Dr. David Pan, Chair
Lora Magnum Shields Building, Room 249
Phone: 505-454-3375
E-mail: dpan@nmhu.edu
Psychology Department News
2018
Three NMHU Master’s Degree in Psychology graduates accepted in PhD programs
Two NMHU Psychology professors earn tenure
2017
Faculty
NMHU Psychology Faculty (left to right): Gerald Russell, Ian Williamson, Sarah Tracy, Lara Heflin, David Pan, Nariman Arfai, Julia Jarvis, Linda LaGrange
Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty*:
Daniel Chadborn, Ph.D. (Educational Psychology with Experimental Focus), Assistant Professor of Psychology, Texas A&M – Commerce
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Research interests: Social identity, internet fan communities, self-categorization
Lara Heflin, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Research interests: Neuropsychology, health psychology, stress and coping, cancer, brain and head injury
Linda LaGrange, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology), Professor of Psychology, University of Alberta
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Research interests: Hepatoprotective and fetoprotective properties of flavonoids in treatment of alcohol abuse; identification of biological markers of excessive alcohol consumption; biochemical correlates of personality traits/pathology
David Pan, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Research interests: Treatment outcomes, anxiety and mood disorders, behavioral interventions, cultural identity, cultural adaptations
*Only tenure/tenure-track faculty members can serve as research advisors for Masters students
Contingent/Visiting Faculty
Gerald Russell, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology & Neuropsychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: grussell@nmhu.edu
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Leon Bustos, M.S. (General Psychology), Lecturer, New Mexico Highlands University
Email: leonbustos@nmhu.edu
Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV
Sarah Tracy, Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology), New Mexico State University
Email: stracy@nmhu.edu
Farmington Center & Online | CV
Nariman Arfai, Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology), University of New Mexico
Email: narfai@nmhu.edu
Rio Rancho Center & Online | CV
Affiliated Faculty:
Jean Hill, Ph.D. (Emeriti)
Ian Williamson, Ph.D. (Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs)
Graduate Program Data
Number of applicants 2019-2020: 18
Number of students admitted 2019-2020: 13
Number of students admitted 2019-2020 who accepted offer of admissions: 10
Total number of students enrolled in program during 2019-2020: 18
Number of students who graduated in 2019-2020: 6