College of Arts & Sciences

Psychology Faculty & Staff

Faculty

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Shelby Bandel
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Suicide Prevention, Firearm Suicide Prevention, Lethal Means Assessment & Intervention - Accepting students for the 2025-2026 application cycle
  • 701.777.3802
  • Columbia Hall Room 2000
    501 North Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-380
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Kelly Bishop-Diaz
Part-time Instructional
  • 701.777.3451
  • Columbia Hall Room 2000
    501 North Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Travis Clark
Teaching Associate Professor
  • 701.777.3920
  • Columbia Hall Room 2000
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Adam Derenne
Associate Professor
Specialty: Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior, Learning Theory
  • 701.777.4215
  • Columbia Hall Room 2109
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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F. Richard Ferraro
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
Specialty: Cognition/Information Processing/Neuropsychology, Life-Span Development. I'm currently not taking any graduate students in Clinical, Experimental and Forensic Psychology.
  • 701.777.2414
  • Columbia Hall Room 2921
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58203-8380
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Cassandra Flick
PhD
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Psychology & Law, Experimental Psychology -- Currently accepting graduate students
  • 701.777.4422
  • Columbia Hall, Room 2000
    501 N Columbia Rd Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Utkarsh Gupta
Post Doc Research Fellow
  • 701.777.3451
  • Columbia Hall Room 2000
    501 N Columbia Rd Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Andre Kehn
PhD
Chair/Professor, Department Chair
Specialty: Psychology and Law --- Currently accepting graduate students in General/Experimental and Forensic Programs
  • 701.777.5054
  • Columbia Road Stop 2909
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Alison Kelly
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialty: Psychology & Law; Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Higher Ed Contexts -- Currently accepting graduate students
  • 701.777.4771
  • Columbia Hall Room 2113
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Alan King
Ph.D.
Professor
Specialty: Clinical Psychology with emphasis on childhood maltreatment, personality development, and aggression. Dr. King is recruiting for an incoming clinical doctoral student in the 2025 academic year. 
  • 701.777.3644
  • Columbia Hall Room 2918
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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JP Legerski
PhD in Clinical Child Psychology
NPCC Clinical Director
Specialty: Child psychopathology, memory, social & emotional development. I am currently recruiting graduate students in our Clinical Psychology PhD Program.
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Justin Douglas McDonald
Professor
Specialty: Native American assessment and treatment issues.
  • 701.777.4495
  • Columbia Hall Room 2121
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Joe Miller
PhD, LP
Director of Clinical Training
Specialty: My research interests involve assessment & test development. I’m seeking a graduate student (Clinical, General/Experimental, or Forensic applicant) to assist with development of cognitive/neuropsych tests accessible by blind or visually impaired people.
  • 701.777.4472
  • Columbia Hall Room 2514
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Thomas Petros
Professor
  • 701.777.3260
  • Columbia Hall 2930
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Dmitri Poltavski
Ph.D (Experimental Psychology)
Professor
Specialty: Visual Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Psychopharmacology
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Tiffany Russell
PhD
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Personality Psychology, Forensic Psychology, LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Violence Perpetration. Not currently accepting graduate students
  • 701.777.4616
  • Columbia Hall, Room 2000
    501 N Columbia Rd Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Joelle Ruthig
PhD
Professor
Specialty: Social and Health Psychology - Currently accepting graduate students
  • 701.777.3533
  • Columbia Hall Room 2101
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58203-8380
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Kimberly Schweitzer
PhD
Associate Professor
Specialty: Psychology & Law -- Currently accepting graduate students
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Heather Terrell
Director of Undergraduate Psychology Programs
Specialty: Social and Personality Psychology ~ no longer mentoring graduate students.
  • 701.777.3882
  • Columbia Hall Room 2926
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Richard Wise
Assoc. Professor
Specialty: Forensic Psychology, Eyewitness Testimony, Police, Experts, Clinical Psychology --Currently not accepting graduate students
  • 701.777.3451
  • Columbia Hall Room 2117
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380

Staff

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Maddie Baeten
Academic Advisor
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Pam Bethke
Administrative Assistant
  • 701.777.3802
  • Columbia Hall Room 2002
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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David Biberdorf
Temp Research Lab (Hrly)
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Jessica Green
Administrative Secretary
  • 701.777.3451
  • Columbia Hall Room 2000
    501 N Columbia Road Stop 8380
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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Carolina Praus Poltavski
Temp Research Lab (Hrly)

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