GSAPP Leadership
Dr. Daniel Hart
Dr. Daniel Hart, a University Professor and former Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Rutgers-Camden, has been appointed Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, effective September 1, 2024.
Research
My research focuses on adolescent development in context. One facet of this work examines the development of civic life, including political knowledge, volunteering, social trust, and activism. In a series of papers, my colleagues and I have explored the effects of neighborhood, social class, and historical time on the developmental trajectories of these components of civic life. My most recent book is Renewing Democracy in Young America, published by Oxford University Press.
I am also interested in the effects of different kinds of neighborhoods on personality and moral development. In this work, my colleagues and I trace the distinctive effects of neighborhood demographics–poverty, community age structure, segregation – on both configurations of personality traits within adolescents and on teenagers’ moral and antisocial behaviors.
Teaching
As a member of the Prevention Science Program, my teaching focuses on the implementation and evaluation of interventions, with a particular focus on those targeting young people.
Dr. Lara Delmolino Gatley
Lara Delmolino Gatley, PhD, is Associate Dean for Administration and Strategic Operations, Executive Director of Applied and Academic Autism Services, and a Clinical Professor at GSAPP; she also serves as the Executive Director of the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center. Dr. Delmolino earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate School-New Brunswick at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has over 20 years of experience instructing practitioners and working with people on the autism spectrum. She has presented at conferences and published books and journals on issues related to Applied Behavior Analysis and the treatment of autism.
Dr. Ryan Kettler
Ryan Kettler, PhD, NCSP, is Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs and Professor in the Department of School Psychology at Rutgers University–GSAPP. He has held leadership positions as the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for GSAPP and as the Assistant Director of Clinical Training for the School Psychology Program. Prior to joining Rutgers, Dr. Kettler was Coordinator of Data Services in the Learning Sciences Institute of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. He earned his doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Kettler’s research on data-based decision-making in education has been externally funded and yielded more than 80 publications. Active areas within this program include universal screening, inclusive assessment, and educator effectiveness. Dr. Kettler has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on eight grant projects, including three funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He is the author of Research Methodologies of School Psychology: Critical Skills, the lead editor of Universal Screening in Educational Settings: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Schools, and an Associate Editor for School Psychology International.
Dr. Linda Reddy
Linda Reddy, PhD, is Associate Dean of Research and a Professor in the Department of School Psychology at Rutgers-GSAPP.
Dr. Reddy has published over 100 articles and book chapters and six books on classroom assessment, coaching, ADHD, and measurement development and validation. Her work focuses on integrating assessments and interventions to improve school personnel practices related to student learning and behavior. Most recently, Dr. Reddy and her colleagues have been translating their assessments and coaching interventions into technology support tools for large-scale implementation. Her work has been funded by federal and private foundations (over 52 million).
She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and inducted member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. Dr. Reddy has held numerous national leadership roles including: 2014 President of APA Division 16 (School Psychology), member of the APA Board of Professional Affairs (2013-2016), Co-Chair of the APA Committee on Divisional/APA Relations (CODAPAR; 2008-2011), and appointed member to the APA Task Force for Violence Against Teachers (2008-2011). Dr. Reddy is a reviewer for over 10 refereed journals and book publishers, as well as the US and International grant agencies.
Dr. Reddy is a licensed psychologist in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and is a nationally certified school psychologist. She consults with state departments, investigators, school districts and test development companies.
Daniel Rice, M.Ed.
Dan has been a GSAPP employee for over eleven years, and joined the Dean’s Office after leading Answer, GSAPP’s national sex education center, for the past three years as their Executive Director. In his recent work, Dan has written professional development modules on cultural responsiveness and micro-aggressions for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of Adolescent School Health; facilitated racial and reproductive justice learning communities and served on the GSAPP diversity committee for Priority II: Promote Inclusive Teaching and Training, serving as the lead for the Professional Development team.
Dr. SungWoo Kahng
SungWoo Kahng is a professor, Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology, and director of academic programs in autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at GSAPP. Prior to his current position, he was an associate professor at the University of Missouri (MU), where he was also the chair of the Department of Health Psychology, the founding director of the MU Graduate Programs in applied behavior analysis, and director of the Applied Behavioral Intervention Service of the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Prior to moving to MU, he was a faculty member in the Department of Behavioral Psychology and a senior behavior analyst on the Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute as well as an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Timothy Cleary
Dr. Timothy J. Cleary is a professor and Chair of the Department of School Psychology at GSAPP. He earned his B.S. in Psychology from Manhattan College, his master's degree and professional certification in School Psychology from Queens College, and his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Dr. Cleary worked as a school psychologist during the first three years of his career. After serving as an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2004 to 2012, he joined the faculty at GSAPP in the Fall of 2012. Dr. Cleary devotes most of his time to conducting research on SRL and motivation-related intervention and assessment issues as well as emerging trends and professional issues among school-based practitioners and educators. He has secured several research grants to support his research initiatives and has consulted at a national and international level.
