Faculty
Learn more or contact our core faculty, affiliated faculty, fixed-term faculty, and adjunct faculty.
Core Faculty
NOTE: After more than 20 years at UNC with the Clinical Psychology program, Dr. David Penn has retired. As such, he will no longer be taking students in our program or others. We will miss him dearly, and wish him well in his future endeavors!
Abramowitz, Jonathan
Professor | Director of Clinical Psychology
255 Davie Hall
(919) 843-8170
jabramowitz@unc.edu
Dr. Abramowitz studies psychological processes and cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and health-related anxiety. Visit him online: UNC Anxiety Lab.
Dr. Abramowitz will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Bardone-Cone, Anna
Bowman & Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
268 Davie Hall
bardonecone@unc.edu
Dr. Bardone-Cone studies etiology and maintenance of bulimia nervosa with particular interests in the roles of perfectionism, self-efficacy, and stress; sociocultural factors, including race, ethnicity, family, and media, in relation to body image and eating disorders; and defining recovery from an eating disorder. Visit her online: The Bardone-Cone Lab.
Dr. Bardone-Cone plans to admit a new student to start in Fall 2024.
Baucom, Donald
Richard Lee Simpson Distinguished Professor
264 Davie Hall
(919) 962-5035
don_baucom@unc.edu
Dr. Baucom studies marital distress, cognitive-behavior therapy, and gender differences. Visit him online: Donald H. Baucom, Ph.D..
Dr. Baucom will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Daughters, Stacey
Professor | Associate Director of Clinical Psychology
256 Davie Hall
(919) 962-9924
daughter@unc.edu
Dr. Daughters studies neural and behavioral determinants of substance use risk and treatment response, and the translation of this knowledge into the development and testing of novel treatments for substance use disorders. Visit her online: Biobehavioral Research on Addiction and Emotion [BRANE Lab].
Dr. Daughters will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Gil, Karen
Pedersen Distinguished Professor | Co-Associate Chair
254 Davie Hall
(919) 962-7447
kgil@unc.edu
Dr. Gil studies health psychology, chronic illness, acute and chronic pain, stress and coping, child and family therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Visit her online: Karen M. Gil, Ph.D..
Dr. Gil will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Hallquist, Michael
Associate Professor
250 Davie Hall
(919) 445-2369
michael.hallquist@unc.edu
Dr. Hallquist studies the development of interpersonal functioning and maladaptive personality features in young people from a decision neuroscience perspective. Visit him online: Developmental Personality Neuroscience Lab.
Dr. Hallquist will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Hussong, Andrea
Professor
262 Davie Hall
(919) 962-6593
hussong@unc.edu
Dr. Hussong studies social and familial influences associated with adolescent substance abuse and comorbid disorders among high-risk youth. Visit her online: Developmental Risk and Resilience Lab.
Dr. Hussong plans to admit a new student to start in Fall 2024.
Jones, Deborah
Zachary Smith Distinguished Term Professor | Co-Associate Chair
267 Davie Hall
(919) 843-2351
djjones@email.unc.edu
Dr. Jones studies the mental and physical health and well-being in the family context; the mechanisms by which families transmit risk and resilience; and, most recently, the development and enhancement of prevention and intervention programs to meet the unique needs of at-risk and under-served families. Visit her online: Jones Lab.
Dr. Jones will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Prinstein, Mitch
Seters Distinguished Professor
240 Davie Hall
(919) 962-3988
mitch.prinstein@unc.edu
Dr. Prinstein studies cognitive-interpersonal models of adolescent depression and self-injury/suicidality, peer influence, and adolescent risk behavior. Visit him online: Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP.
Dr. Prinstein will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Rodebaugh, Tom
Professor
247 Davie Hall
thomas.rodebaugh@unc.edu
Dr. Rodebaugh studies factors affecting maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders, as well as chronic health conditions. He also investigates how intensive longitudinal data can help us understand and better treat these and related problems. Visit his lab online: https://tarheels.live/rodelab/
Dr. Rodebaugh will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Sheridan, Margaret
Associate Professor
248 Davie Hall
(919) 843-3182
sheridan.margaret@unc.edu
Dr. Sheridan studies the neural mechanisms through which adversity affects brain development and risk for externalizing disorders; diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder in early childhood; and typical and atypical development of the prefrontal cortex. Visit her online: Child Imaging Research on Cognition and Life Experiences.
