Media Experts

William James College Media Experts List

The William James College Media Experts list has been designed to help members of the media to access experts in psychology, behavioral health, and leadership.

To arrange for an interview, please contact the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Katie O’Hare, at katie_ohare@williamjames.edu or 617-564-9389.

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Katherine King, PsyD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Geropsychology Concentration
Faculty, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Retirement
  • Caregiving
  • Burnout
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Professional Ethics
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Marital Relationships
  • Couples Therapy
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma-Informed Care

Learn more about Dr. King here

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Brian D. Ott, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Center for Psychological Sciences
Faculty, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

  • Panic Disorder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Phobia
  • Social Phobia
  • OCD
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Exposure and Response Prevention
  • Exposure Therapy
Learn more about Dr. Ott here

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Jason P. Kaplan, PhD, LEP, NCSP

Director, PsyD in School Psychology

Associate Professor and Chair, School Psychology Department

School Mental Health • Learning Disabilities

Learn more about Dr. Kaplan here

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Gemima St. Louis, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Vice President for Workforce Initiatives and Specialty Training

Director, HRSA-Funded STAR Fellowship Program

Behavioral health workforce development • Youth mental health

Learn more about Dr. St. Louis here

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Katie Thomas, MS

Adjunct Faculty, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department; Assistant Director Field Education, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department

Infant and Toddler Mental Health * Early Childhood Mental Health *  Childhood Trauma * Parenting After Trauma and Parenting with Trauma• Telehealth • Teleplay • Play Therapy

Learn more about Ms. Thomas here

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Shani Turner, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Director, African and Caribbean Mental Health Concentration

Director, PATHWAYS Program

Trauma Informed Care • Parent Management • Parent Coaching • Parenting practices within the African and Caribbean community

Learn more about Dr. Turner here

Portrait photo of smiling woman with strawberry blonde hair and orange topJennifer Staples

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Research and Practice Interests:
  • Mental Health Access and Equity
  • Community Mental Health
  • Mental Health Stigma
  • Mental Health Skills for Everyday Life
  • Early Mental Health Intervention
  • Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance
  • Workplace and Organizational Wellness
  • Burnout and Stress Management

Learn more about Dr. Staples here

Photo of smiling woman in yellow shirtNatalie A. Cort, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Black Mental Health Graduate Academy
Co-Director, Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health    
Faculty, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Intimate Partner Violence/Childhood Maltreatment
  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Field
  • Psychiatric Diagnostic Practices
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Depression Treatment Outcomes

Learn more about Dr. Cort here

Headshot of Lindsey DavisLindsey Sank Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Faculty, Forensic Psychology Concentration
Faculty, LGBTQIA+ Studies Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • LGBTQ+ mental health
  • Hate crime
  • Serial and sexual homicide
  • LGBTQ+ issues in the criminal justice system
  • Racism
    Discrimination
    Trauma
  • Juvenile justice
  • Ethnoracial issues in the justice system
  • Family court issues/divorce

Learn more about Dr. Davis here

Head shot of Katherine KingKatherine King, PsyD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Geropsychology Concentration
Faculty, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Retirement
  • Caregiving
  • Burnout
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Professional Ethics
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Marital Relationships
  • Couples Therapy
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma-Informed Care

Learn more about Dr. King here

Kymberlee O'Brien HeadshotKymberlee O'Brien, MEd, PhD

Teaching Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Neuroscience and an experimental research psychology
  • Acute and chronic stress effects on healthy brain and being
  • Social devaluation and trauma on biological outcomes
  • Physiological effects of discrimination and microaggressions
  • Positive aging in the brain
  • Memory boosts
  • Neurofeedback
  • Development of empathy and compassion
  • Building of brain architecture
  • Neuroscience and Psychophysiology

Learn more about Dr. O'Brien here

Gemima St. Lois HeadshotGemima St. Louis, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Vice President for Workforce Initiatives and Specialty Training
Director, HRSA-Funded STAR Fellowship Program

Research and Practice Interests

  • Behavioral health workforce development
  • Youth mental health

Learn more about Dr. St. Lois here

Black and white photo of woman's faceShani Turner, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, African and Caribbean Mental Health Concentration
Director, PATHWAYS Program

Research and Practice Interests

  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Parent Management
  • Parent Coaching
  • Parenting practices within the African & Caribbean community

