger, Associate Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis h-index 25
My research is focused on developing and refining behavioral interventions that are efficient, result in robust behavioral change, generalize across environments, and are preferred by the clients who experience them and the caregivers who i
Notable: “Functional Communication Training: A Review and Practical Guide” (2008) · 528 citations
- Lucas Torres, Chair and Professor h-index 21
Focus on issues of mental health disparities or the psychological difficulties experienced by members of underrepresented groups. He was recently awarded the Marquette University Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award and is a
Notable: “Racial Microaggressions and Psychological Functioning Among Highly Achieving African-Americans: A Mixed-Methods Approach” (2010) · 343 citations
- James Hoelzle, Associate Professor h-index 19
Notable: “Acute elevation of serum inflammatory markers predicts symptom recovery after concussion” (2019) · 92 citations
- Ed de St. Aubin, Associate Professor h-index 17
Trained broadly in Life Span Human Development, Dr. de St. Aubin has several intellectual interests. The one thread that weaves through most of his scholarship concerns the meaning making process as this evolves over time and
Notable: “A theory of generativity and its assessment through self-report, behavioral acts, and narrative themes in autobiography.” (1992) · 1,257 citations
- Michael Wierzbicki, Associate Professor h-index 16
Depression, the empirical examination of clinical methods, cognitive-behavioral treatment, depression in adults, assumptions of clinical psychology, the scientist-practitioner training model, faking on the MCMI, psychopathology in adoptees
Notable: “A meta-analysis of psychotherapy dropout.” (1993) · 1,084 citations
- Astrida Kaugars, Professor h-index 16
Child and family adaptation and adjustment to children’s chronic illness Socioemotional processes in children and families Her approach to research represents an integration of child development, pediatric psychology, and developmental psy
Notable: “Family Influences on Pediatric Asthma” (2004) · 218 citations
- Nakia Gordon, Associate Professor h-index 15
Emotions are critical for human survival. They are ingrained in our physiology, cognition, and action patterns. Our lab investigates how emotion and its regulation influence the ways individuals navigate their worlds. We not only study how
Notable: “Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Modulation of Pain by Mindfulness Meditation” (2011) · 637 citations
- Kimberly D'Anna-Hernandez, Associate Professor h-index 15
Behavioral neuroscience. I completed my predoctoral work in Animal Behavior/Neuroscience with a minor in Chiccano/Latino studies at Michigan State University, doctoral training in behavioral neuroscience at University of Wisconsin-Madiso
Notable: “Hair cortisol levels as a retrospective marker of hypothalamic–pituitary axis activity throughout pregnancy: Comparison to salivary cortisol” (2011) · 348 citations
- Lindsay Holly, Assistant Professor h-index 9
Even though effective mental health treatments exist, many children and adolescents still have trouble getting the care they need. This is especially true for youth from minoritized racial and ethnic communities, who often face higher risks
Notable: “Evidence-Base Update for Parenting Stress Measures in Clinical Samples” (2019) · 187 citations
- Carole Hetzel, Teaching Associate Professor
Dr. Hetzel’s research interests include the study of gender, gender identity, and sexual orientations, specifically how public perception and social policies can drive marginalization based on demographic intersectionality. Dr. Hetzel’s res
- Kevin Mohawk, Teaching Assistant Professor
Es on memory processes such as reconsolidation and false memories. At Marquette she teaches classes such as research methods, cognition, and learning and memory. Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty & Staff Directory Faculty Research F
- Kimberly Norden, Associate Teaching Professor
- Tracy Walters, Teaching Assistant Professor
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.