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, 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)
Graduate Program Data
| Number of applicants 2016-17: | 13 |
| Number of students admitted 2016-17: | 10 |
| Number of students admitted 2016-17 who accepted offer of admissions: | 8 |
| Total number of students enrolled in program during 2016-17: | 25 |
| Number of students who graduated in 2016-17: | 14 |