Faculty

Carl. L Myers (Ph.D., Iowa State University, Associate Professor, Program Director). His interests include transdisciplinary teaming practices in early childhood services, behavioral consultation with parents, early interventions with children with autism or ADHD, and functional behavioral assessment procedures.

Dr. Myers has worked as a school psychologists in Iowa for nine years, primarily with children from birth to 6 years of age, but additional assignments included an elementary school and an adolescent shelter care facility. He has consulted with Head Start Programs, daycare centers, and early childhood special education programs. He completed his predoctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland where he specialized in the inpatient and outpatient treatment of children with behavioral problems related to health issues (e.g., traumatic brain injury, lead poisoning, compliance with therapies). He is a member of the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools (KAPS) and the National Association of School Psychologists. He served as President of KAPS during the 2001-2002 school year. He is a licensed school psychologist in Kentucky. He is certified as a school psychologist by the Department of Education in Kentucky and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) as well. He has been at Western since 1995.

William F. Pfohl (Psy.D., Rutgers University, Professor). His interests include: August 25, 2008e behavior therapy, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He is also interested in researching the concept of emotional intelligence in school age population. Dr. Pfohl has had four and one half years of experience as a practicing school psychologist within rural and urban public school systems of New York and New Jersey. In New York, he worked in rural school districts serving regular and special education students from K-12. In New Jersey, he worked with urban, minority juvenile delinquents. He also provided regular school psychology services to a rural school system. In addition, he has worked in New York as an out-patient staff psychologist in a community mental health clinic for three years. He has had experiences in rehabilitation settings with severe disabilities from birth through adulthood. He has worked for over 35 years as a practicing psychologist. He has been licensed in Kentucky in the areas of school and clinical psychology since 1980; he holds Kentucky certification as a school psychologist and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).

Dr. Pfohl is a member of Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools, National Association of School Psychologists and American Psychological Association (Divisions 16, 29, 37, 42, & 12). He has held elected office at both the state (Kentucky & New York) and national (NASP) levels in school psychology, including the Presidency of NASP during the 1996-97 year and again in 2005-2006. He has been at Western since 1979. He serves on various state and national committees representing the interests of school psychologists.

Elizabeth L. Jones (Ph.D., University of Georgia, Associate Professor). Her interests include psychoeducational and personality assessment, multicultural issues, intervention strategies and services for children birth to five years of age. She is the project director of a grant at Western, where she assists with an interdisciplinary faculty preparing personnel in infant and toddler assessment and interventions.

Dr. Jones has had nine years experience as a practicing school psychologist and has worked within the field for over 15 years. She has worked in both rural and metropolitan public school systems within Georgia and South Carolina. She has also worked in a residential treatment center for seriously emotionally disturbed children. She holds certification as a school psychologist by the Kentucky Department of Education, a Kentucky license for the practice of school psychology and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). Dr. Jones is a member of the National Association of School Psychologists, American Psychological Association and Division 16 of APA. She has been at Western Since 1989.

Other Faculty Teaching School Psychology Students

Reagan Brown (Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Assistant Professor). His interests include Industrial Psychology, psychometrics, and bias and fairness in testing. Dr. Brown teaches the Psychometrics course.

Richard Greer (Ph.D., University of Missouri, Professor). Dr. Greer is Director of the Counseling Services Center at WKU. His interests include supervision and training of therapists and counseling process and outcome. He teaches the Theories of Psychotherapy course.

Steven J. Haggbloom (Ph.D., Purdue University, Professor). Dr. Haggbloom is the Psychology Department Head and his interests include cognitive aging. He teaches the Experimental Design class.

Elizabeth Lemerise (Ph.D., New School for Social Research, Professor). Her interests include social and emotional development, aggression, peer relations, and social information processing. Dr. Lemerise teaches the Advanced Child Development class.

Lakeisha Meyer (Ph.D., Indiana University, Assistant Professor). Her interests include students with emotional/behavioral challenges, role of mental health in schools, and minority over representation in special education. Dr. Meyer teaches the Psychological Perspectives on Classroom Behavior class.

Richard L. Miller (Ph.D., University of Houston, Professor). His interests include biological basis of human behavior. Dr. Miller teaches Physiological Psychology courses.

Sharon Mutter (Ph.D., George Washington University, Professor). Dr. Mutter teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in learning and cognition. Her research interests include memory and age related memory loss, judgment, and decision making. Dr. Mutter teaches the Learning course.

Jacqueline Pope-Tarrence (Ph.D., Louisville, Associate Professor). Her interests include social psychology, psychology and law, and cultural diversity issues. Dr. Pope-Tarrence teaches the Advance Social Psychology class.

Sherry Powers (Ed.D., University of Kentucky, Associate Professor). Dr. Powers is the Department Head for Special Instructional Programs. She teaches the Clinical Diagnosis of Reading Variability class.