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

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

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

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

Virginia Ramseyer Winter, Ph.D.
CBIRP Director

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Social Work

Email: ramseyerwinterv@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-8077

705 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

James Sebastian, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al Lead­er­ship & Pol­i­cy Analysis

Email: sebastianji@missouri.edu

Phone: 573–884-6346

202 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 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 & Senior Research Associate

Email: aguayod@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Julia Burke, Ph.D.
SCSL & DiSCO Project Training Coach

Email: j.burke@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Kyra Brown, B.A.
Research Assistant & DiSCO Project Coordinator

Email: kbrown@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Christa Copeland, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Email: cbcopeland@missouri.edu

202 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Catherine Glynn, B.A.
Research Assistant & DiSCO Project Coordinator

Email: glynnc@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Ben Graves, M.S.
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
MPSI Business Manager

Email: mljohnston@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Abbey McNally, B.A.
Research Assistant & MISC Project Coordinator

Email: arm6rh@mail.missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Marcus Petree, B.S. Ed.
Senior Research Manager & MPSI Leadership Projects Coordinator

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

Dennis Walker, Ph.D.
SCSL Project Principal Training Coach

Email: walkerdj@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

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

Graduate Research Assistants and OSEP Training Grantees

Pranay Bhuiyan
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: pranay.bhuiyan@mail.missouri.edu

Kennedi Boatner
OSEP Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: kab2c5@missouri.edu

Mackenzie Dallenbach
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: md8z7@mail.missouri.edu

Haley Darcy
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: hmdcmd@mail.missouri.edu

Maya Farr-Atkins
OSEP Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: mkf5zf@umsystem.edu

Raisa Fountain
OSEP 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
OSEP Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
School of Social Work

Email: kmhb5y@missouri.edu

Megan Hennessy
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: meganhennessy@mail.missouri.edu

Alicia Mitchell
OSEP Training Grant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: xabm5ty@mail.missouri.edu

Shaoli Salowa Salam
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Department:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: s.shaoli@mail.missouri.edu

Sindhu Venkat
OSEP Training Grant

Home Miz­zou School:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: sv5xp@missouri.edu

 

Tanya Weigand, MSW, LCSW
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou School:
Social Work

Email: tww79b@mail.missouri.edu