Clinical Faculty

Fayeza S Ahmed, Ph.D.
University of Georgia, 2011
Assistant Professor
fayeza.ahmed@maine.edu
HAL Lab
Research interests: Adult and geriatric neuropsychology, health Psychology, risk factors for cognitive decline
Teaching interests: Abnormal psychology, health psychology, neuropsychological assessment

Jennifer Blossom, Ph.D.
University of Kansas, Clinical Child Psychology Program, 2018
Assistant Professor
jennifer.blossom@maine.edu
Research interests: Mental health service delivery, efficiency, & access; implementation science; integrated behavioral health; youth depression, anxiety, & suicide prevention
Teaching interests: Psychopathology, child development, child and adolescent interventions

Cynthia Erdley, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, 1992
Professor
erdley@maine.edu
Research interests: Social cognition; children’s peer relationship experiences and psychological adjustment.
Teaching interests: Child and adolescent psychology, social development.

Patricia Goodhines, Ph.D.
Syracuse University, 2022
Assistant Professor
patricia.goodhines@maine.edu
Goodhines’ Lab Page
Research Interests: characterizing risk pathways contributing to youth substance use and sleep problems, identifying social determinants underlying sociodemographic disparities (e.g., race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, socioeconomic).

Jeffery E. Hecker, Ph.D.
University of Maine, 1986
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
hecker@maine.edu
Research interests: Forensic psychology, Sexual offending
Teaching interests: Forensic Psychology

Rebecca K. MacAulay, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University, 2016
Associate Professor
rebecca.macaulay@maine.edu
C.A.R.E. Lab
Research interests: Biopsychosocial models of aging, to include biological, neuropsychological and behavioral factors that affect quality of life and cognitive functioning across the adult life span.
Teaching interests: Neuropsychological and personality assessment, life span development, and foundations of clinical psychology.

Cara Struble, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
cara.struble@maine.edu
Research interests: substance use, health disparities, treatment development
Teaching interests: Personality Assessment, Psychopathology, Community Psychology, Drugs & Behavior
Cooperating Faculty
Stephen Aita, Ph.D.
VA Maine Healthcare System
Research Collaborator
Jonathan Borkum, Ph.D.
Health Psych Maine
Research Collaborator
Joshua Caron, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
VA Maine Healthcare System
Neuropsychology Supervisor
Elizabeth Cuddy, Ph.D.
Private Practice
Clinical supervisor
Annie O’Neil Derthick, Ph.D.
Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency
Clinical supervisor
Luke Douglass, Ph.D.
Supervisor
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology
Rachel Grover, Ph.D.
Loyola University of Maryland
Research Collaborator
Irene Harris, Ph.D.
VA Maine Healthcare System
Senior Clinical Investigator
Research Collaborator
Shalene Kirkley, Ph.D.
Maine State Forensic Service
Training Coordinator
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology
Susannah R. Kondrath, Ph.D.
VA Maine Health System
Staff Psychologist
Sarah Miller, Ph.D., ABPP-
Maine State Forensic Service
Training Director
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology
Anthony Podraza, Ph.D., ABBP-CN
Northern Light Acadia Hospital
Neuropsychology Supervisor
Sue Righthand, Ph.D.
Private Practice
Research Collaborator
Asia Serwick, Ph.D.
Northern Light Health
Clinical Supervisor
Laura Shaw, Esq.
Legal Studies Coordinator
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology
Stacy Whitcomb-Smith, Ph.D.
HealthPsych Maine
Clinical Supervisor
Andrew Wisch, Ph.D., ABPP
Supervisor
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology
Kristen Woodberry, Ph.D.
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Research Collaborator