40 faculty and 40 courses in Psychology at North Carolina State University.
- Jing Feng, Professor h-index 62
- Thomas Hess, Emeritus Distinguished Professor h-index 47
- Amy Halberstadt, Professor h-index 40
- Chang S. Nam, Professor h-index 31
- Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Professor h-index 31
Focus on social-cognitive development, in particular moral and social development. She conducts research examining theory of mind, social exclusion, and group dynamics, including when children challenge peer group norms. Her work focuses on
- Shevaun Neupert, Professor h-index 30
- Christopher Mayhorn, Department Head and Professor h-index 30
Everyday memory, decision-making, human-computer interaction, safety and risk communication. He has received external funding for his research from several government organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the North
- Lynne Baker-Ward, Professor h-index 29
Dr. Baker-Ward’s research, conducted with members of the Memory and Narrative Development (M&ND) Laboratory, examines the dynamic systems through which individuals develop capabilities in interpreting, remembering, and sharing significa
- Jason Allaire, Associate Professor h-index 29
- Mary Haskett, Emeritus Professor h-index 26
Dr. Haskett conducts research related to college students’ food insecurity and homelessness. She co-founded the NC State Steering Committee on Student Food and Housing Security. See the summary of 2017 data collected by Dr. Haskett
- William Erchul, Emeritus Professor h-index 25
School Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked for the Human Interaction Research Institute in Los Angeles and has been a consultant to school systems, public agencies, and private businesses. Dr. Erchul is a Fellow
- John Begeny, Professor h-index 24
- Daniel Gruehn, Associate Professor h-index 23
Es primarily on socio-emotional functioning and emotion-cognition interactions in adulthood and old age. – Development of emotion across the adult lifespan Does the nature of emotions change as we age? Is an emotion such as sadness or
- Scott Stage, Associate Professor h-index 22
That included a wide-range of topics pertinent to school-aged children and adolescents at-risk for exposure to excessive disciplinary practices, social alienation, segregated school education, unreliable or invalid assessment practices, and
- Anne McLaughlin, Professor h-index 21
- Lori Hoggard, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Es on racism as a chronic psychosocial stressor that heightens African Americans’ risk for physical (e.g., cardiovascular disease; dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system) and mental (e.g., depression and anxiety) health concerns. She
- S. Bartholomew Craig, Associate Professor h-index 14
- Aura Mishra, Assistant Professor h-index 12
Es on biopsychosocial contexts and mechanisms linking life-course adversity to health and behavioral problems. Please visit lab website for information on joining the lab: &nbs
- Yingchen He, Assistant Professor h-index 11
- Jason Frydman, Associate Professor h-index 8
Extend to school mental health and beyond, including the role of the arts in school-based mental health intervention, trauma-informed programming in schools, adolescent mental health literacy promotion, and summer camp mental health. He is
- Breanne Wylie, Assistant Professor h-index 7
- Colleen Patton, Assistant Professor h-index 5
. She now directs the CHAT Lab at NCSU, where the research is focused on human-automation interaction, specifically surrounding perceptions and decisions of human operators in using automation. As automation, artificial intelligence and mac
- Sydney Reichin, Assistant Professor h-index 4
- Kristen Mahony-Atallah, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Es on designing and implementing strengths-based, positive psychology–informed interventions that promote well-being across educational systems. Her work emphasizes Tier 2 supports that integrate academic engagement, student mental health
- Whitney Griffin, Assistant Clinical Professor h-index 1
- Adam Meade, Professor
- Anna Behler, Associate Teaching Professor
- Dana Kotter-Gruehn, Teaching Professor and Director of Advising
On psychosocial development in adulthood. Dr. Kotter-Gruehn is committed to fostering students’ academic, cognitive, and personal growth through advising, mentorship, and teaching. She is involved in course, curriculum, and program developm
- Denis Gray, Emeritus Professor
Es on science and technology policy issues, particularly the outcomes and implications of cooperative research centers. For the past twenty-five years he has led a unique, multi-faceted ‘improvement-focused’ evaluation of the National Scien
- Doug Gillan, Emeritus Professor
Focus broadly on the interaction between humans and technology. He has investigated issues in human-computer interaction and human-robot interaction. Much of his research has centered around the cognitive and perceptual processes that under
- Isaac Woods, Assistant Professor
Es on the assessment of Black students and non-discriminatory assessment; the advancement of social justice by school-based professionals for the purpose of achieving equitable outcomes through consultation/collaboration; increasing diversi
- Jeff Braden, Professor Emeritus
Lie primarily in enhancing the robustness of published research in school psychology, the intended and unintended consequences of assessment, deafness and cognition, assessment of cognitive abilities in students with disabilities, and preve
- Jennifer Burnette, Professor
- Katharine Stewart, Emeritus Professor
- Lori Foster, Professor
- Marisa Lytle, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Michelle Russell, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Natalie Murr, Associate Clinical Professor
- Tim Michaelis, Assistant Professor
- Vanessa Volpe, Associate Professor
Black communities, stress and coping, psychophysiology, online contexts and technology, social media, strengths/protective factors, cardiovascular risk, health behaviors. Website Research Publ
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.