{"id":6829,"date":"2021-01-08T21:45:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T21:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=6829"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:26:50","slug":"school-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-sciences-and-humanities\/school-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences\/school-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty – School of Social and Behavioral Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/p>\n

Interim Director and Associate Professor
\nErik Alda, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\nSchool of Social and Behavioral
\n(703) 908-7652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Communication<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Shoaa Almalki, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\nsalmalki@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Criminal Justice<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nErik Alda, Ph.D.<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor
\nealda@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"
\n<\/strong>Brooke D. Baker, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\nbbaker@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Stephanie Ellis Foster, Ph.D.<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span>Interim Dean and Professor
\n<\/span>sfoster@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span>
\n(703) 284-1635\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"
\n<\/span><\/strong>Sarah Fischer, Ph.D.<\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor
\nsfischer@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-3337<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Doshelle Miller, M.S.<\/a>
\nLecturer
\ndmiller@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forensic & Legal Psychology<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nJames Cottom Jr., M.A.<\/a>
\nLecturer
\njcottom@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		\"\"
\nHolly Hargreaves-Cormany, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor
\nhhargrea@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-5787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nElla Merriwether, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\nella.merriwether@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		\"\"Courtney Porter, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\nForensic & Legal Psychology
\nProgram Director<\/p>\n

cporter@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 526-6807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"Madison Schoenfish, M.A.<\/a>
\nInternship Coordinator
\nmmeyer@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 526-6813<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nBrionna R. Williams, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nLecturer
\nbrionna.williams@marymount.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Science and International Relations<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Chad Rector, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor
\ncrector@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-1579
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/p>\n

Wayne Schroeder Ph.D.<\/a>
\nLecturer
\nwayne.schroeder@marymount.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"
\n<\/strong>Margaret Tseng, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor
\nmtseng@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-1592<\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psychology<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nCamille Buckner, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor
\ncamille.buckner@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-5759<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nLinda Cote, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nInterim Associate Dean & Professor
\nlcote@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-1659<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nCatherine Diaz-Asper, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor
\ncatherine.diaz-asper@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-3328<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nLinda McKenna Gulyn, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor
\nlinda.gulyn@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nStacy Lopresti-Goodman, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nstacy.lopresti-goodman@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		\"\"
\nHannah Snidman, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\nhannah.snidman@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Work<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Henry Poduthase, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nInterim Director of the Honors Program
\nAssociate Professor
\nhpodutha@marymount.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sociology<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Matthew Bakker, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor
\nmbakker@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-1664<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"
\n<\/strong>DeLario Lindsey, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\ndlindsey@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-3338<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emeriti Faculty<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\nJo-Ann Amadeo, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor Emerita
\njo-ann.amadeo@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-1628<\/td>\n		\"\"
\n<\/strong>Michael Bolton, Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor Emeritus
\nmbolton@marymount.edu<\/a>
\n(703) 284-6824<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Janet Fallon, Ph.D.
\nProfessor Emerita
\njfallon@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Janine Dewitt, Ph.D.
\nProfessor Emerita
\njdewitt@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Mary Lindahl, Ph.D.<\/div>\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong>Carolyn Oxenford, Ph.D.
\nProfessor Emerita
\ncoxenford@marymount.edu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Interim Director and Associate Professor Erik Alda, Ph.D. School of Social and Behavioral (703) 908-7652 Communication Shoaa Almalki, Ph.D. Assistant Professor salmalki@marymount.edu Criminal Justice Erik Alda, Ph.D. Associate Professor ealda@marymount.edu Brooke D. Baker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor bbaker@marymount.edu Stephanie Ellis Foster, Ph.D. Interim Dean and Professor sfoster@marymount.edu (703) 284-1635\u00a0 Sarah Fischer, Ph.D. Associate Professor sfischer@marymount.edu […]<\/p>\n

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