School Psychology

Oscar Barbarin
Professor
Ph.D.,1975, Rutgers University

Dr. Barbarin examines educational interventions for achievement and social well-being, and the role of community and family in health risks and health threat.

Courtney N. Baker
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2010, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Dr. Baker’s research is focused on better understanding and facilitating the translation of effective prevention and intervention programs into community settings serving young children.  Her work is grounded in a community-based participatory research approach.

Michael Cunningham
Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1994, Emory University.

Professor Cunningham also holds a joint appointment in Tulane's African & Diaspora Studies Program. Professor Cunningham's primary research interests include examining adolescent development in diverse contexts. Specifically, he examines how African American children and adolescents develop proactive and reactive coping styles.

Jeffrey Lockman
Professor
Ph.D., 1980, University of Minnesota.

Professor Lockman's research interests center on early perceptual and cognitive development, particularly the emergence of early spatial abilities.

Bonnie K. Nastasi
Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1986, Kent State University

Dr. Nastasi's research focuses on culturally appropriate health promotion and health risk prevention programming for child, adolescent and adult populations

Stacy Overstreet
Associate Professor.
Ph.D., 1995, Tulane University.

Professor Overstreet's research interests include the examination of risk and resiliency in a variety of contexts, including children at-risk for negative developmental outcomes due to poverty, exposure to community violence, and chronic illness.

Constance Patterson
Professor of Practice
Ph.D., 1999, Illinois State University.

Dr. Patterson's interests include internship and supervision in Professional School Psychology.

Enrique Varela
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., 2002, University of Kansas.

Professor Varela's research focuses on cross-cultural differences in anxiety expression.

Associated Faculty

Julie Alvarez, Professor of Practice

Terry E. Christenson, Associate Professor

Paul Colombo, Associate Professor

David M. Corey, Assistant Professor

Gary P. Dohanich, Professor

Edward J. Golob,Assistant Professor

Laurie O'Brien, Associate Professor

Janet B. Ruscher, Professor and Chair

Lisa Szechter, Assistant Professor