Emeritus Faculty
Michael Berzonsky, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Faculty/Staff
Psychology Department Faculty/Staff
Irene Strasser
Title(s):
- Department Chair
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Vienna
- Publications
- Research interests : Dr. Strasser's research spans Lifespan Development, with a focus on adult development and aging, Cultural Psychology, decolonizing psychology, and the politics of care and care work. Her methodological interests lie in qualitative inquiry and mixed methods research. She currently serves as the Communications Chair and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, a section of Division 5 of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Katherine Bonafide
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University (2015); APPIC Pre-doctoral Clinical Internship, SUNY Upstate Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (2015); M.S., Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University (2012); M.A., Counseling Psychology, Boston College (2008); B.S., Psychology, Lehigh University (2006)
- Publications
- Teaching Interests: I primarily teach elective courses in the area of clinical and counseling psychology. I also enjoy teaching and developing courses in clinical health psychology that provide experiential learning opportunities for students. Courses regularly taught: Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, Orientation to Clinical Professions in Psychology, Applying Research Methods in Psychology
- Research Interests: My research broadly focuses on health promotion and disease prevention. I have primarily focused on sexual risk reduction among adolescents and young adults. My work in that area has spanned HPV vaccine acceptance and uptake, parent-child sex communication, and most recently, a mixed methods investigation of emerging adult communication about sex-related topics as associated with sexual health outcomes. My current area of investigation explores socio-emotional correlates of COVID-19 exposure.
Megan Boyle (she/her)
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Ph.D. in Disability Disciplines, Utah State University; M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Organizational Behavior Management, Florida Institute of Technology; B.S. in Psychology, Western Michigan University
- Research interests: I'm interested in improving human behavior across a variety of contexts. I research severe challenging behavior of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities, including elopement (bolting and wandering). I also research indirect effects of interventions, including the fact that sometimes behavior worsens in unchanged contexts (behavioral contrast). I have interests in sustainability, especially those concerning responsible and effective pest control. I also have interests in improving humans' relationships with their companion animals, particularly cats.
- Certification: Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral
Elizabeth Carter
Title(s):
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Raymond D. Collings
Title(s):
- Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Brief Biography: After receiving a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of California in Riverside, completing a post-doctoral fellowship through the M.I.N.D. Institute at the University of California in Davis, and teaching at the California State University in Fullerton, I arrived here at SUNY Cortland in the fall of 2002. I primarily teach courses related to Cognitive and Developmental Psychology. The primary focus of my early research was related to attention, attention problems, and how we might improve our attention and cognition in daily life. For the last nine years, I have studied how all this relates to college students' academic success and psychological well-being. I have authored scholarly papers related to these areas, as well as quantitative methodology, I have also conducted multiple studies and authored several internal reports for on-campus stakeholders related to the adjustment of our students.
Andrew R. Craig
Title(s):
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Elaine M DeRado
Title(s):
- Administrative Assistant 1
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: : B.A., Sociology, SUNY Potsdam
Kaitlin M. Flannery
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Connecticut (2017); M.A., Psychology, University of Connecticut (2014); B.S., Psychology, University of Delaware (2012)
- Research Interests: Dr. Flannery's research focuses on social and emotional development in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Specifically, her research focuses on characteristics of adolescent friendships, the experience of friendship dissolution, and social media use among adolescents and emerging adults. Dr. Flannery's work is primarily quantitative, with a focus on statistical methodology.
- Publications
- Teaching Interests: Dr. Flannery teaches courses within the Developmental Psychology domain (Child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Advanced Developmental Psychology), as well as foundation courses in Psychology (Introductory Psychology, Statistical Methods, Research Methods, Applying Research Methods in Psychology). She earned a certificate in college instruction from the University of Connecticut in 2017.
Bridget O. Hier
Title(s):
- Psychology in Schools Minor Program Coordinator
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Devereux Center for Effective Schools (2014-15); APPIC Internship, Devereux Center for Effective Schools (2013-14); Ph.D., School Psychology, Syracuse University (2014); M.S., Psychology, Syracuse University (2012) ; B.A., Psychology, North Carolina State University (2009)
- Certifications: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA); School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Facilitator at Tier I (Pennsylvania)
- Research Interests: Dr. Hier’s research focuses on developing effective, efficient instructional practices to improve children’s academic outcomes. Through her applied research, she works to identify practices that can be used preventatively within the general education setting to promote lasting, generalized improvements in children’s writing skills. Dr. Hier is particularly interested in using experimental methods to better understand behavioral models of skill development.
