This partial listing of alumni from Psychological Sciences at Vanderbilt who earned their doctorate (Ph.D.) or studied as a postdoctoral fellow (Postdoc) is organized by area group:

• Clinical Science
• Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Developmental Science
• Neuroscience
• Quantitative Methods and Evaluation

If you would like to be added to the alumni page, if you would like your information corrected or updated, or if you would like to have your name linked to your email address or website, please email Cris Zerface (Department of Psychology) or Polly Case (Department of Psychology and Human Development).


Undergraduate alumni from Psychology or Psychology and Human Development should look at VUConnect, the online community for Vanderbilt alumni.

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Clinical Science Alumni

• Kari Freeman Baber, 2009 (Ph.D.), Psychology Resident, Tidewater Child Development Center, Virginia Department of Health, Norfolk, VA
• Kate Bergman, 1985 (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
• Kate Berlin, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Kerstin Blomquist, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
• Kevin Brailey, 1982 (Ph.D.), Training Director, VA Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
• Laurel Brown, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
• Pat Calhoun, 1998 (Ph.D.), Director, Psychology Internship Program, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Laura Keys Campbell, 2007 (Ph.D.), Psychology Fellow, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
• Michael Carey, 1986 (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
• Richard Carson, 2001 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, VA Medical Center, El Paso, TX
• Jocelyn Carter, 2008 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
• Michele Carter, 1993 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, American University
• Jennifer Champion, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Bruce Christensen, 1987 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Clarke Institute, Ontario, Canada
• Robyn Claar, 2002 (Ph.D.), Medical Coping Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA
• Ronald E. Cobb, 2005 (Ph.D.), Core Faculty, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (Clinical Psy.D. program)
• Michele Sokoly Coletti, 1994 (Ph.D.), White Palins, New York
• Elaine Coonrod, 2005 (Ph.D.), Psychology Fellow, Chapel Hill TEACCH Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Juliet Coscia, 1997 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Mary Free Bed Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
• Amber Daigre, 2009 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Resident, Mailman Segal Institute at Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL
• Pamela Davis-Dean, 1996 (Ph.D.), Research Assistant Professor, Director, Center for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood (CAPCA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Sarah Dew-Reeves, 2008 (Ph.D.), HIV Services, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
• Gabriel Dichter, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• James Donnelly, 2000 (Ph.D.), Head of Psychology, Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia
• Thomas, W. Doub, 2001 (Ph.D.), Vice President for Research, Centerstone, Nashville, TN
• Lynette Dufton, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
• Kelly Earnst, 1998 (Ph.D.), Neuropsychologist, Alpine Clinic, Lafayette, IN
• Brad Folley, 2006 (Ph.D.), Post-doc Research Fellow, Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Monica Franklin, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY
• Cathryn Freid, 2007 (Ph.D.), Post-doc, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA
• Marja Germans Gard, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
• Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, 1996 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Christina M. Givens, 2005 (Ph.D.), Crisis Counseling Supervisor-Metropolitan Police Department of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
• Kirsten Haman, 2000 (Ph.D.), Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
• Susan Hepburn, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Helath Sciences Center, Denver, CO
• Theodore Hill, 2002 (Ph.D.), Director, Emotional Growth Schools, Sandpoint, Idaho
• Ruth Hilsman, 2001 (Ph.D.), Attending Clinical Psychologist, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• Jason Horowitz, 2006 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, M
• Bill Hudenko, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Ithaca College
• Marianne Johnson, 1998 (Ph.D.), Professor of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada
• Michele Klaswick-York, 1998 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
• John Kurtz, 1994 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
• Beth LaGrange, 2008 (Ph.D.), Self employed, New York, NY
• Nana Landenberger, 2001 (Ph.D.), Task Force on Refugees and Immigrants, Nashville, TN
• Junghee Lee, 2005 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
• Jessica B. Londa, 1998 (Ph.D.), Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School http://www.UpperValleyPsychotherapy.com
• Caitlin McMahon, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, May Institute, National Autism Center, Randolph, MA
• Anita Miller, 1998 (Ph.D.), Skidmore College, Department of Psychology
• Chris Mosunic, 2004 (Ph.D.), Private practice in Greenwhich, CT
• Lisa Najavits, 1990 (Ph.D.), National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System
• Kushal Patel, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
• Ashley Pineda, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt Mental Health Center, Nashville, TN
• Daniel Rock, 1989 (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychologist & Health Service Provider, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
• Jill Salem, 1998 (Ph.D.), Neuropsychologist, Alpine Clinic, Lafayette, IN
• Tracy Sbrocco, 1994 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Uniformed Health Sciences Center, Bethesda, MD
• Sabine Schmid, 2005 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Chris Simien, 2004 (Ph.D.), Statistician CIGNA Health Care Administration
• Moria Smoski, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University Medical School, Durham, NC
• Barbara Stetson, 1991 (Ph.D.), Professor at University of Louisville
• Michael Stewart, 2007 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC
• Alanna Bruce Truss, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody, Nashville, TN
• Dorothy Tucker, 1998 (Ph.D.), Staff Psychologist, Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University
• T. Frances Ulman, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Jennifer Vasterling, 1988 (Ph.D.), Training Director, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Kitti Virts, 1997 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
• Sara Williams, 2007 (Ph.D.), Self employed, Chicago, IL

