Faculty / Staff Directory
Professor, Clinical Emeritus Faculty Professor
Findings from Dr. Bry's ongoing studies of risk and protective factors have supported the development, evaluation, and dissemination of her manualized preventive intervention-- the school-based Achievement Mentoring Program. Because the program has been designated by the U.S. Department of... read more
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology. Associate Director, CYSEW
The inaugural CYSEW Associate Director is Dr. Germán A. Cadenas, an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). Dr. Cadenas identifies as an immigrant from Latin America and his academic work is community-based, with... read more
Email: gc794@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Nicole M. Cain is an associate professor at GSAPP. Previously, she was an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Long Island University–Brooklyn. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at New... read more
Office: Psychology, A225
Email: nicole.cain@rutgers.edu
Director of Finance, B.M.I.
Professor Emeritus, Applied Faculty
Cary Cherniss is a core faculty member in the APA/NASP approved School Psychology program. He studies the role of emotional intelligence in the workplace and is the author of Promoting Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (ASTD Press) and The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace (Jossey-Bass).... read more
Email: cherniss@rutgers.edu
Program Coordinator II, Innovation and Corporate Relations
Professor, Clinical Psychology, Director, Youth Anxiety and Depression Clinic
Brian C. Chu, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He is a recent recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Young Investigator Award to support development of behavioral... read more
Website: Youth Anxiety and Depression Clinic
Professor, Core Faculty, Department Chair, School Psychology
Dr. Timothy J. Cleary is a professor and Chair of the Department of School Psychology in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University. He earned his B.S. in Psychology from Manhattan College, his master's degree and professional certification in School... read more
Assistant Teaching Professor and Practicum Coordinator, School Psychology Department
Dr. Sheva Cohen-Weiss is an assistant teaching professor and coordinator for practicum in the Department of School Psychology at GSAPP. Dr. Cohen-Weiss earned her doctorate in School Psychology at Rutgers GSAPP and completed her postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Brigham and Boston... read more
Email: sheva.cohen@rutgers.edu
Former Dean of GSAPP, Distinguished Professor
Francine Conway, an award-winning scholar and clinical psychologist recognized for her work in child psychopathology, is a distinguished professor and serves as the Dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick since 2016. In addition to... read more
Email: francine.conway@rutgers.edu
Senior Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dan has been a GSAPP employee for eleven years, and has 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... read more
Office: 888-239-9686
Email: drice@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Unit Computing Specialist
Program Coordinator-Clinical Psychology Department
Business Manager, Business Office
Senior Vice Provost for Research, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Director, Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies (CAS), Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies, Distinguished Professor
Denise Hien, Ph.D., ABPP, is the Director of CAS, and the Helen E. Chaney Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies. She also serves as the Senior Vice Provost for Research for Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and was the former Interim Dean of Rutgers-GSAPP. Recognized as a leader in the field of post-... read more
Office: Dean's Office
Professor, Chair, Department of Applied Psychology, Director of Academic Programs in Autism and ABA, Co-Director of Research, Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services
SungWoo Kahng is a professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Rutgers University and director of academic programs in autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA(. Prior to his current position, he was an associate professor at the University of Missouri (MU), where he was also the chair... read more
Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, and Director of the GSAPP Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness (CYSEW)
Joshua M. Langberg, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the GSAPP Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness (CYSEW). Dr. Langberg joined Rutgers in 2022 after working at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he was the Associate Director of... read more
Email: jl3079@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Executive Director, Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Applied Psychology Department
Christopher J. Manente, PhD, BCBA, is the Founding Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS) and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). Dr. Manente's previous roles included... read more
Phone: 848-445-3973
Answer Executive Director
Alison McKee, M.Ed. (she/her) is an accomplished sexuality educator with over 15 years leadership experience in both the higher education and non-profit sectors. Alison earned her undergraduate degree in Women’s Studies at Temple University, and her Master of... read more
Director, Center for Psychological Services
Dr. Kelly Moore is a clinical psychologist licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the Director of the Center for Psychological Services (CPS) at GSAPP. Prior to joining GSAPP in December 2020, she worked at Rutgers UBHC as the Principal Investigator... read more
Office: 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Email: kmoore3@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Assistant Director, Center for Psychological Services, Director, The Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Office: 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 848-445-3906
Email: anquinn@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Professor, Core Faculty, Department Chair, Clinical Psychology
I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington where I studied borderline personality disorder and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for more than five years under the mentorship of Dr. Marsha Linehan. I completed my predoctoral clinical internship at the Boston... read more
Website: http://dbt.rutgers.edu
Assistant Teaching Professor , Director, Master of Applied Psychology (MAP), Department of Applied Psychology
Deirdre M. Waters is an assistant teaching professor and Director of the Master of Applied Psychology program at GSAPP. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from The University of Denver's GSPP, a master's degree from Montclair... read more
Office: Nelson D322
Email: dw585@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Associate Professor, Clinical Core Faculty
Shalonda Kelly's primary research foci are couples and racial and cultural issues, which she has investigated in the contexts of normal families, therapy, and substance abuse settings. She studies couples prevention, assessment, and therapy. She is involved in the understanding and measurement... read more
Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, and Director of the GSAPP Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness (CYSEW)
Joshua M. Langberg, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the GSAPP Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness (CYSEW). Dr. Langberg joined Rutgers in 2022 after working at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he was the Associate Director of... read more