- Publications
- Dr. Hier's Research Lab - Research in Interventions Targeting Educational Success
- Teaching and Clinical Interests: Dr. Hier teaches courses in school psychology, applied behavior analysis, and research methods. Clinically, she specializes in working with schools to provide behavioral and academic services within a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework. At the individual student level, Dr. Hier has expertise in functional behavioral assessment and behavior intervention planning.
Professor Kimberly S Jackson (she, her hers)
Title(s):
- Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
David A Kilpatrick
Title(s):
- Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Karen Lister
Title(s):
- Forensic Psychology Minor Program Coordinator
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education:: Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology, Sam Houston State University; Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology, Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Teaching Interests: : Dr. Lister primarily teaches courses related to her specialization in forensic psychology and developed the department's minor in forensic psychology as well as courses related to this specialty. Courses regularly taught: Forensic Psychology, The Psychology of Criminal Behavior, The Psychology of Violence and Victimization, Seminar in Forensic Psychology, and Applying Research Methods in Psychology
- Research Interests:: Dr. Lister's research focuses on the media portrayal of psychopathy, how popular media frames mass shootings and intimate partner violence as well as the forensic evaluation of malingering. Dr. Lister's supervision of student research has also included an examination of how radicalization models relate to online fandom communities.
John Lombardo
Title(s):
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Dr. Kim Nguyen-Nalpas (she, her, hers)
Title(s):
- Visiting Scholar
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Educational Background: Ph.D. Critical Social Personality Psychology, City University of New York (2025); M.Ph. CUNY, 2022; M.A. Human Development & Social Intervention, New York University, 2014; B.S., Loyola University Chicago, 2009
- Research Interests: Dr. Nguyen-Nalpas’s research focuses on increasing refugees' and immigrants’ agency and resistance to oppressive structural forces. Her research interests are in gender studies (particularly masculinity), complex systems, political war trauma, and decolonizing healing practices. Kim is interested in the different ways in which economic and political forces shape human development. Kim’s previous research involved Afghan refugee women’s adaptation to living in the U.S. and how Vietnamese refugee mothers increased agency. As a former child refugee, Kim has particular insight into issues of identity, race, gender, class, and migration. Kim has developed and facilitated numerous workshops and lectures exploring the origins and interconnectivity of racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and classism. At the core, Dr. Nguyen-Nalpas’s work is aimed at exploring issues of power.
- Teaching Interests: Dr. Nguyen-Nalpas regularly teaches courses tackling issues related to race, gender, and sexuality. She also enjoys teaching courses related to immigration and genocide.
Dr. Michie L Odle
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Judith A Ouellette
Title(s):
- Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Joshua A Peck
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Teaching Interest: Applying Research Methods in Psychology – Learning – Behavioral Neuroscience – Psychopharmacology – Statistical Methods
- Educational Background: CUNY- The Graduate Center- Psychology: Ph. D. (2014) Queens College - Psychology: M.S. (2012) State University of New York at Cortland - B.S. (2007)
- Scholarly Interest: Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying the relapse of drug-taking and drug-seeking.
Jeffery N. Swartwood
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Katherine H. Trotter
Title(s):
- Adjunct Lecturer
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Alexandra L Vizgaitis
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Education: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Binghamton University (SUNY); APPIC Predoctoral Clinical Internship, Syracuse VA Medical Center; M.S., Psychology, Binghamton University (SUNY); B.A., Psychology, Nazareth College
- Research interests: My research focuses on personality pathology and maladaptive personality traits. Very broadly, my research aims to contribute to the big-picture question of how we can more accurately define, identify, and understand personality pathology. I study how various intrapersonal and interpersonal processes are associated with personality pathology.
- Publications
Xiaoye Xu
Title(s):
- Assistant Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department
Additional Info:
- Research Interests: Dr. Xu's research focuses on children’s development in the dynamic family system (e.g., parenting behaviors, family environment). Specifically, her research focuses on the development of children’s self-regulation, outcomes of self-regulation (e.g., prosocial behavior, psychopathology), and how family system could have bidirectional relations with these children’s behaviors. Dr. Xu's work is primarily quantitative, with a focus on different types of statistical methodologies.
- Education: Ph.D., Family and Human Development, Arizona State University; M.A., Social Psychology, San Francisco State University; B.A., Psychology, Smith College
Haiyan Zhang
Title(s):
- Associate Professor
Department(s):
- Psychology Department