Learn more about Dr. Turner here

Headshot of Lindsey DavisLindsey Sank Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Faculty, Forensic Psychology Concentration
Faculty, LGBTQIA+ Studies Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • LGBTQ+ mental health
  • Hate crime
  • Serial and sexual homicide
  • LGBTQ+ issues in the criminal justice system
  • Racism
    Discrimination
    Trauma
  • Juvenile justice
  • Ethnoracial issues in the justice system
  • Family court issues/divorce

Learn more about Dr. Davis here

Robert KinscherffRobert Thomson Kinscherff, PhD, JD

Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Faculty, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience Concentration
Faculty, Forensic Psychology Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Forensic Psychology
    • Criminal and civil matters in criminal law
    • Juvenile and child protection law
    • Civil commitments
    • Gun violence
    • Violent offenders
    • Sexual offenders
  • Implications of Neuroscience and Psychology for Law and Public Policy (e.g., juvenile/young adult justice)
    • Criminal sentencing
    • Immigration/asylum issues
    • Aging brain/elder protection
  • Firesetting
  • Gun Violence and Gun Policy

Learn more about Dr. Kinscherff here

Joseph ToomeyJoseph A. Toomey, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Associate Chair, Clinical Psychology Department
Academic Director, Forensic Programs

Research and Practice Interests

  • Forensic Mental Health
  • Mental Health and the Law
  • Criminal Behavior
  • Severe mental illness
  • Policing
  • Correction (Jails and Prisons)

Learn more about Dr. Toomey here

Head shot of Katherine KingKatherine King, PsyD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Geropsychology Concentration
Faculty, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Retirement
  • Caregiving
  • Burnout
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Professional Ethics
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Marital Relationships
  • Couples Therapy
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma-Informed Care

Learn more about Dr. King here

Erlene Rosowsky headshotErlene Rosowsky, PsyD, FSGA

Retired Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Former Director, Geropsychology Concentration
Founding Director, WJC Alliance for Aging 

Research and Practice Interests

  • Older age: Personality Disorders
  • Long married/partnered couples
  • Retirement
  • Aging Easier

Learn more about Dr. Rosowsky here

Head shot of Katherine KingKatherine King, PsyD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Geropsychology Concentration
Faculty, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Retirement
  • Caregiving
  • Burnout
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Professional Ethics
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-Compassion
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity
  • Consensual Non-Monogamy
  • Marital Relationships
  • Couples Therapy
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma-Informed Care

Learn more about Dr. King here

Kymberlee O'Brien HeadshotKymberlee O'Brien, MEd, PhD

Teaching Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Neuroscience and an experimental research psychology
  • Acute and chronic stress effects on healthy brain and being
  • Social devaluation and trauma on biological outcomes
  • Physiological effects of discrimination and microaggressions
  • Positive aging in the brain
  • Memory boosts
  • Neurofeedback
  • Development of empathy and compassion
  • Building of brain architecture
  • Neuroscience and Psychophysiology

Learn more about Dr. O'Brien here

Carolyn Rabin HeadshotCarolyn Rabin, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Clinical Health Psychology Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Health and health behaviors
  • Physical activity
  • Cancer survivorship
  • Factors that prompt people to engage in COVID-protective behavior (e.g., vaccination, masking)

Learn more about Dr. Rabin here

Headshot of Christine SmithChristine R. Smith, PsyD

Adjunct Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Adjunct Professor, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Eating Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Experiences of Women in STEM

Learn more about Dr. Smith here

Headshot of Paul BlockPaul Block, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Healthcare reform
  • Behavioral health policy and system design
  • Behavioral health in healthcare reform
  • Staffing crisis (burnout, recruitment and retention, management problems) in mental health and healthcare
  • Innovation in community mental health

Learn more about Dr. Block here

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Associate Professor, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Trauma
  • Sex Trafficking
  • Attachment
  • Psychoanalysis

Learn more about Dr. Contreras

close up of woman smililngPaola M. Contreras, PsyD

Associate Professor, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Trauma
  • Sex Trafficking
  • Attachment
  • Psychoanalysis

Learn more about Dr. Contreras

Photo of smiling woman in yellow shirtNatalie A. Cort, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Black Mental Health Graduate Academy
Co-Director, Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health    
Faculty, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Intimate Partner Violence/Childhood Maltreatment
  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Field
  • Psychiatric Diagnostic Practices
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Depression Treatment Outcomes

