Faculty and Staff The faculty and staff bring the combined expertise and experience of faculty in psychology, education and human services to the institute. Faculty has both academic and applied credentials and experience. The staff has many years of experience serving the needs of professional educators and counselors, adult and nontraditional students. ADMINISTRATION
FACULTY PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Full-Time Faculty 2007—2008 Nathan H. Azrin, Ph.D., ABPP , Harvard University, professor. Conduct disorder; oppositional defiant disorder (ODD); youth; drug addiction; behavior therapy; depression; marital and couple counseling; muscular tics; self‑injurious behavior; vocational counseling and placement; alcoholism; retardation; rehabilitation of the brain injured; insomnia. Stephen N. Campbell, Ph.D., Howard University , associate professor. Psychology of social change; dual diagnosed; program design and consultation; conduct disorder. Ralph E. (Gene) Cash, Ph.D., NCSP, New York University, associate professor. School psychology; psychoeducational assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; depression; suicide prevention; individual, marital, and group psychotherapy; forensics, including child custody, wrongful death effects, and disability; stress management; psychology and public policy. Christian DeLucia , Ph.D., Arizona State University , assistant professor. Emergence of problem behaviors during adolescence, with a particular emphasis on adolescent substance use and abuse; statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data; and methodological issues relevant for the design and analysis of psychosocial interventions. Frank A. DePiano, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, vice president for academic affairs, university professor and founding dean. Maintains appointments with the Health Professions Division, the Criminal Justice Institute (Chair of CJI), the Center for Psychological Studies, and the President’s Office. Current responsibilities include the development of university-wide academic review and the administrative oversight for the Criminal Justice Institute as well as teaching in psychology and in the Health Professions Division. Professional interests include hypnosis (current President of Division 30, Psychological Hypnosis), community psychology, health and medicine, and the development of models for professional training of psychologists. William Dorfman, Ph.D., ABPP, Ohio State University, professor. Community mental health; short‑term approaches to psychotherapy; eclectic approaches to individual and marital psychotherapy; psychodiagnosis; objective personality measurement with the MMPI‑2 and MMPI‑A; role of families and primary caretakers in the treatment and rehabilitation of the chronically and severely mentally ill. Jan Faust, Ph.D., University of Georgia, professor. Child‑clinical and pediatric psychology: child abuse (sexual and physical) and neglect; child treatment outcome research; PTSD in children and adolescents; child adjustment to acute and chronic medical conditions; lifespan psychosis. Ana Imia Fins, Ph.D., University of Miami, assistant professor. Health psychology; sleep medicine; insomnia; chronic fatigue syndrome; posttraumatic stress disorder; periodic limb movement disorder. Steven N. Gold, Ph.D., Michigan State University, professor. Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse; dissociative disorders; psychological trauma and post‑traumatic stress disorder; sexual addiction; doctoral level clinical training; hypnotherapy; interpersonal, family, and systems theory and intervention; psychotherapy case conceptualization and treatment planning. Charles Golden, Ph.D.,ABPP/ABCN, University of Hawaii, professor. Neuropsychology of head injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis; neuropsychological and personality assessment; rehabilitation and community reintegration following brain injury; neuropsychology in childhood and in school settings; learning disabilities; hyperactivity; general assessment. Alan D. Katell, Ph.D., West Virginia University , professor. Assessment and treatment of eating disorders; psychological factors in cardiac rehabilitation; exercise promotion and maintenance; health psychology; coping with chronic illnesses and other physical challenges. Jeffrey L. Kibler, Ph.D. , University of Miami, assistant professor. Cognitive-behavior regulation of emotion/mood disorders. Behavioral medicine: biobehavioral aspects of post-traumatic stress, psychosocial stress and pain; psycholocial risks for illness (e.g., heart disease); health risk reduction. Psychophysiology. Minority health; predictors of biobehavioral research participation for individuals of racial minority. Stacey Lambert, Psy.D., Nova Southeastern University, assistant professor. Community mental health; schizophrenia; the impact of social factors on serious mental illness; recovery; empowerment; psychosocial rehabilitation for people with serious psychiatric disabilities; behavior therapy. John E. Lewis, Ph.D., Syracuse University, associate professor. Intercultural psychotherapy and assessment; counseling and psychotherapy with prison populations; educational and vocational assessment and counseling; school psychology; international perspectives. Craig D. Marker, Ph.D., Chicago Medical School , assistant professor. Anxiety disorders, with a particular emphasis on obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety; longitudinal data analysis, with an emphasis on intraindividual variability and change methods. Wiley