Psychology Department Information

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

• NMHU Master’s Degree in Psychology graduate student accepted into PhD program for Counseling Psychology

Faculty

Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty*:

♦  Daniel Chadborn, PhD (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, PhD (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, PhD (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, PhD (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, PhD (Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology & Neuropsychology, University of California, Los Angeles

Email:  grussell@nmhu.edu

Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV

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♦  Leon Bustos, MS (General Psychology), Lecturer, New Mexico Highlands University

Email:  leonbustos@nmhu.edu

Main Campus – Las Vegas | CV

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♦  Sarah Tracy, PhD (Counseling Psychology), New Mexico State University

Email:  stracy@nmhu.edu

Farmington Center & Online | CV

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♦  Nariman Arfai, PhD (Experimental Psychology), University of New Mexico

Email:  narfai@nmhu.edu

Rio Rancho Center & Online | CV

Affiliated Faculty:

♦  Jean Hill, PhD (Emeriti)

♦  Ian Williamson, PhD (Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs)

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