Faculty, Staff, and Advising

Undergraduate Advising

Maria Thenell (last names starting with A-G)
Academic Advisor
Beatrice McDonald Hall 229
ph: (907) 786-0348
Christine Hunt (last names starting with N - Z)
Academic Advisor
Natural Science Building 220
ph: (907) 786-1356
 
Solana Taylor (last names starting with H - M)
Academic Advisor 
Natural Sciences Building 233
ph: (907)-786-0340

Administrative Support

Anissa Hauser
Psychology Program Coordinator
Phone: (907) 786-1640
Office Location: SSB 303E

Assistant Dean

Dr. Eric S. Murphy
Assistant Dean of Psychology 
Phone: (907) 786-1626
Office Location: NSB 222

Email: esmurphy@alaska.edu 

Psychology Department Faculty

The Department has twenty full-time faculty members and nine emeritus faculty. Please consult their web pages, at right, to learn about their teaching and research specializations.

Faculty in the Psychology Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology (Drs. Buckingham, David, Dulin, and Gonzalez) are located on the 3rd floor of the Social Sciences Building (SSB suite 303). Most other Psychology faculty offices are located on the second floor of the Natural Sciences Building (NSB). 

Robert Boeckmann
Professor
rjboeckmann@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1793
NSB 232
Sara Buckingham
Associate Professor
sbuckingham@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1767
SSB 303F
E.J.R. David
Professor
edavid8@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-6778
SSB 303H
Patrick Dulin
Professor
pldulin@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1653
SSB 303K
Hannah Ekstrom
Term Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychological Services Center
heekstrom@alaska.edu
(907) 786-1758
SSB 255E
Gloria Eldridge
Professor
gdeldridge@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1623
NSB 221
Michelle Fellows
Associate Professor, KPC
mfellows2@alaska.edu
(907) 262-0394
KPC
Vivian Gonzalez
Professor and Program Director of the Clinical-Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
vmgonzalez@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-6779
SSB 303J
Hattie Harvey
Associate Professor
haharvey@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-4464
NSB 228
Maria Ippolito
Professor
mfippolito@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1718
NSB 215
Steffi Kim
Assistant Professor
smkim5@alaska.edu
(907) 786-1636
NSB 219
Gwen Lupfer
Associate Professor
gjlupfer@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1722
NSB 224
Mychal Machado
Assistant Professor
mmachado2@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1625
NSB 218
Eric S. Murphy
Professor, Assistant Dean of Psychology
esmurphy@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1626
SSB 222
Yasuhiro Ozuru
Professor
yozuru@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-6036
NSB 233
Jennifer Poon
Assistant Professor
japoon@alaska.edu
(907) 786-1717
SSB 303D
Kristin Riall
Assistant Professor
kariall@alaska.edu
(907) 786-1609
NSB 224
Patricia Sandberg
Professor
prsandberg@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1636
NSB 219
Kevin Tarlow
Assistant Professor
krtarlow@alaska.edu 
(907) 786-1580
SSB 303G
Karen Ward
Professor
karenw@alaskachd.org 
(907) 264-6229
CHD