Department Administration
Peter A. Metofe
Associate Professor and Department Head
Email: pametofe@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5224
Office: Don Clark 255
Education
Ph.D. California School of Professional Psychology. San Diego, California.
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
Mia Simmons
Administrative Associate III
Email: mmsimmons@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Office: Don Clark 242
Fred Bragg
Academic Advisor for Freshman, Sophomores, Transfers and Athletes
Email: fabragg@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5904
Office: Don Clark 245
Program Faculty
Carl E. Carey
Adjunct Professor
Email: cecarey@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5263
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests
Achievement motivation, life-span development, learning and cognition
Stacie Craft DeFreitas
Associate Professor
Email: scdefreitas@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5223
Office: Don Clark 256
Education
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
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
Education
Prairie View A&M University: BS in Mathematics
West Texas A&M University: MS in Mathematics candidate
Research Interests
Developmental Mathematics success, Animal welfare standards, Food safety and quality, Environmental stimulants and Cancer
Anne Lippert
Assistant Professor
Email: amlippert@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5267
Office: Don Clark 219
Education
Education: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, University of New Mexico
Research Interests
Knowledge representation, Text analysis, Forensic psychology, Educational technology
Stephen A. Morris
Instructor
Email: samorris@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5218
Education
Ph.D. Psychology-Candidate, MA-Counseling, MS-Human Sciences, BA-Sociology
Research Interests
Clinical Depression, Emotional Eating, Psychological Impact of Gastric Bypass Surgery, and Post Gastric Bypass Psychological Success
Jay Murphy
Assistant Professor
Email: jemurphy@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5220
Office: Don Clark 214
Education
Ph.D. in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences from Auburn University
Research Interests
Interested in traumatic memories and PTSD; Police and Community relations; Police involved fatalities; and Issues in Education
Dahl Rollins
Adjunct Professor
Email: darollins@pvamu.edu
Education
Ph.D., School Psychology at Texas A&M University; M.A., Counseling, PVAMU
Research Interests
ADHD and school referral
Early childhood assessment (autism)
Temilola Salami
Associate Professor
Email: tesalami@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5266
Office: Don Clark 253
Education
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
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
Yuki Shigemoto
Assistant Professor
Email: yushigemoto@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5264
Office: Don Clark 225
Education
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas Tech
Research Interests
Individual/community resilience, posttraumatic growth, positive psychology
Brandon Sylvester
Clinic Director
Email: brsylvester@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5238
Office: Don Clark 112
Education
B.S. Biology and Chemistry; MA Clinical Psychology; PsyD Clinical Psychology
Barney D. Williams
Lecturer III
Email: bdwilliams@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5222
Office: Don Clark 221
Education
Texas Southern University – BA
California School of Professional Psychology – Ph.D.
Logan A. Yelderman
Associate Professor
Email: layelderman@pvamu.edu
Phone: (936) 261-5214
Office: Don Clark 231
Education
Ph.D. in Social Psychology
Research Interests
Legal Decision-making; Emotion; Morality; Religious Fundamentalism; Religious Behavior; Capital Punishment; Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts; Energy and Water Conservation and Sustainability