Core Clinical Faculty – Ph.D. Program
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Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD is Director of the Law Psychology Program. His research interests include mental health law, social science and law, professional ethics, and empirically-based social policy. Email: dnb24@drexel.edu |
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Douglas Chute, PhD Clinical Psychology specializes in clinical neuropsychology. His research interests include neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation; technological applications for the cognitively compromised and those with acquired brain injuries; and cognitive neuroscience in normal and educational environments. Email: chute@drexel.edu |
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David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, is Co-Director of the Law Psychology Program. His research interests include forensic mental health assessment, psychopathy, drug policy, and examining the use and misuse of psychological tests in forensic assessment contexts. Email: dsd25@drexel.edu |
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Evan M. Forman, PhD, is director of the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology, i.e., the Director of Clinical Training. His research interests include health-related behavior change especially related to problems of obesity and overeating, food cravings, cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based psychotherapies, psychotherapy mechanisms of action, and the development and evaluation of acceptance-based behavioral interventions for obesity and for anxiety disorders. Email: evan.forman@drexel.edu |
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Pamela A. Geller, PhD, is the Director of the Drexel Graduate Student Counseling Center on the Center City Hahnemann Campus. Her research interests include clinical and health psychology, psychiatric epidemiology, stressful life events and physical health consequences (particularly in the area of women’s reproductive health, i.e., pregnancy, pregnancy loss, postpartum), and medical education. Email: pg27@drexel.edu |
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Naomi E. Goldstein, PhD, specializes in forensic psychology. Her research interests include juvenile justice, forensic mental health assessment development, Miranda rights comprehension and false confessions, anger management and aggression reduction treatment, and intervention development and evaluation with female juvenile offenders. Email: neg23@drexel.edu |
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Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, is the Head of the Psychology Department. His research interests include forensic mental health assessment, violence risk assessment, risk management, and interventions to reduce risk. Email: kh33@drexel.edu |
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Felicia Hurewitz, PhD, specializes in applied cognitive and brain sciences. Her research interests include developmental psychology, sentence processing (online measures such as eyetracking), autism spectrum disorders (focusing on educational approaches and assistive technology), numerical cognition and dyscalculia, and computerized interventions for learning. Email: fdh23@drexel.edu |
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Jacqueline Kloss, PhD, specializes in health psychology. Her research interests include cognitive-behavioral management of insomnia, sleep disturbance among sub-populations (such as perimenopausal women and college students), motivational strategies for health behaviors, and the relationship between written emotional expression and health. Email: jdk29@drexel.edu |
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James D. Herbert, PhD, is the Director of the Social Anxiety Treatment Program. His research interests include anxiety disorders, cognitive behavior therapy )including acceptance and mindfulness-based interventions) and the role of empiricism in clinical psychology. Email: jh49@drexel.edu |
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Thomas Hewett, PhD, is the Director of the Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program at Drexel University. His research interests include the design and development of computing support for knowledge workers and the evaluation of software. Email: hewett@drexel.edu |
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John Kounios, PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist focusing on problem solving, and creativity; and on neuroplasticity and cognitive training. He uses electrophysiological methods (EEG, ERP, neurofeedback), and other behavioral and neuroimaging methods. Email: kounios@drexel.edu |
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Michael Lowe, PhD, researches the etiology, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders and obesity. He is also interested in the interactive effects of psychological variables (e.g., dietary restraint, impulsivity) and biological variables (e.g., hormone levels, brain activation) on appetite and body weight. Email: ml42@drexel.edu |
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Arthur M. Nezu, PhD, ABPP, Research interests include problem-solving therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy applications in clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine (e.g., cardiology, oncology). Additionally, he is interested in stress and coping; and depression assessment and treatment. He is the incoming editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Email: amn23@drexel.edu |
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Christine M. Nezu, PhD, ABPP, is the Director of the Masters in Psychology Program at Drexel University. Her research interests include cognitive behavior therapy, behavioral medicine, social/interpersonal problem solving, and personality disorders. Email: christine.nezu@drexel.edu |
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Maria Schultheis, PhD, specializes in clinical neuropsychology. Her research interests include rehabilitation (traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis); driving after disability; functionally relevant applications of technologies and research (e.g., driving, return to work, memory retraining); the use of virtual reality (VR) simulation; and functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neuroimaging. Email: schultheis@drexel.edu |
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Mary Spiers, PhD, specializes in clinical neuropsychology. Her research interests include neuropsychology and medical psychology, memory and practical applications for memory disorders in the elderly, and cognitive health of women. Email: spiersm@drexel.edu |
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J. Michael Williams, PhD, specializes in Clinical Neuropsychology. His research interests include cognitive neurosciences, clinical applications of fMRI, memory disorders, neuropsychological assessment, and cognitive rehabilitation. Email: mike.williams@drexel.edu |
