Department Administration
Peter A. Metofe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Head
Email: pametofe@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5224
Office: Don Clark 255
Research Interests
Role Ambiguity and Job Satisfaction; Development and Application of Statistical Models in Psychology; The Prediction of Academic Performance; The prediction of Job Performance; Development and Validation of Career Inventories; Personnel Selection; Transfer of Training in Organizations; Organizational Change and Development
Marquel Smith
Administrative Associate III
Email: mssmith@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Office: Don K. Clark 242
Samantha Branch
Academic Advisor for students with last names A – J
Email: slbranch@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5945
Office: Don Clark 209
Fred Bragg
Academic Advisor for students with last names K – Z
Email: fabragg@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5904
Office: Don Clark 245
Program Faculty
Veda E. Brown, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Email: vebrown@pvamu.edu
Office: Don Clark 221
Carl E. Carey, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Email: cecarey@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Research Interests
Achievement motivation, life-span development, learning and cognition
Paula Chrishon, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Email: pmchrishon@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5268
Office: Don Clark 244
Stacie Craft DeFreitas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: scdefreitas@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5223
Office: Don Clark 256
Research Interests
African American community, youth of color, positive psychology, mental health, academic achievement
Marsha HoSang
Faculty Lecturer I
Email: mahosang@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-3675
Office: Don Clark 213
Research Interests
Developmental Mathematics success, Animal welfare standards, Food safety and quality, Environmental stimulants and Cancer
Ruth Imose, Ph.D.
Adjunct
Email: ruimose@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5213
Office: Don Clark 221
Research Interests
Diversity in the workplace, the impact of dissimilarity at work, well-being
Anne Lippert, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: amlippert@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5267
Office: Don Clark 219
Research Interests
Knowledge representation, Text analysis, Forensic psychology, Educational technology
Stephen A. Morris, Ph.D.
Instructor
Email: samorris@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5218
Research Interests
Clinical Depression, Emotional Eating, Psychological Impact of Gastric Bypass Surgery, and Post Gastric Bypass Psychological Success
Ioana R. Mot Abdo, Ph.D.
Lecturer I
Email: irabdo@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5264
Office: Don Clark 214
Research Interests
Culture and cross-cultural differences in cognition
Jay Murphy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: jemurphy@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5220
Office: Don Clark 214
Research Interests
Interested in traumatic memories and PTSD; Police and Community relations; Police involved fatalities; and Issues in Education
Aashir Nasim, Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Email: provost@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-2175
Joseph Pelletier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of the Practice
Email: jppelletier@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5217
Office: Don Clark 250
Research Interests
Social identity, prejudice, subjective group dynamics, police/civilian interaction, perceptions of violence, pornography and aggression
Rahsheda Perine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of the Psychology Training Clinic
Email: rdperine@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5238
Office: Don Clark 112
Research Interests
The effects of social media on African-American girls and women
Dahl Rollins, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Email: darollins@pvamu.edu
Research Interests
ADHD and school referral
Early childhood assessment (autism)
Temilola Salami, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: tesalami@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5266
Office: Don Clark 253
Research Interests
Racial/ethnic health disparities; trauma; race-related stress; prevention and intervention development; human trafficking; first responder mental health; sociocultural risk and protective factors that impact psychological health
Cherry Sawyerr, PsyD
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Email: chsawyerr@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Office: Don Clark 251
John Starne
Adjunct Professor
Email: jrstarne@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-3297
Bridgett Tate, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: brtate@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Office: Don Clark 231
Research Interests
Dr. Bridgett Tate is a licensed clinical psychologist and dedicated faculty member at Prairie View A&M University, where she specializes in trauma-informed care, multicultural psychology, and neurodevelopment disorders. With a strong commitment to student mentorship and research, Dr. Tate’s work bridges clinical practice and academic scholarship. Her current projects focus on executive dysfunction in youth, the integration of neuroscience and therapeutic intervention, and advancing culturally responsive training for future psychologists.
Barney D. Williams, Ph. D.
Lecturer III
Email: bdwilliams@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5222
Office: Don Clark 221
Logan A. Yelderman, Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty
Email: layelderman@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5214
Office: Don Clark 231
Research Interests
Legal Decision-making; Emotion; Morality; Religious Fundamentalism; Religious Behavior; Capital Punishment; Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts; Energy and Water Conservation and Sustainability