Faculty and Staff of Psychology and Counseling
All full-time faculty members have a Ph.D. or Ed.D. in clinical, school or another area of psychology. In addition to teaching, faculty members are actively involved in research and professional and community service. Numerous opportunities exist for student participation in faculty research and service.
Florham Campus
Donalee Brown
Clinical Mental Health Counseling, LP
Associate Professor of Psychology, earned her Ph.D. from Seton Hall University. Her areas of specialization are counseling, trauma work, and forensic psychology.
973-443-8987
Daniel Calcagnetti
Experimental/Neuropsychology
Associate Professor of Psychology earned his Ph.D. from Temple University. His area of specialization is behavioral neuroscience.
973-443-8974
Thomas Conklin
Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Masters Program
Instructor in counseling, a doctoral candidate at Montclair State University. His areas of specialization are addictions counseling and counseling offenders.
973-443-8730
Danielle DeNigris
Developmental Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology, earned her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. Her area of specialization is developmental psychology.
973-443-8389
Robert Griffo
Experimental Social Psychology; Director – Industrial/Organizational Psychology program
Assistant Professor of Psychology, earned his Ph.D. from Northeastern University. His area of specialization is experimental social psychology.
973-443-8556
Madonna Saganda
Clinical Mental Health Counseling, LAC; Director, COMPASS-Florham Program, Practicum and Internship Coordinator
Director of the COMPASS program on the Florham campus and Practicum and Internship Coordinator in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, she earned her M.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and M.A. in Experimental Psychology from St. John’s University.
973-443-8550
Paul Strauss
Organizational Behavior/Leadership; Professor Emeritus
Dr. Strauss has an M.A. in Industrial Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Development from New York University. Dr. Strauss is the Director of the department’s Applied Leadership Programs and the Psychology and Counseling Resource Center.
201-568-8676
Anthony Tasso
Department Chair, Professor
Earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. His areas of specialization are counseling and clinical psychology.
973-443-8094
Alwin E. Wagener, Ph.D., NCC is an Assistant Professor of Counseling. He holds a doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
awagener@fdu.edu
Professor of Psychology, she holds a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. Her area of specialization is industrial/organizational psychology.
973-443-8560
Metro Campus
Stephen R. Armeli, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Professor
Areas of Interest: Social, Personality, and Health Psychology; Statistics.
Email: armeli@fdu.edu
Phone: 2309
Andrew R. Eisen, Ph.D.
Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-Behavioral.
Practice Specialties: Child Behavior Disorders; Child Anxiety Disorders; School Refusal Behavior.
Email: eisen@fdu.edu
Phone: 2593
Benjamin D. Freer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Theoretical Perspective: Interdisciplinary; Experimental-Cognitive Development; Developmental Psychopathology; Cognitive Neuroscience.
Email: bfreer@fdu.edu
Phone: 2308
Meaghan Curran Guiney, Ph.D., NCSP
Assistant Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic
Areas of Interest: School-Based Consultation, Supervision of School Psychologists, Crisis Response, Childhood Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders; Legal and Ethical Issues in School Psychology.
Email: mguiney@fdu.edu
Phone: 2310
Juliana Rasic Lachenmeyer, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-Behavioral.
Practice Specialties: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Eating, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders; Behavioral Medicine (e.g., Failure to Thrive, Seizure Disorders); Parenting.
Email: jrlphd@aol.com
Phone: 2719
Robert McGrath, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic/Psychodynamic.
Practice Specialties: Individual adults; Personality assessment
Email: robert_mcgrath@fdu.edu
Phone: 2464
Eleanor McGlinchey, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Assistant Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Interpersonal Psychotherapy; Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Practice Specialties: Sleep Disorders; Depression; Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Email: elm@fdu.edu
Phone: 2430
Erika Oak, Psy.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Psychoeducational/Eclectic
Practice Specialties: Psychoeducational Assessment; Child and Adolescent Behavior Disorders; Childhood Developmental Disabilities; School-Based Mental Health; Parent Training
Email: eoak@fdu.edu
Phone: 2455
Dr. Derek Phillips
Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Psychopharmacology
Administrative Assistant: (201) 692-2301
Direct: (773) 899-4745
Email: dphillips@fdu.edu
David L. Pogge, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Lecturer
Practice Specialties: Diagnostic Assessment; Neuropsychological Assessment; Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders and Paraphilic Disorders; Forensic Assessment.
Email: dlpogge@aol.com
Phone: 2300
Robert Prentky, Ph.D.
Director, Forensic Training Programs
Areas of Interest: Assessing risk of dangerousness in juveniles; pre-adolescent / adolescent boys and girls with sexually inappropriate behaviors – precursor and concurrent life events; attachment disorders and other adverse life events and proximal clinical features of psychopathy in juveniles.
Practice Specialties: Risk assessment and evaluation of criminal offenders.
Email: rprentky@fdu.edu
Phone: 2649
Linda M. Raffaele Mendez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-Behavioral, Ecological
Practice Specialties: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Children and Adolescents; Trauma-Informed Prevention and Intervention in Schools, Promoting Wellness Among Families Raising Children with Special Needs
Email: raffaelemend@fdu.edu
Phone: 2445
Jennifer Romei, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Integrative; Cognitive-Behavioral, Meta-Cognitive, & Mentalization-Based Therapy
Practice Specialties: Serious and Persistent Mental Illness, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Personality Disorders
Research Interests: Violence risk assessment and mitigation for NGRI and civilly committed inpatients; civil commitment, right to treatment, and right to refuse treatment; threat assessment and management; workplace violence prevention; psychotherapy process, outcome, and supervision
Email: jromei@fdu.edu
Lana A. Tiersky, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Associate Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic.
Practice Specialties: Psychoanalysis; Neuropsychological Evaluation and Cognitive Rehabilitation.
Areas of Specialty: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI); Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS); Psychosomatic Illness.
Email: tiersky@fdu.edu
Phone: 2305
Stefanie Ulrich, Ph.D. [Ph.D. program core faculty]
Director, Center for Psychological Services
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic/Integrative
Practice Specialties: Depression, grief and loss; cultural issues in diagnosis and treatment; trauma, PTSD, and veterans services; women’s issues; acute care; adults and adolescents.
Email: sulrich@fdu.edu
Phone: 2445
Kathleen Viezel, Ph.D., NCSP
Associate Professor
Theoretical Perspective: Cognitive-Behavioral
Practice Specialties: Psychoeducational assessment; Psychological assessment; Parent training; Child and adolescent therapy; Young adults with autism
Email: kmdavis@fdu.edu
Phone: 2302
Georgia Winters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Deputy Director
Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral
Practice Specialties: Forensic evaluation
Email: gwinters@fdu.edu
Phone: 2303
Jamie Zibulsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Theoretical Orientation: Developmental; Eclectic
Practice Specialties: School-based prevention and intervention programs; Psychoeducational assessment; Educational consultation
Email: Jamie_Zibulsky@fdu.edu
Phone: 2811