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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

Andy Frey, Ph.D.
MPSI Associate Director
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

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-Director

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

Brian Keller, Ph.D. 
Faculty Affiliate 

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­o­gy 

Email: btkeller@missouri.edu 

5A Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Sin U Lam, Ph.D.
Faculty Affiliate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: sinu.lam@missouri.edu

15 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

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

Julia Burke, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor

Email: j.burke@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@missouri.edu

218 Hill Hall, Colum­bia MO

Arden Schupp
Research Assistant & Rural CHAMPS Project Coordinator

Email: schuppa@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, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant & Research Scientist

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

Marina McGreevy, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
MO Pre­ven­tion Sci­ence Institute

Email: mag93@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

Graduate Research Assistants & Graduate Training Associates

Pranay Bhuiyan
Senior Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: pranay.bhuiyan@mail.missouri.edu

Farshad Ghasemi
Senior Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: fgdqg@missouri.edu

Sruthi Dhamayanthi Gunasekaran
Senior Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: s.gunasekaran@mail.missouri.edu

Anna Catherine Henley
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: ahenley@missouri.edu 

Robert Lee
InSTEPS Graduate Training Associate

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment: Edu­ca­tion­al, School, & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: ralm5m@missouri.edu

Gabriella Montanez
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment: Edu­ca­tion­al, School, & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: gmq38@missouri.edu 

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

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment: Spe­cial Education

Email: r.morgan@missouri.edu 

Vincent Otmar
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: vohb6@missouri.edu

Kalem Ringlen
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: krkz9@missouri.edu

Emily Rundquist
Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: eerdzf@missouri.edu

Shaoli Salowa Salam
Senior Graduate Research Assistant

Home Miz­zou Depart­ment:
Edu­ca­tion­al, School & Coun­sel­ing Psychology

Email: s.shaoli@mail.missouri.edu