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MPSI Team

MPSI Faculty

Wendy Reinke, Ph.D.
MPSI Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: reinkew@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7890

16 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Keith Herman, Ph.D.
MPSI Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: hermanke@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-2419

16 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Aaron Thompson, Ph.D.
MPSI Associate Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Social Work

Email: thompsonaa@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-0124

717 Clark Hall, Colum­bia MO

Wes Bonifay, Ph.D.
MPSI Measurement Branch Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: bonifayw@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7215

16 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Kelli Canada, Ph.D. LCSW
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Social Work

Email: canadake@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-3765

706 Clark Hall, Colum­bia MO

Matt Easter, Ph.D.
Evaluation Branch Co-Direct & Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: EasterMA@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7738

7 Hill Hall, Colum­bia, MO 65211

Andy Frey, Ph.D.
MPSI Early Childhood Branch Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Social Work

Email: afrey@health.missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-0920

728 Clark Hall, Colum­bia MO

Kristen Hawley, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Psy­chol­o­gy

Email: hawleyk@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-5859

204c McAlester Hall, Colum­bia MO

Shannon Holmes, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: holmessr@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-2435

5A Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Francis Huang, Ph.D.
MPSI Methodology Branch Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: huangf@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-8689

16 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Brian Keller, Ph.D. 
Faculty Affiliate 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­o­gy 

Email: btkeller@missouri.edu 

5A Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Antoinette M. Landor, Ph.D.
CBIRP Associate Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Human Devel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Science

Email: landora@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-4888

411 Gen­try Hall, Colum­bia MO

Amanda Olsen, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: aolsen@missouri.edu 

 

Sarah Owens, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: owensSar@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-4584

3 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Clark Peters, Ph.D.
MPSI Policy Branch Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Social Work

Email: peterscm@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-1411

719 Clark Hall, Colum­bia MO

Rachel Santiago, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: rsantiago@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-0199

4B Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Christopher Slaten, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: slatenc@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-9873

16A Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Tyler Smith, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: smithtyle@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7890

16 Hall, Colum­bia MO

Melissa Stormont, Ph.D.
MPSI Early Childhood Branch Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Spe­cial Education

Email: stormontM@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7383

303 Townsend Hall, Colum­bia MO

Lou Ann Tanner-Jones, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: tannerjonesl@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–303-0460

205 Lon­don Hall, Colum­bia MO

Sonja Winter, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: sdwinter@missouri.edu

13 B Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Wolfgang Wiedermann, Ph.D.
MPSI Methodology Branch Co-Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: wiedermannw@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–882-7732

13B Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

MPSI Staff

David Aguayo, Ph.D.
MPSI Evaluation Branch Co-Director & Assistant Research Professor

Email: aguayod@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Amanda Allen, Ph.D. 
Research Associate 

Email: amanda.allen@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Julia Burke, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor

Email: j.burke@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Kyra Brown, B.A.
Research Assistant & Double-Check Project Coordinator 

Email: kbrown@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Catherine Glynn, B.A.
Research Assistant & Rural CHAMPS Project Coordinator 

Email: glynnc@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Ben Graves, Ph.D.
Director of Data Strategy

Email: gravesbl@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Judy Healy-Mendez, M.A.
Research Funding Director

Email: healymendezj@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Amanda Hood, M.A., M.S.W.
Research Assistant & CCU Project Coordinator

Email: Amanda.j.hood@mail.missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Michelle Johnston Steen
Research Project Operations Manager

Email: mljohnston@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Abbey McNally, B.A.
Research Assistant & Cross Projects Logistics Coordinator

Email: arm6rh@mail.missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Marcus Petree, B.S. Ed.
Senior Research Manager

Email: petreem@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Myia Ramos, B.A.
Research Assistant & CCU Project Coordinator

Email: myiaramos@mail.missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Kim Selders 
Senior Research Associate 

Home Miz­zou School: Edu­ca­tion­al, School, and Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­o­gy 

Email: seldersk@missouri.edu 

 

Dennis Walker, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor

Email: walkerdj@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Tanya Weigand, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical and Research Professor

Home Miz­zou School:Edu­ca­tion­al, School, & Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­o­gy &  Social Work

Email: tww79b@mail.missouri.edu

 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Anna Kim, Ph.D., MSW, MPA
Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
MO Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Institute

Email: amkim@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Nikita McCree, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
MO Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Institute

Email: namcbc@mail.missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Tracey Kenyon Milarsky, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
MO Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Institute

Email: tkmilarsky@missouri.edu 

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Hyejin Shim, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
MO Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Institute

Email: hshim@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Graduate Research Assistants and Training Grantees

Charlotte Baryo 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: cjb3gb@umsystem.edu 

Devin Bennett 
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: dkb3vn@umsystem.edu 

Pranay Bhuiyan
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: pranay.bhuiyan@mail.missouri.edu

Kennedi Boatner
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: kab2c5@missouri.edu

Faith Brown 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: fmbtdh@umsystem.edu 

Mackenzie Bryant 
InSTEPS Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: mlbdtb@missouri.edu 

Mackenzie Dallenbach
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: md8z7@mail.missouri.edu

Haley Darcy
MINT Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: hmdcmd@mail.missouri.edu

Maya Farr-Atkins
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: mkf5zf@umsystem.edu

Raisa Fountain
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: rfgmx@missouri.edu

Farshad Ghasemi
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: fgdqg@missouri.edu

Sruthi Dhamayanthi Gunasekaran
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: s.gunasekaran@mail.missouri.edu

Katie Hernandez
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: kmhb5y@missouri.edu

Megan Hennessy, B.A.
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: meganhennessy@mail.missouri.edu

Salem Hood-Johnson 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: smhbmr@missouri.edu 

Daya Hubin 
InSTEPS Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: jdlym4@umsystem.edu 

Natalie Jones 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: najr56@missouri.edu  

Alexus Joplin 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: acjwhb@umsystem.edu 

Mya Kachadorian 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: mkachadorian@missouri.edu   

Kayla Kaminski 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: krkk54@missouri.edu 

Roland Knight, B.S.W. 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: rjkhty@umsystem.edu 

Amaya Marshall 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email:marshallaj@missouri.edu 

Karlie Mathias 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: knmchp@missouri.edu 

Marina McGreevy, M.Ed
Graduate Research Assistant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment: Spe­cial Education

Email: mag93@missouri.edu 

Megan McLeod 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: mpmm5t@missouri.edu 

Alicia Mitchell
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: xabm5ty@mail.missouri.edu

Carly Mitchell 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: clmy8c@missouri.edu 

A. Reiley Morgan, M.A.T. 
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment: Spe­cial Education

Email: r.morgan@missouri.edu 

Hannah Paul 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: hmpctn@missouri.edu 

Shaoli Salowa Salam
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: s.shaoli@mail.missouri.edu

Allison Steil 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: amscnf@missouri.edu 

Sindhu Venkat
InSTEPS Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: sv5xp@missouri.edu

 

Gabby Vigliaturo 
MINT Training Grant 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: gcv45y@umsystem.edu