Dr. Matacin teaches courses in Health, Stress, and Gender Studies. She is the founder of Women for Change, a campus organization whose mission is to provide a space for education and support for women in regard to body image issues. Go
Dr. Jack Powell teaches a wide variety of courses: Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Honors Seminar, Dissertation Seminar, and History and Systems in Psychology. Go
Katherine Black is a developmental psychologist. She teaches courses in Infant and Child Development, Attachment Relationships, the Psychology of Gender, and Research Methods and Statistics. Go
Dr. Alice W. Cheng is a clinical psychologist who joined the faculty in 2011. Go
Dr. Christensen is a General Experimental Psychologist who teaches research, learning, cognitive, and motivational courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. She has scholarly interests in decision making in applied domains. Go
Dr. Clark is an Industrial/Organizational psychologist. Her research interests include occupational stress and workplace incivility. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. Go
Dr. Tony D. Crespi is a Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified School Psychologist, Certified School Counselor, and Nationally Certified School Psychologist, and is Board Certified in School Psychology (Diplomate Status). Go
Dr. Lourdes Portales Dale is a clinical child psychologist licensed in Connecticut. Her research is focused on emotion regulation, which she conceptualizes as having both a psychophysiological and temperamental component; particularly in infants. Go
Dr. DiCello has a background in mindfulness practice and acceptance and commitment therapy. Go
Dr. Sarah Ketay joined the faculty in 2012. She completed her PhD in Social and Health Psychology and was a postdoctoral fellow at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her research is focused on cultural psychology, social interactions and well-being. Go
Dr. Laframboise is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. Her research focuses on body image and eating disorders, with an emphasis on treatment, prevention, gender issues, and sexual issues. Go
Child Clinical Psychotherapy, Complexity and Chaos Theory Go
Specialties: Domestic violence; multicultural training and curricula development; gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues; ethics; forensics; cognitive-behavioral therapy; strategic therapy; brief therapy; research methodology and design; program evaluation. Go
Psychological assessment and diagnosis; cognitive-behavioral therapy, community treatment of serious mental illness; legal issues in mental health. Go
Dr. Milling is a clinical psychologist with specializations in child clinical and pediatric psychology. Dr. Milling teaches in personality psychology and abnormal psychology, as well as graduate courses in personality psychology and psychopathology of childhood. Go
Areas of expertise: Social science research methods, multivariate statistics, structural equation modeling. Go
Dr. Jessica Nicklin is associated with the MSOP program and teach courses in organizational psychology, research methods, and statistics. Go
Dr. Pidano’s area of interest is children and families. She teaches courses such as, Child Psychotherapy, and the Advanced Seminar in Systems Theory and Family Therapy; much of her research centers on pediatric primary care and behavioral health. Go
Dr. Politikos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Dr. Politikos’ doctoral training was completed at the University of Northern Colorado where she earned a degree in School Psychology. Go
Dr. Segool is interested in the presentation and impact of anxiety disorders on school-aged children. In particular, she has conducted research on the relationship between test anxiety and test performance on high-stakes educational assessments. Go
The bulk of Dr. Vivian's teaching responsibilities at the University of Hartford are methodological in nature and I teach to the full range of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students. Go
Dr. Wahl’s primary area of interest is in mental illness stigma and media depictions of mental illnesses. He also serves as a consultant to numerous mental health advocacy organizations. Go
Dr. Peter Weiss is a clinical psychologist who is currently a core faculty member in the Psy.D. program in clinical psychology at University of Hartford, where he teaches courses in psychological assessment, forensic psychology, and group psychotherapy. Go