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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Alumni

• Nancy Carlisle, 2011(Ph.D.) Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Mind and Brain, UCLA Davis
• Michael Mack, 2011(Ph.D.) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
• Brian Essex, 2011(Ph.D.)
• David Alais, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney
• Jeanette Altarriba, 1990 (Ph.D.) Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
• Bart Anderson, 1990 (Ph.D.), University of Sydney, Sydney Australia
• Michael Bendele, 1993 (Ph.D.), Continuing Lecturer, Purdue University at Ft. Wayne, Ft. Wayne, IN
• Carol Bilbrey, 2002 (Ph.D.) Research Associate, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College
• Preston Bost, 1999 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Wabash College, Wabash, IN
• Joshua Brown, 2001 (Postdoc), Research Associate, Psychology, Washington University
• Cindy Bukach, 2005 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Richmond University
• Amanda Carrico, 2009 (Ph.D.), Research Associate, Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment
• Olivia Cheung, 2010 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School http://sites.google.com/site/oliviacheungsite/
• Sang Chul Chong, 2005 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor Yonsei Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Kim Curby, 2006 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Temple University
• Vaibhav Diwadkar, 2000 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Michael Donnelly, 1999 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• Paul Dux, 2008 (Postdoc), Lecturer & ARC APD Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
• Hilda Fehd, 2009 (Ph. D.), Research Coordinator, Peabody Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
• Marci Flanery, 2005 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
• Barbara Frey, 2005 (Ph.D.), Independent Consultant, Salt Lake City, Utah
• H. Fukuda, 1994 (Ph.D.), Research Professor, Western Kentucky University
• Leanne Boucher Gill, 2009 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University
• Bryan Gros, 1997 (Postdoc)
• Emily Grossman, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, University of California at Irvine
• John Halpin, 1994 (Ph.D.),
• Eric Hiris, 1995 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Psychology, St. Mary's College of Maryland
• Jon Holbrook, 2000 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Council, Menlo Park, CA
• Jennifer Ichida, 2002 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah
• Jason Ivanoff, 2006 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Karin James, 2004 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University
• Thomas James, 2004 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Indiana University
• Janneke Jehee, 2010 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, The Netherlands
• Chi-Huang Juan, 2003 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University
• Min-Suk Kang, 2009 (Postdoc), Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
• Jonathan Kelly, 2009 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University
• Keetaek Kham, 1999 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Kangwon National University
• Chai-Youn Kim, 2006 (Ph.D.) (Postdoc) Assistant Professor of Psychology, Korea University
• Jejoong Kim, 2010 (PhD/postdoc) Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul University
• Min-Shik Kim, 1996 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Yondsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Philip Ko, 2010, (Ph.D.), Faculty Advisor, Pre-major Academic Advising and Support Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology College of Arts and Sciences Vanderbilt University
• H. Kojima 1996, Ph.D. (Postdoc) Associate Professor, Psychology, Kanazawa University
• Sang-Hun Lee 2001, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University
• David Lishner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Osh-Kosh.
• Adam Long, 2005 (Ph.D.), Director, Health Management Research, Goridan Health Solutions, Inc.
• Christian Luhmann, 2006 (Ph.D.), Post-doctoral Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Michael McCarty, 1993 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• Steven B. Most, 2004 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Delaware
• Weimin Mou (Postdoc, 2001), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta
• Aditya Murthy, 2001 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, National Brain Research Center, Haryana, India
• Jeff Nyquist, 2007 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
• Joel Pearson, (Ph..D.) Assistant Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Thad Perry, 1997 (Ph.D.), Health Research Corporation, Franklin, TN
• Richard Piech, 2010 (Postdoc), Research Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin IRELAND
• Rebecca Ray, 2010 (Postdoc), Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Darryl Schneider, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University
• Amy Shelton, 1999 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
• Stephen Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Winnipeg
• Ken Sobel, 2003 (Ph.D./Postdoc), Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Conway
• Wonyeong Sohn, 2005 (Post-doc), Research Scientist, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Veit Stuphorn, 2004 (Postdoc), Assistant Professor, Department Psychological & Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
• Chenchal Subraveti, 2000 (Postdoc), Programmer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Duje Tadin, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences & Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
• Tracy Taylor, 1999 (Postdoc), Associate Professor, Psychology, Dalhousie University
• Michael Tombu, 2008 (Postdoc), Defense Scientist, Defense Research and Development Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Christine Valiquette, 2008 (Ph.D), Senior Lecturer, Advising Center, Vanderbilt University
• D. Alexander Varakin, 2006 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
• Keisha Varma, 2003 (Ph.D.), Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
• Sashank Varma, 2006 (Ph.D.), Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• Heidi Wiesenfelder, 1993 (Ph.D.), Intuite Software
• Alan Wong, 2007 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Jinghua Xiong, 2005 (Ph.D.)
• Xiangmin Xu, 2004 (Postdoc), Vanderbilt University
• Yuede Yang, 1995 (Ph.D.), Computer Analyst, Columbia Health Care, Nashville, TN
• Karen Yu, 1994 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Psychology, University of the South

