Staff Directory

Director and Professor and Saul B. Sells Chair of Psychology

Kevin Knight, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientists

Wayne E. K. Lehman, Ph.D.
Jennifer Edwards Becan, PhD.
Jennifer Pankow, Ph.D., CADC

Research Scientists

Yang Yang, Ph.D.
Randi Proffitt, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientists

Amanda Sease, Ph.D.
Thomas Sease, Ph.D.
Pamela Carey, D.P.A.

Collaborating Research Scientists

Danica Kalling Knight, Ph.D. – TCU’s Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Assistant Director of Interventions and Training

Chase Crossno, MPH

Senior Public Health Research Associate

Elaine Tinius, MSW, LCSW

Public Health Research Associates

Lacee Bills, BSW, LBSW
Crystal Moran, BCH, MPH

Quinceola Reid, BA
Sabrina Roberson, MPH

Maria Welch, MEd
Chelsea Wood, MPH
Christy Wooten, LMSW, LCDC

Marketing and Digital Content Coordinator

Timeshia Taylor, BFA

Data Managers

Mansour Salami, MA, MS

Mallory Whiteside, MS

Full-time Research Assistants

Stacey Castiglione
Heather Hines, BS
Audrey Gandy, BA
Val Garcia, BS

Francesca Gentea, MS
Nathalia Gonzalez, BA
Viridiana Munoz, BS

Part-time Research Assistants

Ian Armstrong, MA

Mickaela Barrett, BS

Nicholas Bravo, BS
Amani Dotson, MA
Lynzie Ferguson, BA
Genesis Hernandez, MS
McKynzie Johnson, BS
Melanie Lozano, BS
Xander Shannon, BA

Operations Manager

Melinda Portillo

Financial Manager

Mandy Soto, BS

Administrative Support Assistant

Keely Self

Mikala Smith, BS

Research Support Assistant

Laura Wilkinson, BA

Graduate Research Assistants

Renee Castillo, BS

Brianna Pitz, BA

Brooke Preston, BS

Savannah Hastings, BS

Stephanie Villaire, BS

Undergraduate Interns

Talia Christian

Sakina Ghafoor

Angela Rique

Former Directors

Saul B. Sells, PhD

D. Dwayne Simpson, PhD

Patrick M. Flynn, PhD

In Memory

Lois R. Chatham, PhD

Robert G. Demaree, PhD
George W. Joe, EdD