Staff Directory

Director and Professor and Saul B. Sells Chair of Psychology

• Kevin Knight, PhD

Senior Research Scientists

• George W. Joe, EdD
• Wayne E. K. Lehman, PhD

Research Scientists

• Jennifer Edwards Becan, PhD
• Jennifer Pankow, PhD, CADC
• Yang Yang, PhD

Associate Research Scientists

• Jennifer Lux, PhD
• Randi Proffitt, PhD
• Amanda Wiese, PhD

Collaborating Research Scientists

• Danica Kalling Knight, PhD – TCU’s Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Senior Public Health Research Associate

• Elaine Tinius, MSW, LCSW

Public Health Research Associates

• Anthea Ayebaze, MPH
• Ahrein Bennett, MPH
• Lacee Bills, BSW, LBSW
• Ashley Gainey, MS, LPC-A
• Sabrina Roberson, MPH
• Maverick Salyards, MS
• Chelsea Wood, MPH

Part-Time Public Health Research Associates

• Olivia Persinger, BS
• Brandi Stein, MPH
• Christy Wooten, MSW

Marketing and Digital Content Coordinator

• Ashley West, MS

Data Manager

• Mansour Salami, MA, MS

Full-time Research Assistants

• Kristen Adams, MSSW, LCSW
• Renee Castillo, BS
• Heather Hines, BS
• Audrey Gandy, BA
• Nathalia Gonzalez, BA
• Viridiana Munoz, BS
• Avery Nelson, BA
• Maria Welch, MA

Part-time Research Assistants

• Samantha Dehner, MSW, LMSW
• Lynzie Ferguson, BA
• Edwin Paz, BA
• Brooke Preston, BS
• Jessica Sanchez, MA
• CallieAnn Simpson,MSW, LMSW

Operations Coordinator

• Holly Harrelson, BS

Grants Compliance and Contract Assistant

• Mandy Soto, BS

Research Support Specialists

• Audrey Armstrong, MA

Administrative Support Assistant

• Stacey Castiglione
• Melinda Portillo

Graduate Research Assistants

• Elizabeth Joseph, MS 
• Thomas Sease, MS
• Lillyan Shelley, MS
• Stephanie Villaire, BS
• Savannah Hastings, BS
• Francesca Gentea, BA

Undergraduate Interns

• Vinisha Inaganti

Former Directors

• Saul B. Sells, PhD
• D. Dwayne Simpson, PhD
• Patrick M. Flynn, PhD

In Memory

• Lois R. Chatham, PhD
• Robert G. Demaree, PhD