Mittenberg, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN, Chicago Medical School, professor. Neuropsychology of head injury in adults and children; malingering; forensic neuropsychology; neuropsychology of cortical and subcortical dementias; professional issues in clinical neuropsychology. Timothy R. Moragne, Psy.D., Wright State University, professor. Minority issues; health psychology; community psychology; human sexuality; psychological aspects of AIDS; AIDS and minorities. Helen Orvaschel, Ph.D., New School for Social Research, professor. Mood disorders; genetic contributions to psychopathology; risk factors for child psychiatric disorders; psychiatric epidemiology; differential diagnostic assessment of child and adolescent psychopathology. A. Scott Poland, Ed.D., Ball State University, associate professor. Crisis Intervention; youth violence; suicide; clinical interventions; administration and delivery of school psychological services. Bady Quintar, Ph.D., ABPP, University of Kentucky , professor. Projective techniques; psychoanalytic sychotherapy; ego psychology; postdoctoral training. Shannon Ray, Ph.D., University of Central Florida , assistant professor. Counseling student development, chronic pain, domestic violence, eating disorders, and character education. David Reitman, Ph.D., University of Mississippi, associate professor. Cross‑setting (home and school) problems involving children and adolescents. Emphasis on disruptive behavior (i.e., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder). Interventions are behaviorally based, empirical, and focused on parent disciplinary practices, problem solving, and skills building. Barry A. Schneider, Ph.D., Columbia University, professor. Psychodiagnosis and personality evaluation; integrated psychotherapy; medical psychotherapy; rare neurological disorders. David Shapiro, Ph.D., University of Michigan, associate professor. Forensic psychology; mental health law; forensic and clinical assessment; expert witness testimony; malingering; legal and ethical issues. Edward R. Simco, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, professor. Applied and computational statistics; research design and evaluation; cluster analysis; psychometrics. Linda C. Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP, University of California, Irvine, professor. Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use disorders; cognitive‑behavior therapy; research dissemination; assessment and treatment evaluation; natural recovery; motivational interventions; professional issues. Mark B. Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP, University of California at Riverside, professor. Substance use disorders, especially alcohol use disorders; behavior therapy; motivational interventions; treatment outcome evaluation; public health approach; processes of persuasion and behavior change; philosophy of science. Mercedes B. ter Maat, Ph.D., LPC, ATR-BC, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, associate professor. School Counseling and Guidance, professional training and supervision; multicultural counseling; community mental health; art therapy. Sarah Valley‑Gray, Psy.D., Nova University, assistant professor. Neuropsychological, psychological, and psychoeducational assessment; pediatric neuropsychological disorders; psychological services within the schools; infancy and child development (interaction with caregiver); issues of professional development including training and supervision. Vincent B. Van Hasselt, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, professor. Interpersonal violence; police psychology; criminal investigative analysis (psychological profiling) and apprehension; interviewing and interrogation techniques; cognitive behavioral interventions with juvenile offenders; behavioral criminology. Angela Waguespack, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, assistant professor. Psychological, psychoeducational and functional behavior assessments; school‑based consultation; psychological services within schools; behavioral interventions with children and adolescents. Lenore Walker, Ed.D., ABPP, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, professor. Forensic psychology; expert witness testimony; battered women syndrome; violence against women; family and interpersonal violence; sexual harassment; impact of trauma; post‑traumatic stress disorder; feminist theory. Professors Emeriti W. Joseph Burns, Ph.D., ABPP, University of North Dakota. Lifespan developmental neuropsychology; developmental neuropsychology; neuropsychological effects of toxins, infections, and head injury in children; neuropsychiatric disorders in the elderly; pediatric neurorehabilitation. Leo J. Reyna, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Behavior analysis, therapy and theory; social skills training; anxiety, depression, and anger management; research on common factors in therapy, e.g., trust, hope, warmth, empathy, and other relationship issues; the role of verbal events in therapy and theory; research on iatrogenic vs. motivational features in maintaining client involvement in therapy. Robert Weitz, Ph.D., ABPP, New York University. Hypnotherapy with psychophysiological disorders, anxiety, and phobic states; development of professional education for practicing health psychologists. Full-Time Faculty From Other NSU Centers Mel Coleman, Ph.D., Columbia University . Program professor, Educational Leadership Program. School culture as it relates to teachers’ perceptions of “caring schools,” characteristics of school leadership, emotional