Learn more about Dr. Cort here

Headshot of Lindsey DavisLindsey Sank Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Faculty, Forensic Psychology Concentration
Faculty, LGBTQIA+ Studies Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • LGBTQ+ mental health
  • Hate crime
  • Serial and sexual homicide
  • LGBTQ+ issues in the criminal justice system
  • Racism
  • Discrimination
  • Trauma
  • Juvenile justice
  • Ethnoracial issues in the justice system
  • Family court issues/divorce

Learn more about Dr. Davis here

Head shot of Jenny D'OlympiaJenny D'Olympia, PsyD, LMHC

Assistant Professor, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department
Director, Military Veteran Psychology and Train Vets to Treat Vets Programs
Associate Chair, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Mental healh of military, veterans and their families, women veterans
  • Post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression
  • Individual, group, couples and family therapy
  • Testing and assessment
  • Evaluation and advocacy for children with special needs
  • Special interest in children, families and systems

Learn more about Dr. D'Olympia here

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Natalie A. Cort, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, Black Mental Health Graduate Academy
Co-Director, Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health    
Faculty, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience Concentration

Research and Practice Interests

  • Intimate Partner Violence/Childhood Maltreatment
  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Field
  • Psychiatric Diagnostic Practices
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Depression Treatment Outcomes

Learn more about Dr. Cort here

Kymberlee O'Brien HeadshotKymberlee O'Brien, MEd, PhD

Teaching Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Neuroscience and an experimental research psychology
  • Acute and chronic stress effects on healthy brain and being
  • Social devaluation and trauma on biological outcomes
  • Physiological effects of discrimination and microaggressions
  • Positive aging in the brain
  • Memory boosts
  • Neurofeedback
  • Development of empathy and compassion
  • Building of brain architecture
  • Neuroscience and Psychophysiology

Learn more about Dr. O'Brien here

Black and white photo of woman's faceShani Turner, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Director, African and Caribbean Mental Health Concentration
Director, PATHWAYS Program

Research and Practice Interests

  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Parent Management
  • Parent Coaching
  • Parenting practices within the African & Caribbean community

Learn more about Dr. Turner here

Image of man smilingPaul J. Coppola, PsyD, MBA, BSBA

Adjunct Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Burnout
  • Coaching
  • Intersectionality
  • Learning and Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Personal Branding
  • Team and Group Dynamics
  • Team Building
  • Team and Group Dynamics

Learn more about Dr. Coppola

Headshot of Dana De NaultDana De Nault, MA, PsyD

Adjunct Professor, PsyD in Leadership Psychology

Research and Practice Interests

  • The intersection between social needs, neuroleadership and multi-cultural leadership development.
  • Ageism

Learn more about Dr. De Nault here

headshot of Susan EnnisSusan Ennis, MEd

Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching

Research and Practice Interests

  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Organizational Culture

Learn more about Ms. Ennis

Laura Noel HeadshotLaura C. Noel, MS

Adjunct Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
Field Placement Associate, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Decision-making and the brain
  • Goal achieving
  • Time management
  • Intuition
  • Re-framing
  • Creating habits that stick
  • Imposter syndrome

Learn more about Ms. Noel here

Kymberlee O'Brien HeadshotKymberlee O'Brien, MEd, PhD

Teaching Faculty, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Neuroscience and an experimental research psychology
  • Acute and chronic stress effects on healthy brain and being
  • Social devaluation and trauma on biological outcomes
  • Physiological effects of discrimination and microaggressions
  • Positive aging in the brain
  • Memory boosts
  • Neurofeedback
  • Development of empathy and compassion
  • Building of brain architecture
  • Neuroscience and Psychophysiology

Learn more about Dr. O'Brien here

Headshot of Nadja LopezNadja N. Lopez, PhD

Adjunct Faculty, School Psychology Department
Faculty, Children and Families of Adversity and Resilience Concentration
Executive Director, Center for Behavioral Health, Equity, and Leadership in Schools

Research and Practice Interests

  • School climate and social emotional learning
  • Systems change
  • Culturally responsive practice
  • Treatment of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents

Learn more about Dr. Lopez here

Frederick Rocco HeadshotFrederick J. Rocco, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department
Assistant Chair, Clinical Psychology Department

Research and Practice Interests

  • Substance Use Disorder

Learn more about Dr. Rocco here