Department of Psychology

Chair, Department of Psychology
Professor, Psychology
Areas: psychotherapy outcome, psychotherapy quality management, therapist effects on outcome, effects of therapist/patient feedback on outcome, reducing deterioration in psychotherapy, effectiveness and patient-focused research, outcome test construction
Email dvermeersch@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-7116

Associate Chair, Department of Psychology
Associate Professor, Psychology
Director of Clinical Training, PsyD Program
Areas: psychology of religion and spirituality, cognitive behavior therapy
Email kboyd@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8574

Associate Professor, Psychology
Director of Clinical Training, PhD Program
Areas: combustible cigarette use, e-cigarette use, video game addiction, advanced multivariate analysis
Email hmorrell@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-7221

Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, School of Behavioral Health
Associate Professor, Psychology
Areas: Clinical health psychology, obesity management, lifestyle change, health promotion and preventive care, and trauma, pain, and anxiety
Email aarechiga@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8717

Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Areas: social, cultural, and health psychology, cognition (attribution)-emotion processes in interpersonal and inter-group behavior, role of culture in psychological processes and behavior, culture, diversity, and behavior in health and social issues, cultural and psychological factors in social inequities and health disparities
Email hbetancourt@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8708

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Areas: child and adolescent evidence-based treatments, mental health prevention and promotion, community-based research, dissemination and implementation research
Email mboustani@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-7680

Associate Professor, Psychology
Areas: serious mental illness (focus on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), clinical neuropsychology, electroencephalography (EEG), resiliency, self-efficacy, overall health, and well-being in serious mental illness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
Email cbrenner@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8617

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Areas: cultural and health psychology, health disparities and inequities, cultural and psychological factors in both health behavior and outcome, cultural competence training in graduate medical education, implicit bias in patient-provider clinical interactions
Email pflynn@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-7738

Professor, Psychology
Areas: behavioral neuroscience with an emphasis on improving the brain's resiliency against neurodegenerative conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's, stroke, traumatic brain injury) via a variety of therapeutic strategies, but especially diet/nutrition
Email rhartman@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8709

Associate Professor, Psychology
Areas: clinical neuropsychology, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative disorders, neuroimaging correlates of cognition and behavior
Email gracelee@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8710

Professor, Psychology
Professor, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Areas: relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), negative emotions, and physical health outcomes, stress and health, social support and health, religion and health, care quality in primary care, primary care psychology, dietary intake and morbidity and mortality
Email kmorton@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8721

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Areas: autism spectrum disorder, early-onset psychosis, neuroimaging, social cognition, translational neuroscience, pediatric neuropsychology
Email: anair@llu.edu

Associate Professor, Psychology
Areas: developmental psychology, childhood disorder (emphasis on intellectual disabilities, autism, and disruptive behavior disorders), parenting and family processes, treatment outcome research (focus on mindfulness approaches)
Email cneece@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8615

Associate Professor, Psychology
Areas: multicultural psychology, substance use prevention and intervention, health disparities and inequities, cultural consciousness/equity and inclusion training
Email bpeteet@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-8717

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Areas: pediatric health psychology, pediatric health behavior promotion and intervention, sleep, pediatric pain and headache/migraine, child and adolescent mental health, integrated behavioral health
Email tvandyk@llu.edu
Phone 909-558-7412