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2025-2026 Catalog > The Faculty > College of Education and Psychology Faculty

College of Education and Psychology Faculty

KRISTIE ALLEN, Lecturer in Psychology and Counseling
M.A., The University of Texas at Tyler

OLGA BERKOUT, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Mississippi

KENDRA BIRCHER, Visiting Lecturer
M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University

BRANDON BRETL, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas 

JILL CARTER, Assistant Professor of Practice
Ph.D., Texas State University

DENNIS COMBS, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

PRADEEP DASS, Professor and Dean
Ph.D., University of Iowa

LAUREN DEATON, Lecturer
MA, Ball State University

JULIE DELELLO, Professor of Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

GINA DOEPKER - Professor in the School of Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

FRANK DYKES, Professor of Special Education, Director, School of Education
Ed.D., Stephen F. Austin State University 

PRISCILLA W. GILPIN, Senior Lecturer in Education
M.Ed., The University of Texas at Tyler 

RAMONA GRAD, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Georgia State University

BRADLEY GREEN, Professor

YASEMIN GUNPINAR, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Florida

AMY HAYES, Associate Professor of Psychology, Chair, Department of Psychology and Counseling
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

JESSICA HOLM, Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling
Ph.D., University of North Texas 

FORREST KAISER, Assistant Professor in the School of Education
D.Ed., Texas A&M University Commerce

TERESA J. KENNEDY, Professor of Education
Ph.D., University of Idaho

LAUREN KIRBY, Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling
Ph.D., Mississippi State University 

JENNIFER LANE, Assistant Professor of Practice
Ed.D., The University of Texas at Tyler

ADAM McGUIRE, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Seattle Pacific University

GARY MILLER, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ed.D., University of North Texas

KOUIDER MOKHTARI, Professor and Anderson-Vukelja-Wright Endowed Chair in Education
Ph.D., Ohio University

DANA MORRIS, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Baylor University

JOANNA NEEL, Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D., Texas A&M University - Commerce

MICHAEL ODELL, Professor of Education
Ph.D., Indiana University

YANIRA OLIVERAS, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ph.D., Penn State University

YVONNE RALPH, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas

JESSICA RUETER, Professor in the School of Education

Ph.D., Texas Woman's University

SARAH SASS, Professor of Psychology and Interim Chair, Department of Psychology and Counseling
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

CYNTHIA A. SHERMAN, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Education
M.Ed., The University of Texas at Tyler 

DIANE SMEDLEY, Assistant Professor in Psychology and Counseling
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

JAMES ROSS SPEARS, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio

ERIC L. STOCKS, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Kansas

ZAHIDE SUNAL, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Old Dominion University

WOONHEE SUNG, Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

COLLEEN SWAIN, Professor of Education and Associate Provost for Online and Undergraduate Education
Ph.D., University of North Texas

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, Associate Professor in the School of Education
Ph.D., Ball State University 

LAUREN THOMAS, Lecturer
M.A., Ball State University

JENNIFER WATTERS, Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Stephen F. Austin State University

STACI ZOLKOSKI, Associate Professor of Education and Director, School of Education
Ph.D., University of North Texas