Faculty

Students interact with a wide variety of faculty within the Department of Educational Psychology and the University at large through a diverse set of experiences that include traditional coursework, field placements, and research activities. Five faculty comprise the core program faculty, all of whom hold licensure as professional psychologists in Connecticut:

Core Faculty

Melissa A. Bray

Professor and Program Director

Research Interests:

  • Mind-Body Health
  • Integrated Behavioral Health Care
  • Video Self-modeling and Virtual Reality
  • Stuttering
  • Selective Mutsim

Email: melissa.bray@uconn.edu

Jacqueline M. Caemmerer

Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

  • Psychological Assessment Validity Issues
  • Relations between Social Variables and Academic Achievement
  • Application of Structural Equation Modeling & Longitudinal Analysis

Email: jacqueline.caemmerer@uconn.edu

Sandra M. Chafouleas

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

Research Interests:

  • School Psychology
  • School Mental Health
  • Whole Child, Whole Community, Whole School
  • Emotional Well-Being
  • Trauma-Informed Schools
  • Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessment and Intervention

Email: sandra.chafouleas@uconn.edu

Steven Hoff

Steven Hoff

Visiting Clinical Faculty

Expertise:

  • Youth mental health
  • Crisis intervention
  • Organizational consulting

Email: steven.hoff@uconn.edu

Lisa M. H. Sanetti

Professor

Research Interests:

  • Implementation Science
  • Educator Wellbeing
  • School-Based Mental Health

Email: lisa.sanetti@uconn.edu

Clinical Training Faculty

Melissa A. Bray

Director of Clinical Training, Practicum Coordinator, Practicum 1 Instructor

Email: melissa.bray@uconn.edu

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Ravit Stein

Director of Internship

Email: ravit.stein@uconn.edu

Emily Iovino

Practicum 2 Instructor

Email: emily.iovino@uconn.edu