SBHS Faculty

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Photo	Name	Title	Areas of Expertise
	Chris Beasley, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Transitions from prison to college; community-based participatory action research methods; community organizing.
	Kima Cargill, Ph.D.	Professor
	Leighann Chaffee, M.A.	Associate Teaching Professor	Biopsychology of eating, neuroscience, food studies, pedagogy and development of introductory psychology, development of instructional resources.
	Andrew Franks	Part-Time Lecturer
	Rachel Hershberg, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Impacts of U.S detention and deportation policies on families; transnational family processes; community-based and participatory research methods; adolescent and young adult development; developmental and community psychology.
	Natalie Jolly, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Sociology of Reproduction, cultural experiences of childbirth, Amish women and midwifery, ethnographic methodology, qualitative research, gender norms.
	Hyoung Suk Lee, Ph.D.	Associate Professor and SBHS Division Chair
	Maeve O'Donnell, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor
	Nita McKinley, Ph.D.	Emeritus Associate Professor	Gender and gender role development across the lifespan.
	Lauren Montgomery, Ph.D.	Emeritus Teaching Professor	Developmental psychology, psychology and the arts, human relationships and clinical psychology, the evolution of consciousness, intersection of human development, technology and the natural world, experiential and community engaged learning.
	Luke Perone, Ph.D.	Associate Teaching Professor	Imaginative play and improvisational theater for life-span learning/development and community building; adult education; life-span human development; sociocultural theory.
	Stephen Ross, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Eyewitness testimony; psychology and law; actual innocence/wrongful convictions; investigative interviewing; evidence-based policing
	Amanda Sesko, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Social psychology; stereotyping, prejudice, and social judgment; intersectionality; invisibility; perceptions of Alaska Natives and American Indians
	Carolyn West, Ph.D.	Professor	Domestic violence; sexual assault; sexualized media; African American studies
	Jenny (Yi) Xiao, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Experimental social psychology; social identity and perception; intergroup relations; racial biases in policing; implicit attitudes and prejudice
	Jonah Li, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Counseling psychology; positive psychology such as character strengths, meaning and purpose in life; humanistic-existential psychology; mental health in Asian American and multicultural groups
	Julia Dancis, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Community psychology; developmental science; youth-led participatory action research; antiracist & LGBTQ+ affirming education; qualitative methods
	Sara Eccleston, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Community Psychology; Intersection of Race, Religion, and Community Organizing; Feminist, Decolonial, and Community Based Research Methods