intelligence and primal leadership. Michele McGuire, Ph.D., University of Kansas. Program professor, Graduate Teacher Education Program. Emotional and behavioral disorders, alternative teacher education programs, alternative certification programs. Jose A. Rey, Pharm.D., BCPP, University of Florida, associate professor. Psychopharmacology, pharmacoeconomics, pain management. Part-Time Core Faculty Diann Dee Michael, Ph.D., University of Akron. Life span developmental psychology; humanistic developmental theory and parenting; managed mental health; brief psychotherapy; neuropsychology; general therapy on outpatient basis. Clinical Faculty Robert Lane, Ph.D., ABPP, New York University , resident psychoanalytic scholar. Psychopathology; diagnosis; difficult patients; psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; and supervision. Ana Martinez, Psy.D., Nova Southeastern University, Director of Clinical Services and Chief Psychologist. Cognitive-behavioral therapy; child, adolescent, adult, and family therapy; specialty anxiety disorders, cross-cultural issues. Yukari Tomozawa, Psy.D., Nova Southeastern University , assistant clinical professor. ADHA; bipolar disorder; anxiety disorders; chronic mental illness. MS in Counseling Faculty Full Time Faculty Denise Crammer, Psy.D., Miami Institute of Psychology, professor. Chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, family issues as well as forensic issues related to the criminal justice system and substance abuse. Frank A. DePiano, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, vice president for academic affairs, university professor and founding dean. Maintains appointments with the Health Professions Division, the Criminal Justice Institute (Chair of CJI), the Center for Psychological Studies, and the President’s Office. Current responsibilities include the development of university-wide academic review and the administrative oversight for the Criminal Justice Institute as well as teaching in psychology and in the Health Professions Division. Professional interests include hypnosis (current President of Division 30, Psychological Hypnosis), community psychology, health and medicine, and the development of models for professional training of psychologists. William Dorfman, Ph.D., ABPP, Ohio State University, professor. Community mental health; short‑term approaches to psychotherapy; eclectic approaches to individual and marital psychotherapy; psychodiagnosis; objective personality measurement with the MMPI‑2 and MMPI‑A; role of families and primary caretakers in the treatment and rehabilitation of the chronically and severely mentally ill. John E. Lewis, Ph.D., Syracuse University, associate professor. Intercultural psychotherapy and assessment; counseling and psychotherapy with prison populations; educational and vocational assessment and counseling; school psychology; international perspectives Timothy R. Moragne, Psy.D., Wright State University, professor. Minority issues; health psychology; community psychology; human sexuality; psychological aspects of AIDS; AIDS and minorities. Shannon Ray, Ph.D., University of Central Florida , assistant professor. Counseling student development, chronic pain, domestic violence, eating disorders, and character education. Part Time Core Faculty Diann Dee Michael, Ph.D., University of Akron. Life span developmental psychology; humanistic developmental theory and parenting; managed mental health; brief psychotherapy; neuropsychology; general therapy on outpatient basis. Adjunct Faculty James Conti, Ph.D., C.A.A.P., University of Massachusetts , adjunct professor. Chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, employee assistance programming, HIV related issues, psychological testing, crisis intervention Carol Delaney, RN, Psy.D., CAP Miami Institute of Psychology, adjunct professor. Chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, psychopharmacology, neuropsychological, forensic issues in the area of chemical dependency, multi-cultural issues and psychological testing. Anibal Gutierrez, Ph.D., BCBA University of Florida, adjunct professor. Treatment and assessment of problem behavior for children with autism and developmental delay, acquisition of adaptive skills, functional assessment, and applied behavior analysis. Melissa Hale, Ph.D., BCBA Nova Southeastern University , adjunct professor. Educational programming for students with autism, applied behavior analysis, functional assessment, and school psychology. Barbara Leah, Psy.D., Florida Institute of Technology, adjunct professor. Individual, couples and family psychotherapy; biofeedback and treatment of stress-related disorders. Christine Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA State University of New York at Stony Brook, adjunct professor. Treatment and assessment of autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities, communication and challenging behavior, teacher training strategies, effective consultation strategies. Adam Schulman, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University , adjunct professor. Psychotherapy with individuals, both short and long-term therapy, marital therapy, play therapy, family therapy, parenting-skills training. Drew Wallace, Ph.D. , University of South Carolina , adjunct professor. Psychotherapy with children, adolescents and families, child custody, systems theory, ecological theory, substance abuse, diagnostics, case conceptualization, techniques and practice of psychotherapy, psychological assessment and research design.
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