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.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Stephanie Villaire, Ph.D.

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 Associates

Lacee Bills, BSW, LBSW

Chelsea Wood, MPH

Public Health Research Associates

Crystal Moran, BCH, MPH

Viridiana Munoz, BS
Sabrina Roberson, MPH

Maria Welch, MEd
Christy Wooten, LMSW, LCDC

Marketing and Digital Content Coordinator

Timeshia Taylor, BFA

Data Managers

Kirti Mahajan, MS

Mansour Salami, MA, MS

Full-time Research Assistants

Stacey Castiglione
Audrey Gandy, BA
Val Garcia, BS

Nathalia Gonzalez, BA

Heather Hines, BS

Part-time Research Assistants

Brandi Cherair, MS

Sydni Davila, BS

Emily Golding

Kerri Hyel, MBA

Claire Li, BS

Anna Lyall

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

Sakina Ghafoor, BS

Savannah Hastings, BS

Ewaoluwa Olabisi, BS

Brianna Pitz, BA

Brooke Preston, BS

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

Bryan Garner, PhD