All core and associated faculty members involved in the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology are listed below, along with their interests.
Associate Director of Clinical Training and Core Faculty Member (*does not accept research mentees)
Assistant Teaching Professor
associatedct@montclair.edu
marquesd@montclair.edu
- Education: PhD, Counseling Psychology, University of Miami
- Teaching Interests: Multiculturalism, research, and clinical interventions
- Clinical Experiences and Interests: VA, public hospital, community-based clinic, university counseling center, private practice; evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based interventions, and emerging approaches such as Internal Family Systems and Interpersonal Neurobiology; and incorporation of individual and cultural diversity
Assistant Professor
bansalp@montclair.edu
Dr. Bansal’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Kentucky
- Research Interests: Clinical child psychology; development, assessment, and treatment of childhood conduct problems and antisocial behavior; the role of callous-unemotional traits upon aggressive and disruptive behaviors throughout childhood
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based assessment and intervention for childhood disruptive behavior disorders; parent management training, behavior therapy
Assistant Professor
chane@montclair.edu
Dr. Chan’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, Florida State University
- Research Interests: ADHD; workplace success; resilience and well-being; executive functioning; higher education
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based assessment and intervention for ADHD; organizational skills training; cognitive behavioral therapy
Associate Professor
coyles@montclair.edu
Dr. Coyle’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, School Psychology, Northern Illinois University
- Research Interests: School-based mental health assessment and intervention. Risk and protective factors related to mental health difficulties (e.g., stress, bullying-victimization, social support); school climate and school safety
- Clinical Interests: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in schools, school consultation, school crisis response and intervention practices
Associate Professor
foxjer@montclair.edu
Dr. Fox’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, University at Albany, SUNY
- Research Interests: Developmental psychopathology and early intervention of childhood anxiety; temperament, emotion regulation, and coping; parenting and internalizing disorders; school mental health and dissemination issues
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents with internalizing disorders
Associate Professor
grapins@montclair.edu
- Education: PhD, School Psychology, University of Florida
- Research Interests: Social justice and multicultural issues in psychology; preparation and training of social justice advocates; impact of online racial discrimination on student outcomes
- Clinical Interests: Academic assessment and intervention with K-12 students
Assistant Professor
kange@montclair.edu
Dr. Kang’s Lab Website
- Education: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Stony Brook University
- Research Interests: Developmental psychopathology and plasticity implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social challenges in youth; neural mechanisms of clinical phenotypes in ASD; refining interventions informed by clinical and neural insights; predictors and moderators of treatment response
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based interventions for youth with ASD; comorbid mental health issues in intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) populations
Professor
masiac@montclair.edu
Dr. Masia’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Child-Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University
- Research Interests: Development and systematic evaluation of evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents in community settings, including schools and pediatric medical settings; understanding how to support the adoption and sustainability of interventions by front-line professionals for anxiety and depression in youth
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based interventions for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents; training of school professionals and nurse practitioners in delivery of treatments for anxiety and depression; parent training for prevention and treatment of internalizing disorders
Assistant Professor
natolia@montclair.edu
Dr. Natoli’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, Adelphi University
- Research Interests: Psychometrics and measurement methodology; applications of AI/ML to assessment research and practice; culture’s role in the conceptualization, measurement, and treatment of personality functioning and pathology; and broad questions related to psychoanalytic and psychodynamic principles, the utility of assessment, and forensic psychology
- Clinical Interests: Multimethod assessment; evidence-based interventions for personality disorders; and psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theories and modalities
Associate Professor
reyesportilj@montclair.edu
Dr. Reyes-Portillo’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University
- Research Interests: Youth mental health services, including use of technology to increase racial/ethnic minority youth access to and use of mental health treatment for internalizing disorders; improving implementation and dissemination of evidence-based treatments and practices in school and community settings; Latino mental health
- Clinical Interests: Evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent anxiety and depression
Associate Professor
zottolit@montclair.edu
Dr. Zottoli’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, Forensic Specialization, Graduate Center & John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
- Research Interests: Adolescent decision-making and legal competencies, plea bargaining, and wrongful conviction
- Clinical Interests: Forensic assessment of adolescents and adults, with primary practice areas in legal competencies, sentencing mitigation, and risk assessment
Professor, Justice Studies
daftarykaput@montclair.edu
Dr. Daftary Kapur’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Psychology, Psychology and Law Specialization, Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
- Research Interests: Guilty plea decision making, adolescent development and legal competencies, reentry research, and translating research to policy
Professor
lakustal@montclair.edu
Dr. Lakusta’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Cognitive Developmental Psychology/Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University
- Research Interests: Language and cognitive development in typically developing infants and children, as well as children with developmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Language Impairment, and Williams syndrome; specifically, how infants’ representations can support language development and how language input from the environment can influence development
Associate Professor, Social Work and Child Advocacy
lytlen@montclair.edu
Dr. Lytle’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Experimental Psychology, University of Toledo
- Research Interests: Eyewitness testimony, forensic interviewing, children’s memory and suggestibility, and investigative decision-making
Professor
sandryj@montclair.edu
Dr. Sandry’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Cognitive Psychology, New Mexico State University
- Research Interests: Cognitive impairment and neuropsychological changes in multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury
Associate Professor
yangyi@montclair.edu
Dr. Yang’s Lab Website
- Education: PhD, Developmental Psychology, University of Alabama
- Research Interests: Cognitive development in typically developing children and children with intellectual or developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder; application of developmental research to real-world educational and clinical settings
- Peter Vietze, PhD (Emeritus)
