Faculty
Candice Alfano, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston
Etiology, Risk and Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders, Sleep-wake Processes
and the Development of Emotion Dysregulation, Underlying Mechanisms of Effective Behavioral
Interventions
Julia Babcock, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
Domestic Violence, Psychophysiology and Observation of Couples' Interactions, Couples'
Therapy, Efficacy of Domestic Violence Interventions
Johanna Bick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Early Adversity and the Developing Brain, Early Childhood Neurodevelopment, Childhood
Maltreatment, Parental Responsiveness, Early Prevention and Intervention
Paul T. Cirino, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Developmental Neuropsychology Lab
Associate Director of Clinical Training
Developmental Neuropsychology, Math and Reading Learning Difficulties and Disabilities,
Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Functions, Measurement and Methodology
Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., ABPP
Research Professor
Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities, Pediatric Brain Injury
Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Professor
Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics
Resilience to and Treatment of Adult Anxiety Disorders and PTSD, Mechanisms of Change
of CBT, Positive Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Elena L. Grigorenko, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Luis D. Medina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cultural Neuropsychology, Cognitive Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Alzheimer鈥檚
Disease and Related Dementias, Health Disparities
Chelsea Ratcliff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions, particularly for individuals with
medical conditions, Increasing access to mental health interventions, Risk and protective
factors related to mental health and quality of life in the context of medical treatment
Carla Sharp, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab
Amanda C. Venta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of the Youth and Family Studies Lab
John P. Vincent, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Forensic Psychology Services and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
Forensic Psychology, Psychotherapy, Marriage-Family
Rheeda L. Walker, Ph.D.
Professor
Culture, Risk, and Resilience Lab, Director
Michael W. Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Measurement and Intervention for Neuropsychological Disorders (MIND) Laboratory, Director
Steven Paul Woods, Psy.D.
Professor
Director of Cognitive Neuropsychology of Daily Life Laboratory
Director of Clinical Training
Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology
Michael J. Zvolensky, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor
Director of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory / Substance Use Treatment Clinic
Anxiety Disorders, Substance Use, and Health Behaviors