Our Affiliated Faculty are content experts on a wide range of topics pertaining to school mental health and contribute to the vitality of our Center through research, teaching, or consultation.
Affiliated Faculty
Bengi Baran, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Carol Coohey, M.S.W, Ph.D.
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Professor, School of Social Work
Daria Fisher Page, JD
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Director, Community Empowerment Law Project
Megan Foley-Nicpon, Ph.D.
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Licensed Psychologist & Professor, Counseling Psychology Program
Department Executive Officer, Psychological & Quantitative Foundations
Director, Belin-Blank Center
Laura Gallo, Ph.D., NCC
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Assistant Professor of School Counseling, Department of Counselor Education
Ebonee Johnson, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Community & Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Project Director, Project PEER (Prevent, Engage, Empower, Respond)
Seth King, Ph.D., BCBA-D
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Associate Professor of Special Education, Department of Teaching and Learning
Coordinator, University of Iowa ABA Program
Martin Kivlighan III, Ph.D.
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Licensed Psychologist and Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa College of Education
Departmental Executive Officer, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Visiting Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Visiting Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Miriam Landsman, Ph.D., MSW
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Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Executive Director, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
Co-Director, Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research & Evaluation
Allison Levine, Ph.D., CRC, LPCA (KY)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Counselor Education
Yung-Wei Dennis Lin, Ph.D., NCC
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Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Department of Counselor Education
Ann McCarthy, Ph.D., RN, FNASN, FAAN
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Professor, College of Nursing
Jacob Michaelson, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Roy J Carver Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Division Director, Computational and Molecular Psychiatry
Matthew O'Brien, Ph.D.
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Isaac Petersen, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jonathan Platt, Ph.D., MPH
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Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Jacob Priest, Ph.D., LMFT
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Associate Professor and Director of Couple and Family Therapy, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Director, LGBTQ Counseling Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Ashley Rila , Ph.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa College of Education
Katy Schroeder, Ph.D., NCC
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Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of Iowa College of Education
Emily Thomas, Ph.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Yanchen Zhang, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations