Affiliated faculty

Affiliated Faculty Accepting Students

Note. Affiliated faculty may serve as Primary Thesis Supervisor and mentor students as they complete the Developmental Psychology Program.

David E. Gard, Ph.D.

Dr. Gard is in the Clinical Concentration. His research focuses on severe psychopathology including schizophrenia and major depression. 
Web: Motivation and Emotion Research Lab
Email: dgard@sfsu.edu

Melissa Hagan, Ph.D.

Dr. Hagan is in the Clinical Concentration. Her research focuses on early life adversity, post-traumatic stress disorder, early childhood, parenting, chronic stress, and psychophysiology.
Web: http://www.sfsustarlab.com/
Email: mjhagan@sfsu.edu

Sarah Holley, Ph.D.

Dr. Holley is in the Clinical Concentration. Her research focuses on Intimate relationship processes, emotional functioning, and mental and physical health. 
Web: http://www.rehlabsfsu.com/
Email: sholley@sfsu.edu

Ryan Howell, Ph.D. 

Dr. Howell is in the Mind, Brain, and Behavior concentration. His research explores how "development, personality, motivation, values, beliefs, forecasts, and community interact with a person's economic conditions and financial decision-making to influence experienced quality of life--from suffering to flourishing."
Web: SFSU PWB lab
Email: rhowell@sfsu.edu

Shasta Ihorn, Ph.D.

Dr. Ihorn is in the School Psycholog concentration, and her work examines cultural competence, interpersonal relationships, and resilience.
Email: sihorn@sfsu.edu

Ezequiel Morsella, Ph.D.

Dr. Morsella is in the Mind, Brain, and Behavior concentration. His research explores the neural and cognitive mechanisms responsible for conscious states.
Web: http://online.sfsu.edu/morsella/
Email: morsella@sfsu.edu

Zena R. Mello, Ph.D.

Dr. Mello is in the Social, Personality and Affective Sciences concentration, and her research examines time perspective and perceptions of group membership. 
Web: http://faculty.sfsu.edu/~zmello/home
Email: zmello@sfsu.edu

Diana Sanchez, Ph.D.

Dr. Sanchez is in the Industrial/Organizational concentration, and her work examines the uses of various forms of technology in the workplace.
Web: WorkTech Research Lab
Email: sanchezdianar@sfsu.edu

Anisha Singh, Ph.D.

Dr. Singh's expertise is in educational psychology, and her work focuses on reading acorss different media, multiple source use in online environments, and the effects of multilingualism in digital communication.
Email: asingh56@sfsu.edu

Amy Smith, Ph.D.

Dr. Smtih's research focuses on legal psychology, legal decision making, effects of incarceration, and social justice. 
Email: smithae@sfsu.edu

Gaurav Suri, Ph.D.

Dr. Suri's research studies the brain mechanisms that shape motivated actions and decision making.
Website: Readiness, Activation, and Decision Making Lab
Email: suri@sfsu.edu

Jaclyn Wolf, Ph.D.

Dr. Wolf is in the Clinical Concentration. Her research focuses on sociocultural factors that impact the educational, academic, and mental health outcomes of culturally and linguistically minoritized youth with an emphasis on training culturally competent providers of care.

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/theplabatsfsu/home
Email: jaclynwolf@sfsu.edu