The Dr. Wiley F. Smith Department of Psychology at Appalachian State University has 42 full-time faculty members. Graduate courses are offered across applied and basic areas of psychological science. The Psy.D. program has 8 core program faculty members (see details and links below) and several other affiliated faculty who may serve as primary mentors for Psy.D. candidates. The low student/faculty ratio enables the faculty to become professional and scholarly mentors for their students and to maintain a close professional interest in each student's progress and development. The opportunity for students to participate directly in active research programs allows them to become coauthors on scholarly publications and presentations with faculty members. Applicants to the Psy.D. program are advised to check faculty bio pages regarding intent of mentors to take a student in the upcoming year.
Core Clinical Faculty
Name | Contact | Research Interests |
Josh Broman-Fulks | 828-262-8934 | Identification, Prevention, and Treatment of Anxiety Pathology; Anxiety Sensitivity; Taxometrics |
Will Canu | 828-262-8935 | Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Social Adjustment and Psychological Disorders; Child Clinical Psychology |
Lisa Curtin Clinical Program Director | 828-262-8936 | Rural Mental Health Services; Addictive Behaviors; Integrated Behavioral Health Services; Psychotherapy Outcome and Process; Social Factors and Body Image |
Jacqueline Hersh Psychology Clinic Director | 828-262-6969 | Psychotherapy Process and Outcome; Enhancing and Tailoring Empirically Supported Treatments; Access and Dissemination of ESTs; Child and Adolescent Psychopathology |
Hannah Holmes | 828-262-8951 | Health Psychology; Women's Health; Human Sexuality; Emotion-Focused Interventions for Chronic Pain |
JP Jameson | 828-262-8950 | Rural Mental Health Services; Empirically Supported Psychotherapies; Community/Academic Partnerships |
Denise Martz | 828-262-8953 | Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine; Fat Talk; Integrative Medicine |
Cassidy Sandoval | 828-262-8300 | Women’s Health; Body Image; Weight Stigma; Eating Behaviors; Mobile Health Assessment and intervention |
Affiliated Faculty Mentors
Affiliated faculty mentors are tenure-track members of the Psychology Department who are currently or are potential mentors for Clinical Psy.D. students but who are not Core Clinical Faculty.