Karen Chambers (Chair)
Associate Professor of Psychology

• B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo
• M.S. Kent State University
• Ph.D. Kent State University

Areas of Interest: Memory and eyewitness memory, in particular, psychology and the law, and currently working on a project about the media influences/determines the perception of natural disaster survivors.

Email: kchambers@saintmarys.edu

Susan Latham
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Communicative Disorders

• B.A. Saint Mary's College
• M.A. Michigan State University
• Ph.D. Michigan State University

Areas of Interest: Speech and language intervention for individuals on the Autism Spectrum, family centered care/parent training in early intervention, early language and literacy development, aural rehabilitation with hearing impaired population.

Email: slatham@saintmarys.edu

Thomas Parisi
Professor of Psychology

• B.S. Union College
• M.A. New York University
• Ph.D. University of Rochester

Areas of Interest: Biological psychology, history and philosophy of science, psychology and the humanities, Freud, Dante.

Email: tparisi@saintmarys.edu

Catherine Pittman
Associate Professor of Psychology

• B.S. Central Michigan University
• Ph.D. Northern Illinois University

Areas of Interest: Psychotherapy & rehabilitation, brain injury, neuropsychology, anxiety disorders, recovery from sexual assault and other trauma.

Email: cpittman@saintmarys.edu

Gwen Pursell
Assistant Professor of Psychology

• B.A. University of Delaware
• M.A. University of Richmond
• Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University

Areas of Interests: Child and adolescent peer relations and socioemotional development.

Email: gpursell@saintmarys.edu

Bettina Spencer
Assistant Professor of Psychology

• B.A. Eugene Lang College
• M.A. The New School for Social Research
• Ph.D. The New School for Social Research

Areas of Interest: Stereotyping and prejudice, stereotype threat, perceptions of low-income individuals, rape myths and rape blame, dehumanization and violence.

Email: bspencer@saintmarys.edu

Rebecca Stoddart
Professor of Psychology

• B.A. The Pennsylvania State University
• M.A. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
• Ph.D. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Areas of Interest: Communicative and social skill development, attention deficit disorder in adolescents, college women's majors and career interests, writing and teaching pedagogy.

Email: stoddart@saintmarys.edu

Rhonda Tomenko
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Communicative Disorders

• B.S. & B.A.  Andrews University
• Ph.D. James Madison University

Areas of Interest: Humanitarian Audiology, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Cochlear Implants.

Email: rtomenko@saintmarys.edu

Beth O'Conner
Lecturer,  Psychology and Communicative Disorders

• B.A. University of Chicago
• M.A. University of California at Berkeley
• Ph.D. University of Notre Dame (in progress)

Areas of Interest: authentic and meaningful early childhood assessment, resilience as a developmental construct, challenging behavior and emotion regulation in early childhood, infant and toddler toys and product development.

Email: oconnor@saintmarys.edu