Get to Know Us
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
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
Marcus Petree, B.S. Ed.
Senior Research Manager
Email: petreem@missouri.edu
218 Hill Hall, Columbia MO
Kim Selders
Senior Research Associate
Home Mizzou School: Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
Email: seldersk@missouri.edu
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
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
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
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