30 faculty and 40 courses in Psychology at University of Vermont.
- Betsy Hoza, Bishop Joyce Chair of Human Development Professor h-index 83
Notable: “The Development and Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale” (1997) · 1,229 citations
- Matthew Price, George W. Albee Green & Gold Professor h-index 42
Mental health, trauma, traumatic stress, PTSD, digital health, social media, digital interventions, psychology. BIO My research focuses on creating innovative strategies to expand the reach of clinical care for victims of traumatic ev
Notable: “mHealth: A Mechanism to Deliver More Accessible, More Effective Mental Health Care” (2013) · 543 citations
- Sayamwong Hammack, Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program; Professor h-index 38
Involve understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of stress, emotion and resilience. I use a variety of techniques to investigate these mechanisms, which include assessing conditioned and unconditioned fear and anxiety, pharmacological m
Notable: “Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor” (2011) · 806 citations
- Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Professor h-index 36
Notable: “The development and validation of the state and trait food-cravings questionnaires” (2000) · 484 citations
- John Green, Professor h-index 31
In the neurobiology of learning and memory. I am interested in both the neural and the psychological mechanisms underlying learned behaviors. My work uses rodent models, combined with Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning and behavior
Notable: “Radiation-induced small bowel disease: latest developments and clinical guidance” (2013) · 220 citations
- Dianna Murray-Close, Robert B. Lawson Green and Gold Professor h-index 30
Es on gender differences in children and adolescents' social development, with an emphasis on the development of aggressive behavior. Specifically, my work explores forms of aggression more relatively common among girls and boys (i.e., rela
Notable: “Borderline personality features in childhood: A short-term longitudinal study” (2005) · 425 citations
- Donna Toufexis, Professor, Director of Undergraduate Neuroscience Program h-index 29
Notable: “Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis versus the amygdala in fear, stress, and anxiety” (2003) · 851 citations
- Elizabeth Pinel, Professor h-index 28
Notable: “Immune neglect: A source of durability bias in affective forecasting.” (1998) · 1,197 citations
- Kelly Rohan, Heinz and Rowena Ansbacher Green and Gold Professor h-index 25
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. BIO My primary research interests are the psychopathology and treatment of adult mood disorders, including: cognitive-behavioral models of depression onset, mai
Notable: “A Longitudinal Study of Depression, Fatigue, and Sleep Disturbances as a Symptom Cluster in Women With Breast Cancer” (2014) · 164 citations
- Travis P. Todd, Associate Professor, Director of Master's Programs h-index 24
Notable: “Renewal after the extinction of free operant behavior” (2011) · 284 citations
- Shari Steinman, Associate Professor h-index 23
Notable: “Psychometric Properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and Its Short Forms in Adults With Emotional Disorders” (2018) · 453 citations
- Keith Burt, Associate Professor h-index 21
Center on the interplay of normal and abnormal development, especially across adolescence and the transition to young adult life. I am specifically interested in relations between competence (e.g., academic success, social relationships, an
Notable: “Developmental Cascades: Linking Academic Achievement and Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms Over 20 Years.” (2005) · 1,149 citations
- Jamie Abaied, Professor; Chair h-index 21
Notable: “Why is Past Depression the Best Predictor of Future Depression? Stress Generation as a Mechanism of Depression Continuity in Girls” (2009) · 126 citations
- Eric Thrailkill, Assistant Professor h-index 18
Es on basic mechanisms of learning and behavioral regulation that are related to public health issues, such as substance abuse, obesity, and anxiety disorders. Specific areas of interest include habit learning, decision making, and behavior
Notable: “Contextual control of instrumental actions and habits.” (2014) · 171 citations
- Allison Anacker, Senior Lecturer h-index 17
Genetics underlying behavior, especially how they lead to individual differences; social behavior; addiction; interactions between social relationships and alcohol drinking; autism spectrum disorder. BIO My current research interests are re
Notable: “The serotonin system in autism spectrum disorder: From biomarker to animal models” (2015) · 529 citations
- Erin Shoulberg, Clinical Associate Professor h-index 15
Es on identifying factors that have the potential to promote young children’s school readiness and mental health. My current work explores the impact of our Kiddie CATs on the Move physical activity intervention on preschoolers’ development
Notable: “Pilot Physical Activity Intervention Reduces Severity of ADHD Symptoms in Young Children” (2011) · 176 citations
- Amy Hughes Lansing, Associate Professor h-index 15
In designing and testing programs, systems, and behavioral interventions that help kids, teens, and their families facing health challenges get access to the holistic healthcare they want and need to live joyful and fulfilling lives. Dr.
