Faculty/Staff Directory ~ Psychological Sciences ~ Graduate Psychology ~ CHBS

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General Contact Information

Psychological Sciences MA Program
Department of Graduate Psychology and Department of Psychology
70 Alumnae Dr., MSC 7401
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Program Director:
Brian Leventhal, Ph.D.
Department of Graduate Psychology
Office: Lakeview 1126
Phone: 540-568-5004
Email: leventbc@jmu.edu

Staff

School Psychology Staff
Name	Phone	E-mail	Room
Guerin, Carl A. Administrative Assistant	540-568-6439	guerinca@jmu.edu	Johnston 101
Henriques, Andee Administrative Assistant	540-568-5352	henriqas@jmu.edu	Johnston 112
Moroniak, Lisa Part-time Administrative Assistant	540-268-2556	moronilr@jmu.edu	Johnston 114

Over 20 faculty from both the Department of Psychology and Department of Graduate Psychology contribute to the Psychological Sciences graduate program. The program operates on a mentorship philosophy, where students enter the program based on their fit with a particular faculty member who serves as the student's research advisor. Below is a list of faculty members accepting students.

Faculty Accepting Students in Fall 2027:

Since Psychological Sciences works on a mentorship model, students are admitted to work with a particular faculty. Here are the current faculty members who are accepting students for the school year 2027-2028.

Psycsciences Faculty
Name and Contact	Concentration
Bao, Yu Office: Lakeview 1128 Phone: 540-568-3483 Email: bao2yx@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Psychometric modeling; Diagnostic Classification Models; Higher Education Assessment
Bradley, Curtis Office: Phone: 540-568-3419 Email: bradleca@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Psychology Understanding the operant and associative factors influencing drug use and motivation to use drugs. Additionally, I am interested in how psychoactive substances can alter operant and associative factors of learning and motivation. My general areas of research interest are behavioral pharmacology, learning, caffeine, and other psychomotor stimulants.
Good, Megan Office: Lakeview 1122 Phone: 540-568-7103 Email: good2mr@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Exploring student learning and employability outcome connections, learning improvement in higher education, and perceptions of learning in higher education by various stakeholders
Hall, Michael Office: Miller Hall 1115 Phone: 540-568-7877 Email: hallmd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Auditory Perception Laboratory website Auditory perception and cognition Speech perception Music perception
Hathcoat, John Office: Lakeview 1120 Phone: 540-568-2516 Email: hathcojd@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Assessing Student Learning in Higher Education, Reliability and Validity Issues in Authentic Assessment Practices, Instrument Development, Mixed Methods Research
Irons, Jessica Office: Miller Hall 1177 Phone:540-568-6565 Email: ironsjg@jmu.edu	Concentrations: Experimental, Applied Health behavior change intervention, health choices, and basic physiological and learning processes associated with health risk behaviors that may inform intervention; development and validation of measures to aid in the study of outcomes related to health behavior and learning. Lab Website
Leventhal, Brian Office: Lakeview 1124 Phone: 540-568-5004 Email: leventbc@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Examinee Disengagement in Testing; Use of A.I. in assessment; Item Response Tree Models; Bayesian Item Response Theory
Li, Chendong Office: Phone: 540-568-6706 Email: rh6qml@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Longitudinal data analysis, causal inference, count data modeling, and single-case experimental designs
Li, Yanbin Office: Miller Hall 1151 Phone: 540-568-6107 Email: li42yx@jmu.edu	Concentration: Experimental Young adults’ family formation and career development cross diverse sexual orientations and cultural contexts; Development and health of international students; Effect size measures and sample size planning
Meixner, Cara Office: Johnston 211 Phone: 540-568-6522 Email: meixnecx@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Community-based participatory research; post-acute rehabilitation and community supports for brain injury; moral injury and health systems change; acquired neurodivergence and neuroaffirming care models for brain injury
Owens, Caitlyn Office: Johnston 202 Phone: 540-568-6835 Email: klotzca@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Young Children’s Mental Health, Parenting Interventions, Family Homelessness, ACEs, Mental Health in Agricultural Communities, Trauma, Bridging Gaps Between Research, Clinical Work, and Policy. More information on areas of work can found on the Madison Center for Community Development Website
Pastor, Dena Office: Lakeview 1118 Phone: 540-568-1670 Email: pastorda@jmu.edu	Concentration: Quantitative Examinee motivation in low-stakes testing
Salvatore, Jessica Office: Miller G089 Phone: 540-568-4276 Email: salvatja@jmu.edu	Concentrations: Experimental, Applied Intergroup relations and conflict; Social stigmas, especially from the target's perspective; Group norms and (meta-)perceptions
Stokes, Trevor Office: Johnston Hall 119 Phone: 540-568-5067 Email: stokestf@jmu.edu	Concentration: Behavior Analysis Applied Behavior Analysis, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Teacher Child Interaction Training
Szwedo, David Office: Johnston 206 Phone: 540-568-3568 Email: szwedode@jmu.edu	Concentration: Applied Research Romantic relationship development; Emotion regulation, coping, resilience; Young adult independence and success; Attachment in adolescence and young adulthood; Social and relational competence; Online social networking behavior; Social predictors of physical health; Intervention development

Department of Graduate Psychology

Johnston Hall
MSC 7401
70 Alumnae Drive
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807

(540) 568-6439
Fax: (540) 568-4747