Faculty

Sandra L. Hunt Dr. Hunt is a licensed psychologist in the state of New York, and has been trained in both Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology.  She has several years of experience performing individual Read more..

David Johnson Dr. Johnson earned his BA in psychology from NYU and PhD in neuroscience from Weill Cornell Medical College. He directs the Cognition Emotion Lab at CSI, where he and his research team study emotional Read more..

Lana Karasik Dr. Karasik and her research team is interested in how culture and childrearing practices shape infants' learning opportunities thereby affecting developmental outcomes. How does culture affect which Read more..

John W. Lawrence John Lawrence is a clinical psychologist. He did his internship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at John Read more..

Aida Ismael-Lennon Aida Ismael-Lennon is a bilingual (Spanish) licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist in NY and NJ. She earned her doctoral psychology degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic M Read more..

Dan McCloskey Dr. McCloskey’s research is focused on understanding the brain systems involved in social behavior.  This is accomplished by studying the African naked mole-rat, a unique and highly social f Read more..

Frances Meléndez Frances A. Meléndez is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of New York.  She is a graduate of the College of Staten Island and received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Grad Read more..

Bertram O. Ploog Bertram O. Ploog’s interest in autism began in 1978 when he was a conscientious objector interning at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich, Germany. As an undergrad at the U. of Californi Read more..

Lauren Rogers-Sirin Dr. Rogers-Sirin earned her MA and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. She is a licensed psychologist who practices from multicultural relational model of counseling. She has clinical Read more..

Irina A. Sekerina What are the mechanisms underlying rapid, incremental on-line language comprehension? How do preschool children develop fast and interactive processing system that allows them to successfully employ m Read more..