Dr. Pasqualini is a licensed psychologist with a specialty
in Clinical Neuropsychology. She teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses in biological psychology, social psychology, and emotion. Dr. Pasqualini runs the
Social
Neuroscience Laboratory and invites interested Avila
undergraduate and graduate students to join. Her current
research interests include cognitive and psychophysiological
aspects of emotion regulation, bio/neurofeedback, and facial expressions.
See her Faculty Spotlight here.
Dr.
Bucher is a licensed psychologist who maintains a small
private practice working with individuals and couples.
She teaches courses related to human relations skills,
personality psychology, and theories of counseling and
addiction. Dr. Bucher heads the Laboratory
for the Study of Language Use and Behavior Change,
where she is collaborating with students interested
in researching the counseling process and attachment
theory.
Maria Hunt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of Avila's Mindfulness Program
B.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Dr. Hunt is the
Director of Avila's Mindfulness Program, and teaches,
advises and mentors both graduate and undergraduate
students. Her specialties include positive psychology,
intuition, and mindful well being. She consults
with selected profit and non-profit organizations in
the area and her areas of interest include the "train
the brain" research in the neurosciences. Dr. Hunt
conducts research in her Laboratory
for the Study of Mindfulness, Well-being and Related
Phenomena.
Stephen
Sirridge, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Clinical Director of Counseling Psychology
Dr.
Sirridge is a Licensed Psychologist, and has been a
teacher and psychotherapist for thirty years. He is
currently the President of the Kansas City Association
of Psychoanalytic Psychology (KCAPP) which is the local
chapter of Division 39 Psychoanalysis of APA. He completed
a two year advanced training program in psychoanalytic
psychotherapy.
Regina
Staves, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University
of Kansas
M.S., Avila University
Ph.D., Capella University
Dr. Staves is active
in our community as an advocate to prevent child abuse
and neglect and also to support restorative justice
throughout our justice system. Dr. Staves currently
serves on the board of the Missouri Children's Trust
Fund, where she is former chair. She is also a
therapist specializing in psychological trauma, attachment
in children and adults, family systems and developmental
issues. Her interests include child development,
specifically emotional and brain development, and social
issues impacting children and society. Dr. Staves also
mentors adults re-entering society after being incarcerated
and facilitates workshops in her areas of expertise
and experience.
Dr. Wagge is the faculty advisor for the Psi Chi honor society and Psychology Club. She advises Master's level students in the General
Psychology program and teaches courses in cognition,
research methods, and general psychology in the undergraduate
and graduate programs. Dr. Wagge leads the Embodiment
Laboratory at Avila University, where she and her students
study the relationship between the body and mental processes.
She is also interested in how the manipulation of language
affects cognition and how embodiment varies across cultures.
Dr. Geer is Professor of Education and Psychology at
Avila. His specialty area is psycho-educational assessment.
See Dr. Geer's Faculty Spotlight here.
Sue
Ellen McCalley, Ph.D.
B.S. Northwestern University
