Doctoral Psychology Faculty

Derner faculty members are distinguished scholars dedicated to preparing doctoral students for empathetic professionals knowledge and contributors to field.

Our faculty members have received prestigious awards for career contributions to research by the American Psychological Association and other leading organizations. They welcome doctoral students as research partners and regularly co-author articles with them published in leading journals.

Discover more about their teaching and research interests, publication history, and professional honors in their faculty profiles.

Doctoral Program Leadership

Michael Moore
Associate Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
mmoore@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4744
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 305
Ionas Sapountzis
Associate Professor
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of the Master's and PsyD School Psychology Programs
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
isapountzis@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4743
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 311
Monica Pal (She/Her)
PhD
Director of the Center for Psychological Services
Center for Psychological Services, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of Practicum Training for PhD Program in Clinical Psychology
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
mpal@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8025
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 315

School Psychology PsyD Program Faculty

Dana Boccio (She/Her)
Associate Professor
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Representative
American Association of University Professors, Adelphi Chapter
Contact
E-mail
dboccio@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4832
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 322
Susan Farella-Busch
PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
farella-busch@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.4185
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 307
Christy Mulligan
PsyD
Assistant Professor
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
cmulligan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6486
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 309
Michael O'Loughlin
Professor
The School of Education, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences
Contact
E-mail
oloughli@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4108
Fax
516.877.4097
Location
Alumnae Hall 230
Rachell Pierre-Louis
PsyD
Field Placement Coordinator
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
rpierre-louis@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6976
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 323
Ionas Sapountzis
Associate Professor
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of the Master's and PsyD School Psychology Programs
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
isapountzis@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4743
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 311
Carolyn Springer
PhD
Associate Professor, Director
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director
African, Black and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
springer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4981
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Alumnae Hall 215
Gaston Weisz (He/Him)
PsyD
Field Placement Coordinator
School Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
weisz@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4802
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 311

Clinical Psychology PhD Program Faculty

Robert Bornstein
University Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
bornstein@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4736
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Blodgett Hall 212F
Laura E. Brumariu (She/Her)
Associate Dean for Professional Programs and Student Advancement
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Associate Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
lbrumariu@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4806
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 303
Jennifer Chmielewski (She/Her)
PhD•MEd
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
jchmielewski@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4780
Location
Blodgett Hall 206
Catherine Eubanks
Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
ceubanks@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4810
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 306
Susan Farella-Busch
PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
farella-busch@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.4185
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 307
Dominic Fareri (He/Him)
Associate Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of the Neuroscience Program
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Co-Chair of Undergraduate Psychology
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
dfareri@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4824
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Blodgett Hall 212B
Katherine Fiori
Associate Dean for Foundational Psychology and Faculty Involvement
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
fiori@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4809
Fax
516.877.4870
Location
Blodgett Hall 208
Jairo Fuertes
PhD•ABPP•LMHC
Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
jfuertes@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4829
Fax
516.877.4870
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 319
Nathan George (He/Him)
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
ngeorge@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4749
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Blodgett Hall 212D
Mark Hilsenroth
Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
hilsenroth@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4748
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 110
Larry Josephs (He/Him)
PhD
Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
josephs@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4814
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 310
Karen Lombardi
Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
lombardi@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4813
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 308
Karolina Lempert
PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
kmlempert@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4757
Location
Blodgett Hall 212B
Christina Marini
PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
cmarini@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4812
Location
Blodgett Hall 212E
Robert Mendelsohn
Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
mendelso@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4808
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 304
Michael Moore
Associate Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
mmoore@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4744
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 305
J. Christopher Muran
PhD
Dean
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
jcmuran@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4803
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 301
Michael O'Loughlin
Professor
The School of Education, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences
Contact
E-mail
oloughli@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4108
Fax
516.877.4097
Location
Alumnae Hall 230
Errol Rodriguez
PhD•CRC•MAC
Assistant Dean
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director of Master's Programs in General Psychology and Mental Health Counseling
Master's in Psychology Program, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
erodriguez@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.237.8572
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 320
Carolyn Springer
PhD
Associate Professor, Director
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Director
African, Black and Caribbean Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
springer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4981
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Alumnae Hall 215
Damian Stanley
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
dstanley@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4741
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Blodgett Hall 206
Kate Szymanski
Associate Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
szymanski@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4825
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 318
Joel Weinberger
Professor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
weinberger@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4816
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Linen Hall 2

Clinic Faculty

Lauren Knopf (She/Her)
PhD•CPsych
Assistant Clinical Director
Center for Psychological Services, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
lknopf@adelphi.edu
Afshan Mohamedali
Adjunct Faculty
Psychology, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
amohamedali@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4739
Fax
516.877.4754
Location
Blodgett Hall 212
Nicole Daisy-Etienne (She/Her)
PhD
Clinical Director and Supervisor
Center for Psychological Services
Contact
E-mail
ndaisy-etienne@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4828
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 325
Kirkland Vaughans
Clinical Director and Supervisor
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
vaughans@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4828
Fax
516.877.4844
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 325

Clinical Assessment Supervisors

Steven Alter
Adjunct Faculty
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
salter@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4800
Location
Hy Weinberg Center
Brittany Bascetta (She/Her)
PhD•CPsych
Adjunct Faculty
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
bbascetta@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4820
Linda Lamarca
Adjunct Faculty
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
llamarca@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4800
Location
Hy Weinberg Center
Shahal Rozenblatt
PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
srozenblatt@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4820
Fax
516.877.4805
Location
Hy Weinberg Center 317
Glenna Rubin
Adjunct Faculty
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Contact
E-mail
grubin@adelphi.edu
Location
Hy Weinberg Center

Clinical Supervisors

In addition to our full-time and clinic faculty, we are fortunate to have the following clinical psychologists generously provide their extensive expertise and serve as clinical supervisors.

  • Steve Alter
  • Brittany Bascetta
  • Linda LaMarca
  • Glenna Rubin
  • Shahal Rozenblatt
  • Helit Atar-Greenfield
  • Kathy Bacon-Greenberg
  • Lily Blank
  • David Brand
  • Beth Feldman
  • Muriel Friedman
  • Muriel Frischer
  • Judy Gold
  • Clark Goldstein
  • Lisa Harris
  • Lynn Hugger
  • Jonathan Jackson
  • Karen Jason
  • Dustin Kahoud
  • Steve Kearney
  • Michael Kestenbaum
  • Joel Kuppersmith
  • Stacy Kurtz
  • Eva Lapidos
  • June Lee Kwan
  • Julie Lehane
  • Alex Levi
  • Lisa Litt
  • Patrick Mele
  • Lisa Morse
  • Andrea Muras
  • Neil Newman
  • John Pasagiannis
  • Deborah Ramirez
  • Marc Rehm
  • Michael Ritter
  • Marc Sammons
  • Nicholas Samstag
  • Maria Shifrin
  • Eilon Shomron-Atar
  • Amy Smith
  • Warren Spielberg
  • Jephtha Tausig
  • Jackson Taylor
  • Monica Thomas
  • Nancy Ulrich
  • Ed Wile

Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology

Contact
Phone Number
516.877.4800
Fax
516.877.4805
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Location
Hy Weinberg Center, 220
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