Meet the Faculty
![Dr. Michael Figuccio](/faculty/images/figuccm.jpg)
Dr. Michael Figuccio
Chair
![Dr. Marya Howell-Carter](/faculty/images/carterm.jpg)
Dr. Marya Howell-Carter
First Year Experience Coordinator
Research interests: Biracial identity; Mindfulness; Anxiety (test, GAD, performance, social); Sleep and Sleep Problems; Student Advisement and Academic Success; Women's Issues; and Problems Related to Race and Discrimination.
![Dr. Jennifer Gonder](/faculty/images/gonderj.jpg)
Dr. Jennifer Gonder
Program Director
Research interests: Consumer Psychology, Performance Management, Pedagogical Research
![Dr. Michael Goodstone](/faculty/images/goodstms.jpg)
Dr. Michael Goodstone
Professor
![Dr. Marla Jorgensen](/arts-sciences/psy/images/jorgensen_marla.jpg)
Dr. Marla Jorgensen
Chair of LAS/Associate Professor of Psychology
Research interests: Children's moral reasoning, Parental fairness and domain theory, Parental lying and moral reasoning, Divorce and child outcomes (ie, parental bonding, relationship styles), Academic achievement and student advising.
![Dr. Sy Islam](/arts-sciences/psy/images/islam_sayeed.jpg)
Dr. Sy Islam
Associate Professor
Research interests: Cybervetting, social media usage in selection, college student experience and its effect on academic citizenship behaviors, text analysis, training and development
![Dr. Barbara Pezzanite](/images/placeholder/meet-the-team/meet-the-team-placeholder-4.png)
Dr. Barbara Pezzanite
Visiting Assistant Professor
![Dr. Kathryn Hauschild](/arts-sciences/psy/images/nhauschk.jpg)
Dr. Kathryn Hauschild
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Face and Object Processing; Categorization; Implicit Learning; Language Acquisition; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Eye-Tracking; EEG/ERP
![Dr. MaryBeth Apriceno](/arts-sciences/psy/images/marybeth_apriceno-web.jpg)
Dr. MaryBeth Apriceno
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Meta-analysis of ageism reduction programs, descriptive study of mental health of first year college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, correlational study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes toward older adults/ageism
![Dr. Brianna Gonzalez](/images/placeholder/meet-the-team/meet-the-team-placeholder-4.png)
Dr. Brianna Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
![Bindu Annie Dulock M.A.](/images/placeholder/meet-the-team/meet-the-team-placeholder-4.png)
Bindu Annie Dulock M.A.
Lecturer
Research Interests: Marital Conflict/Divorce and Child Functioning, Cognitive Restructuring, Stoicism and Anxiety, Personal Growth Initiative and Locus of Control
![David Brocker M.A.](/arts-sciences/psy/images/brocker-david.jpg)
David Brocker M.A.
Lecturer
Research Interests: Person Perception, Impression Formation, Creepiness and Morbid Curiosity, Attractiveness Bias, Morality and Emotion
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