Curricula Vitae in AK Psychology

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Maureen Carrigan Professor	Use of substances to cope, Anxiety disorders, Conditioning models of addiction	Her research interests include conditioning models of addiction, anxiety disorders, and use of substances to cope. Other teaching interests of hers are substance abuse, alcohol use, smoking, coping, and social anxiety disorder
Dr. Bridget O'Connor Cho Assistant Professor	evaluates the effectiveness of mental health treatments for children and their families	Dr. Cho teaches undergraduate courses in Developmental Psychology, Childhood Psychopathology, and Multicultural Psychology and graduate courses in Psychopathology and Cognitive Assessment.
Dr. Brianne R Coulombe Assistant Professor	strength-based approaches to development with an emphasis on social and behavioral competence, how children’spositive social behaviors are shaped by family, school, and peer contexts, how these positive socialbehaviors engender adaptive outcomes for children facing adversity	Brianne Coulombe received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Coulombe is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of SouthCarolina, Aiken where she teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in developmental psychology,research methods, and statistics. Her research focuses on strength-based approaches to development with an emphasis on social and behavioral competence.
Adam Pazda Associate Professor	Social Psychology	Adam Pazda is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
Dr. Alexandra Elizabeth Roach Associate Professor	Cognitive Neuroscience, Noninvasive brain stimulation, Inhibitory / Cognitive Control	Alexandra E. Roach, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Deparment of Psychology, University of SC Aiken.
Mary M. Rogers Assistant Professor	investigates contextual & individual correlates relevant to the development of health risk behavior	Mary Moussa Rogers received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Mississippi State University in 2021. She completed her dissertation through Psi Chi’s Network for International Collaborative Exchange on the topic of family dynamics and emerging adult outcomes.
Dr. Olivia Katherine Smith Assistant Professor
Dr. Jane Stafford, PhD Department Chair/Professor	anxiety disorders, trauma , posttraumatic stress disorder, Clinical Psychology	I specialize in treating anxiety disorders and my research primarily focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder and other effects of trauma exposure.
Dr. Laura Swain Professor	Cognitive Neuroscience	Dr. Laura Swain is an Assistant Professor for Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina Aiken.