Notable: “Topical Review: Adolescent Self-Regulation as a Foundation for Chronic Illness Self-Management” (2014) · 85 citations
- Alexis Brieant, Assistant Professor h-index 15
Youth mental health, brain development, psychology, resilience, stressors, risks. BIO My program of research examines how adversity and social determinants of health shape neurodevelopment and mental health across childhood and adolescence.
Notable: “Associations among negative life events, changes in cortico-limbic connectivity, and psychopathology in the ABCD Study” (2021) · 71 citations
- Nicole Breslend, Senior Lecturer h-index 14
Notable: “Psychophysiology of proactive and reactive relational aggression” (2017) · 62 citations
- Sue Fenstermacher, Senior Lecturer h-index 8
Include: Examining associations among different modes of social learning (spontaneous and elicited imitation/emulation) and how variability in these behaviors relates to broader socio-cognitive development. Identifying contextual factors th
Notable: “Infant‐directed media: an analysis of product information and claims” (2010) · 87 citations
- Danielle Fournier, Lecturer h-index 8
Notable: “Retrosplenial cortex and its role in cue-specific learning and memory” (2019) · 112 citations
- Lauren Dewey, Clinical Assistant Professor, Lecturer h-index 7
Notable: “Health Promotion in Primary Care Pediatrics” (2019) · 64 citations
- Judith Christensen, Senior Lecturer h-index 6
Ed on program evaluation design and assessment to monitor the effectiveness of the programs at Woodside, ensure that all aspects of cognitive-behavioral therapy methods and materials were evidence-based, and make necessary improvements base
Notable: “Health-related quality of life measured by the UW-QoL—reference values from a general dental practice” (2005) · 72 citations
- Helen Wood, Clinical Associate Professor h-index 5
Focus on experiences commonly described as psychosis. I value collaboration with people with lived experience expertise, including students, to improve service provision and understanding of experiences, or phenomenology, of psychosis. I st
Notable: “Developing models of how cognitive improvements change functioning: Mediation, moderation and moderated mediation” (2012) · 64 citations
- Lawrence Rudiger, Senior Lecturer h-index 2
Notable: “A Twin Study of Inattentive, Aggressive, and Anxious/Depressed Behaviors” (2000) · 157 citations
- Ann Nordmeyer, Senior Lecturer
Ed on how children and adults learn and process logical language. I completed my PhD at Stanford University in 2016, where I worked with Michael Frank in the Language and Cognition Lab studying how children learn and understand logical word
- Kathleen Kennedy, Clinical Associate Professor, Director
- Lamont Stanley Bryant, Henderson Harris Postdoctoral Fellow
Queer Black youth, young adults, identity development, intrafamily dynamics, and adjustment to adulthood. BIO My research explores how cultural, social, and ecological contexts shape the healthy identity development of queer Black youth, yo
- Lisa Cepeda, Lecturer, Clinician
- Shamila Lekka, Senior Lecturer
Ed on: 1) identifying predictors of maternal and paternal sensitivity with an emphasis on parents’ emotional responses to infant cues; 2) examining the intergenerational transmission of fathers’ parenting practices with an emphasis on ident
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.