Dr. Sheridan plans to admit a new student to start in Fall 2024.
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Affiliated Faculty
Bulik, Cynthia
Founding Director of Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
Neurosciences Hospital
cynthia_bulik@med.unc.edu
Dr. Bulik studies the treatment and genetics of eating disorders and body weight regulation. Visit her online: UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.
Dr. Bulik will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Dichter, Gabriel
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
(919) 445-0132
dichter@med.unc.edu
Dr. Dichter studies neural mechanisms of core deficits and treatment response in autism spectrum disorders and affective disorders. Visit him online: Clinical Affective Neuroscience Laboratory.
Dr. Dichter will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Hendershot, Christian
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
(919) 962-5565
christian_hendershot@med.unc.edu
Dr. Hendershot studies the etiology and treatment of substance use disorders. His research integrates behavioral, cognitive, neuroscience and psychopharmacology methods to examine addiction risk mechanisms and potential treatments. Visit him online: Christian Hendershot, Ph.D.
Dr. Hendershot will not be accepting a Clinical student to start Fall 2024.
Klinger, Laura
Director of TEACCH Autism Program
Department of Psychiatry
(919) 966-8183
laura_klinger@med.unc.edu
Dr. Klinger studies childhood predictors of long-term outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorder and the development of community-based intervention programs that promote successful adult outcomes. Visit her online: TEACCH Autism Program.
Dr. Klinger plans to admit a new student to start in Fall 2024.
Fixed-Term Faculty
Our Fixed-Term Faculty include Research and Clinical Professors who do not accept graduate students in the doctoral program but offer essential contributions to the scholarly community at Carolina. Our Clinical Professors lead our Clinical Program Community Clinics and provide clinical supervision for graduate students.
Burnell, Kaitlyn
Research Assistant Professor
243A Davie Hall
(919) 843-8150
burnellk@unc.edu
Dr. Burnell studies how adolescents and emerging adults use digital technologies, with a special focus on how this use parallels their developmental tasks and challenges.
Kirby, Jennifer
Clinical Professor | Director of Clinic Operations & Training
246 Davie Hall
(919) 962-5034
jennifer.kirby@unc.edu
Dr. Kirby studies novel couple-based interventions for individual psychopathology with a primary focus on emotion dysregulation and eating disorders.
Youngstrom, Jennifer
Clinical Professor | Director of Clinic Services
125 Finley
(919) 843-2074
jky@unc.edu
Dr. Youngstrom studies evidence-based or empirically supported treatments; effectiveness research with children and adolescents; and transporting treatments into the community.
Adjunct Faculty
Abram, Rosalind
Adjunct Professor | Community Clinic
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
(919) 962-6906
rabram@email.unc.edu
Berman, Ilana
Adjunct Professor
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
isberman@unc.edu
Brown, Kelly
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Central Regional Hospital
(919) 764-2000
kellybrownphd@gmail.com
Calhoun, Casey
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
(984) 974-5217
casey_calhoun@med.unc.edu
Heilbron, Nicole
Adjunct Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Duke University
nicole.heilbron@duke.edu
Helminski, John
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Forensic Services Unit
Central Regional Hospital
(919) 764-2000
john.helminski@dhhs.nc.gov
Margolis, Arlane
Adjunct Professor
Central Regional Hospital
(919) 764-2000
laney.margolis@dhhs.nc.gov
Piven, Joseph
Adjunct Research Professor | Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
(919) 843-8641
joe_piven@med.unc.edu
Sunder, Katherine
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Prisons
(919) 575-454
katherinesunder.psyd@gmail.com
Wise, Erica
Adjunct Professor
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
ewise@email.unc.edu