Faculty

Comfort Asanbe Comfort B. Asanbe, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the College of Staten Island/City University of New York (CSI/CUNY).  Her research focuses on three main themes: (1) Identifying the facto Read more..

Natalie Batmanian I am a behavioral scientist with expertise in language learning and broadening participation in higher education, STEM disciplines in particular. I studied and served in public higher education instit Read more..

Sarah Berger Dr. Berger and her research team study the development of infants’ problem-solving skills in the context of locomotion. For example, we study how infants learn to navigate around obstacles that stand Read more..

Patricia J. Brooks Professor Brooks is the Director of the Language Learning Laboratory in the Psychology Department. She joined the CSI faculty in 1997 after completing post-doctoral research fellowships at Carneg Read more..

Florette Cohen Florette Cohen received her Bachelor’s in Science from CUNY Brooklyn College in 2003, a Master’s in Science from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2005 and her Ph.D. from the Social Psychology progr Read more..

Kathleen M. Cumiskey Kathleen M. Cumiskey is a Professor in the Psychology Department, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at CSI.  She is the co-director of the Mosaic Lab in Building 4S. Read more..

Valkiria Duran-Narucki Born in Costa Rica, Valkiria Durán-Narucki came to the United States thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship from the US Department of State to obtain a master’s degree from New York University with an emph Read more..

Kristen Gillespie-Lynch Kristen Gillespie-Lynch is a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the College of Staten Island (CSI) and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the Director Read more..

Darryl Hill Dr. Hill is an applied social psychologist who studies the influence of social, cultural, and historical context on gender and sexuality. He's known for the "Genderism and Transphobia Scale" a questio Read more..

Samantha C. Holmes Dr. Holmes earned her MA and PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Akron. She completed a predoctoral clinical internship at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and a NIDA- Read more..