Email: jl3079@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Stephanie Lyon is an assistant professor of clinical practice at GSAPP working primarily in the ADHD and child behavioral disorders specialty training clinic, investigating mentalization-based treatment for children. Dr. Lyon earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Derner... read more
Phone: 848-932-5908
Email: stephanie.lyon@rutgers.edu
Visiting Professor Emerita, Clinical Visiting Faculty
Nancy McWilliams is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (1994), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide (2004), all with Guilford Press, and is Associate Editor of the forthcoming... read more
Email: nancymcw@aol.com
Distinguished Professor, Clinical Emeritus Faculty, Professor Emeritus
Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, is former Dean (2001-2016) of GSAPP and former Chair of its Clinical Psychology Department (1993-2001). He earned his MA and PhD at Harvard University. A past president (2018) of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy... read more
Phone: 848-445-2323
Email: smesser@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Linda Oshin is an Assistant Professor at GSAPP. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Yale Department of Psychiatry and her postdoctoral fellowship at GSAPP. Her program of research focuses on the social... read more
Email: linda.oshin@rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Kristen E. Riley is an Assistant Professor at GSAPP. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a certificate in health psychology is from the University of Connecticut, and completed a health psychology internship at the Miami VA Medical Center and postdoctoral fellowship in cancer... read more
Professor, Core Faculty, Department Chair, Clinical Psychology
I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington where I studied borderline personality disorder and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for more than five years under the mentorship of Dr. Marsha Linehan. I completed my predoctoral clinical internship at the Boston... read more
Website: http://dbt.rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor, Clinical Department & Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology and the Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies (CAS) at Rutgers. I am also an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the... read more
Distinguished Professor, Clinical Core Faculty
Louis Sass, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied... read more
Professor, Core Faculty
Since Dr. Anne Gregory joined the faculty at Rutgers, she has been dedicated to making advances in her areas of research on school discipline. Disparities in out-of-school suspension and expulsion by race, gender, and... read more
Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program
Dr. Adam Lekwa is an Assistant Professor in the School Psychology and MTSS programs in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University. Formerly a practicing school psychologist and instructional services coordinator in Minnesota, Dr. Lekwa’s research... read more
Associate Professor, School Psychology Department
Dr. Nadeem earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed her postdoctoral research in the UCLA/RAND Health Services Research... read more
Office: Nelson, D313
Email: erum.nadeem@rutgers.edu
Associate Professor, Core Faculty, School Psychology Program
Dr. Shernoff earned her PhD in School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. Prior to coming to Rutgers, she was a Research Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry (2006-2013) at the Institute for Juvenile... read more
Associate Professor, Director, The Rutgers Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education
Dr. Shernoff is Associate Professor of School Psychology, and Director of the Rutgers Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education(CMSCE). The mission of the CMSCE is to improve STEM education in New Jersey and beyond through research and... read more
Phone: 630-418-0162
Email: david.shernoff@rutgers.edu
Associate Professor, School Psychology Department
Joanna Lee Williams earned her master’s degree in human development from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Temple University. As a developmental psychologist, her primary interest is the... read more
Office: Nelson, D
Associate Teaching Professor Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP), Director of Graduate Student Training Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center (DDDC)
Robert W. Isenhower, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an associate teaching professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He earned his doctorate in experimental psychology at the University of Connecticut in 2010. He currently serves as the Director of Graduate... read more
Professor, Chair, Department of Applied Psychology, Director of Academic Programs in Autism and ABA, Co-Director of Research, Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services
SungWoo Kahng is a professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Rutgers University and director of academic programs in autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA(. Prior to his current position, he was an associate professor at the University of Missouri (MU), where he was also the chair... read more
Clinical Professor, Director of Behavioral Services, DDDC and RCAAS
Robert H. LaRue, Ph.D., BCBA-D is a Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He earned a dual doctorate in biological and school psychology from Louisiana State University in 2002. He completed his predoctoral internship with the... read more
Phone: 848-932-4500
Email: larue@rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Applied Psychology
Preston Lindsay, Ph.D. is an American organizational psychologist and organization development science-practitioner. His practice... read more
Email: pl609@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Executive Director, Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Applied Psychology Department
Christopher J. Manente, PhD, BCBA, is the Founding Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS) and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). Dr. Manente's previous roles included... read more
Phone: 848-445-3973
Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Applied Psychology
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Email: thor.mann@rutgers.edu
Research Analyst & Statistician
Anthony Pawlak is a research analyst and statistician for the behavioral and psychophysiology laboratory of Dr. Marsha E. Bates at the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies (CAS) at Rutgers University. He graduated cum laude from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA with a BA... read more
Professor, Department of Applied Psychology
Cathleen C. Piazza, PhD received her PhD from Tulane University and completed a predoctoral... read more
Email: cp945@gsapp.rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Applied Psychology
Dr. Elena Tamanas Ragusa, President and Founder of Drive Evaluation Studio, is an organizational and community psychologist. As a... read more
Phone: 848-445-7317
Email: elena.ragusa@rutgers.edu
Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Karen Skean's primary professional interests include clinical training and supervision; short-term dynamic psychotherapy, couples psychotherapy, philosophy and psychology; psychodynamic and integrative psychotherapy. In addition to teaching and supervising students at GSAPP, she maintains a... read more