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Developmental Science Alumni

• Kimberly Carpenter, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
• Anastasia Dimitropoulos, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
• Christa Green, 2008 (Ph.D.), Research instructor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Developmental)
• Alison Presmanes Hill, 2008 (Ph.D.), Project Manager, School of Social & Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Developmental)
• Geunyoung Kim, 2006 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Percival Matthews, 2010 (Ph.D.), Research instructor, Notre DameUniversity, Notre Dame, Indiana
• Joan Walker, 2003 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, Long Island University, Brookville, NY

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Neuroscience Alumni

• Bart Anderson, 1990 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences MIT
• Carl Bassi, 1985 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Optometry, University of Minnesota
• Pamela Beck, 1998 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University
• Narcisse Bichot, 1999 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Neuropsychology NIMH, Bethesda, MD
• Limin Chen, 2006 (postdoc), Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Imaging Institute, Nashville TN
• Jeremiah Cohen, 2009 (PhD, postdoc) Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
• Paul DeMarco, 1989 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of Louisville
• Barbara Dillenburger, 2007 (postdoc), Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Imaging Institute, Nashville TN
• Pei-chun Fang, 2005 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas
• Daryl Fougnie, 2010, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
• Leanne Boucher Gill, 2009 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University
• Emmy Grossman, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
• Douglas Hanes, 1997 (Ph.D.), Trial Consultant, Logic Limited Partnership
• Eric Hiris, 1995 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
• Luoxiu Huang, 2004 (Ph.D.), University of Notre Dame, Mishawaka, IN
• Jennifer Ichida, 2002 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
• Jason Ivanoff, 2006 (Ph.D), Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Jonathan Karp, 1990 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Rider University, New Jersey
• Peter M. Kaskan (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Neuropsychology NIMH, Bethesda, MD
• Chai-youn Kim, 2006, (Ph.D.), Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Jejoong Kim, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA
• Leah Ann Krubitzer, 1989 (Ph.D.), Professor of Psychology, University of California at Davis
• Edward Lachica, 1990 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
• Junghee Lee, 2005, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
• Sang-Hun Lee, 2001 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University
• Haidong Lu, 2008 (postdoc), Assistant Professor, Shanghai Neuroscience Institute, Shanghai China
• Lu Li, 2006, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
• Amy Lindsey, 1996 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Div of Health and Human Studies, Utica College, Syracuse
• David Lyon, 2001 (Ph.D.), Research Associate, Salk Institute, LaJolla, CA
• Mark Nawrot, 1991 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
• Sandra Neargarder, 1997 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
• Farley Norman, 1990 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
• Marcie Pospical, 1991 (Postdoc), Senior Lecturer, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
• Supriyo Ray, 2009 (Postdoc), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
• Takashi Sato, 2003 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
• Jonathan Stadler, 2002 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
• Veit Stuphorn, 2004 (Postdoc), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Duje Tadin, 2004 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Science, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Kirk Thompson, 2000 (Postdoc), Perception & Action Section Chief, Laboratory for Sensorimotor Research, NEI
• Jay Todd, 2008 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago
• Heidi Wiesenfelder, 1993 (Ph.D.), Computer Analyst, Tucson, Arizona
• Chun-Nang (Alan) Wong, 2007 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Peiyan Wong, 2009 (Ph.D.), Research Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
• Wan-shun Wu (Carolyn), 1999 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of System Neuroscience LNP NIMH, Bethesda, MD
• Xiangmin Xu, 2004 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute, LaJolla, CA
• Karen Yu, 1994 (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

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Quantitative Methods and Evaluation Alumni

• Jonathan Wai, 2009 (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Rose Mary Webb, 2005 (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Applachian State University, Boone, NC