NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Abigail Osterlund

Job Titles:
  • Participant Pool Coordinator

Adam Paoli Sr.

Adam Paoli Sr., BA ‘05, works as a financial strategist for The Heartland Group. He runs a financial services practice, educating clients on how money works and how to implement innovative, non-traditional strategies with traditional financial products. In January 2013 he assumed the role of President of the Northwestern Gridiron Network, the booster club supporting Northwestern Football. His son, Adam David Paoli, Jr. was born in March 2012.

Alissa Levy Chung

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Clinical Training
  • Associate Professor of Instruction Associate Director of Clinical Training
  • People
Alissa Levy Chung is a clinical and developmental psychologist who received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (Institute of Child Development and Clinical Psychology). She is joining the department as an Associate Professor of Instruction. Her early research focused on the intergenerational transmission of parenting and the role of early experience in the development of psychopathology. For the past several years, she shifted her focus to teaching and was an award-winning teacher as a member of the adjunct faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern, teaching courses in developmental and clinical psychology. Previous teaching experience also included participating in the development of and teaching classes in the infant mental health specialty program at Erikson Institute in Chicago. For the past 18 years, Alissa has been a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, working with children, adolescents, adults, and families throughout Evanston, Chicago, and the North Shore. She is active in the Evanston public schools and has been a special education advocate for families. Research Interest(s): Intergenerational transmission of parenting; the role of early experience in the development of psychopathology

Almaz Mesghina

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Instruction

Benjamin Gorvine

Job Titles:
  • People

Bruce Caughran

Job Titles:
  • Research Coordinator, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory ( Paller Lab )

Charles Deering McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction Associate Chair Lead Adviser
  • Distinguished Professor of Instruction Associate Chair Lead Adviser
Research Interest(s): Pedagogy practices for psychology and statistics; fathers; children's social development

Dan McAdams

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Daniel Molden

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Director of Social Psychology Honors Program Coordinator
  • Director Social
  • Honors Program Coordinator
  • People

Daniel Mroczek

Job Titles:
  • Director of Personality, Development, and Health
  • Member of Committee
  • People
  • Professor Director of Personality and Health

David Rapp

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

David Smith

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Senior Lecturer
  • Distinguished Senior Lecturer / Research
  • People

David Uttal

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Deanna Fuller

Job Titles:
  • Research Administrator

Dedre Gentner

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Donald Norman

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Edith Chen

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Eli Finkel

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Galen Bodenhausen

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Ginger Pennington

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Instruction
  • People

Greg Miller

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Jennie Woodring

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator for Doug Medin and Megan Bang

Jennifer Tackett

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor

Jesse Kwidd

Job Titles:
  • Financial Assistant

Jillian Sifuentes

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Program Assistant

Karen Martin

Job Titles:
  • SILC Assistant Director for David Uttal and Dedre Gentner

Katie Insel

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Research Interest ( S )

Ken Paller

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor

Kris Gardiner-Barry

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Psychologist

Lance Rips

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Marcia Grabowecky

Job Titles:
  • Director of Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
  • People
  • Research Associate Professor Director of Brain, Behavior, & Cognition

Mark Beeman

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Meredith Hawley

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator
  • Department Program Coordinator

Mesmin Destin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Michael Bailey

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Michael Kraus

Job Titles:
  • People

Onnie Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of Committee

Paul Reber

Job Titles:
  • People
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Renee Engeln

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Professor of Instruction / Research

Richard Zinbarg

Job Titles:
  • Professor Director of Clinical
  • Research Interest ( S )

Robin Nusslock

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Sandra Waxman

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )

Sara Broaders

Job Titles:
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Instruction

Satoru Suzuki

Job Titles:
  • Director of Graduate Studies
  • Professor Director of Graduate Studies
  • Research Interest ( S )

Shelley Powers

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Program Coordinator

Sid Horton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Director of Cognitive
  • Director of Cognitive

Steven Franconeri

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Susan Florczak

Job Titles:
  • Lab Coordinator for Ken Paller

Swift Hall

Job Titles:
  • Department

Sylvia Perry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Thomas Cook

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Tim Martin

Job Titles:
  • Financial Coordinator

Tomeka Bolar

Job Titles:
  • Business Administrator

Vijay Mittal

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair
  • Professor Department Chair

Wendi Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

William Revelle

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research Interest ( S )