Full-time Faculty


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Tyronn J. Bell, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, 2003

Multicultural counseling and therapy; African American mistrust issues; adjustment issues for African American students attending predominantly white universities; interracial relationships; rehabilitation counseling.
tbell@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Bell


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Jill Booker, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, 1992

Autobiographical memory; cognitive psychology.
jbooker@uindy.edu


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David L. Downing, Psy.D., ABPP, HSPP
Director of Graduate Programs and Professor
Wright State University, 1985; Center for Psychoanalytic Study - Chicago, 1994

Certified psychoanalyst; psychoanalytical treatment of severe psychopathology; psychoanalytical analyses of art, film, literature; psycho-diagnostic assessment; professional identity development.
ddowning@uindy.edu


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William D. Essman, Ph.D.
MA Program Coordinator

University of Michigan, 1989

Health psychology; behavioral pharmacology; psychotherapy; smoking cessation; substance abuse counseling.
wessman@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Essman


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Joseph E. Hansel, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Training
University of Kentucky, 2006

Clinical supervision and training; quantitative research methodology; cognitive-behavioral treatment of trauma; treatment of self-injurious behaviors; positive psychology.
hanselj@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Hansel


Jacqueline L. Hess, Psy.D., HSPP
Wright State University, 1993

Mind-body interactions in chronic pain; stress management; rehabilitation counseling; depressive disorders; PTSD; dissociative and psychotic disorders.
jhess@uindy.edu


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Rick Holigrocki, Ph.D., HSPP
Associate Dean

University of Windsor, 1996

Parent-child interaction assessment; projective assessment; clinical child psychology; developmental psychopathology; psychodynamically informed assessment and treatment; constructivism.
rholigrocki@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Holigrocki


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Margaret Ann Keaton, Psy.D.
Director of Student Services

University of Indianapolis, 2006

Forensic psychology; forensic psycho diagnostic assessment; conduct disorder and personality disorders; juvenile delinquency; cognitive-behavioral therapy; ethnography.
keatonma@uindy.edu


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E. John McIlvried, Ph.D., HSPP
Associate Provost and Dean of the School of Psychological Sciences
University of Akron, 1982

Depression and mood disorders; schizophrenia; clinical gerontology; cognitive processes and intellectual functioning in the aged; graduate training and professional development.
jmcilvried@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. McIlvried


Neil Perdue, Ph.D.
Indiana University, 2009

School engagement and disengagement, effects of peers during development, parental influences on pro-social development, career development, developmental periods of late childhood through middle adulthood.
perduen@uindy.edu


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Michalis Poulakis, Psy.D.
Athens Campus Academic Liaison
Director of the Office of Hellenic Studies

University of Indianapolis 2002

Multicultural issues and diversity; addictions and binge drinking; interracial relationships; eating disorders and body image issues; elderly immigrants; cyberspace psychology.
poulakism@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Poulakis


Christine Raches, Psy.D., HSPP
University of Indianapolis 2002

Infant and toddler mental health; neurodevelopmental disorders; family and play therapy; autism spectrum disorders; developmental disorders; early intervention.
craches@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Raches


Martha Simcox, Ph.D.
Indiana University, 1980

Assessment of children and adolescents for common disorders; interest in aging and development of older individuals
msimcox@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Simcox


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Nicole M. Taylor, Ph.D., HSPP
Psychological Services Center Director
University of Toledo, 1999

Coping and illness; religion and psychology; women's issues; cognitive-behavioral therapy.
ntaylor@uindy.edu


Jacqueline Remondet Wall, Ph.D., HSPP
Director of Undergraduate Programs
University of Tulsa, 1989; Illinois Institute of Technology, 1995

Rehabilitation psychology; outcome evaluation; industrial psychology; clinical geropsychology.
jwall@uindy.edu


Debbie M. Warman, Ph.D., HSPP
University of Memphis, 2001

Cognitive-behavioral therapy; schizophrenia; reasoning and decision-making by individuals with psychosis; psychosocial treatments for the severely mentally ill.
dwarman@uindy.edu

Read the graduate newsletter article about Dr. Warman


Additional faculty for the School of Psychological Sciences