Advisors

Faculty Advisors

Psychology Advisors

Each undergraduate student has an assigned advisor based on their last name, but students may seek advising from any full-time faculty member in the Psychology Department (listed below). Although the alphabetical assignments generally change from year-to-year, you are welcome to continue meeting with the same individual throughout your UCCS career.

IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH:

A-B

Dr. Andrew Lac
Associate Professor
alac@uccs.edu

Area of Interest:
Substance Use, Addictive Behaviors, Close Relationships, Health Psychology, Psychometrics, Scale Development and Validation
C-D

Dr. Laith Al-Shawaf
Co-Director of Undergraduate Education & Associate Professor
laith.al-shawaf@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Evolutionary Psychology, Emotions, Personality & Individual Differences, Human Mating
E-F

Dr. Diana Selmeczy
Assistant Professor
diana.selmeczy@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Development, Memory, Decision-Making, Metacognition

 
 

G-H

Dr. Rachel Thayer
Assistant Professor
rthayer@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Neuropsychology, Aging, Alcohol & Cannabis Use
I-J

Dr. Steve Bistricky
Assistant Professor
sbistric@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Cognitive, Emotional, and Interpersonal Factors Associated with Trauma and other Significant Adversity
K-L

Dr. Colin Mahoney
Assistant Professor
cmahoney@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
PTSD, Substance Use Disorders, Women’s Health, Military Veterans, Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence, Community Violence, Combat Trauma, Behavioral Assessment, Digital Health Interventions
M-N

Dr. Rachel Weiskittle
Assistant Professor
rweiskit@uccs.edu

Area of Interest:
Geropsychology
O-P

Dr. Beth Daniels
Director of Psychological Science Training & Associate Professor
edaniels@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Media, Body Image, Gender, Sports and Physical Activities, Adolescent Development, Positive Youth Development
Q-R

Dr. Sara Qualls
Associate Director of Clinical Training & Professor
squalls@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Mental health and aging, family caregiving, integrated healthcare, senior housing and wellness, technology and aging
S-T

Dr. Leilani Feliciano
Director of Clinical Training & Professor
lfelicia@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Clinical psychology, mental health and aging, behavioral medicine, and behavioral gerontology
U-V

Dr. Mary Coussons-Read
Professor
mcousson@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Psychoneuroimmunology & Biological Psychology

 

W-X

Dr. Mike Kisley
Professor 
mkisley@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Emotion, Meta-Emotion & Evolution

 

 

Y-Z

Dr. Dan Segal
Department Chair & Professor
dsegal@uccs.edu

Areas of Interest:
Clinical Psychology; Mental Health & Aging
 

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