Brenda Nash, PhD
Chair
Advanced Clinical Emphasis Area
Advisor
Full professor
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Dr. Nash, a tenured professor, holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky. After completing her internship, she returned to her native Louisville and quickly became involved with Spalding, teaching as clinical faculty for nine years before joining the faculty full-time in 2006. From 2011-2020, she assumed the role of Director of Clinical Training, overseeing students’ practicum and internship placements. She was named the 2020 Spalding University Board of Trustees Faculty of the Year. Dr. Nash specializes in working with survivors of trauma, including sexual and physical abuse, childhood abuse, domestic violence, automobile accidents, catastrophic loss, etc. She approaches therapy from an interpersonal perspective and is also passionate about teaching students how to work effectively and compassionately with trauma survivors. She is licensed in Kentucky and maintains a small private practice where she routinely provides pro bono services. She is a member of APA and KPA, where she has also served as a past Executive Board member.
In 2020, Dr. Nash was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear to serve on the Kentucky Board of Examiners in Psychology and served as board chair January 2022 - June 2023. Also in 2022, the Kentucky Psychological Association named her Kentucky’s Psychologist of the Year.
Norah Chapman, PhD
Associate Chair
Associate Professor
Dr. Chapman earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky. Her primary research interests are in evaluating components of psychotherapy process and outcome, both in person and via telepsychology, to develop evidence-based practices that increase the access to and quality of mental health care amongst underserved populations. Although Dr. Chapman uses an integration of interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness theories to inform her work, her clinical approach is ultimately informed by a client-directed outcome-informed (CDOI) model. She is currently a member of the APA Division 17 Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science, is involved with the Society for Psychotherapy Research and the KPA.
Claire Beaulieu, PsyD
Director for the Center for Behavioral Health
Assistant Professor
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Tom Bergandi, PhD
Professor Emeritus
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Jean Deters, PhD
Director of the Forensic Psychology Emphasis Area
Assistant Professor
As a Spalding University alumna, Dr. Deters brings to the directorship of the Forensic Psychology Emphasis Area a personal commitment to the high quality of students’ training so that they develop the broad range of competencies needed to be successful forensic psychologists. A 2003 PsyD graduate, Dr. Deters has 20 years of experience working as a forensic psychologist. She predominantly works as a forensic expert in criminal and civil court proceedings, providing evaluations and writing forensic reports. She is also routinely called to testify both as a subject-matter and case-specific expert. Additionally, she provides trial consultation to attorneys and judicially appointed Friend of Court services in family court and is a frequently sought speaker for attorneys, judges, and mental health professionals on psycho-legal topics. Dr. Deters has served the profession through board appointments to the Kentucky Board of Examiners in Psychology (serving also as Chair for two years), the Kentucky Psychological Association, the Academy of Northern Kentucky Collaborative Professionals, the New Day Ranch and the Kenton County Status Offender Reform Committee. In the classroom, Dr. Deters’ utilizes experiential learning to facilitate students actively engaging with the material, organizing it into meaningful concepts, and then applying what they are learning to complex, real-world forensic scenarios. Dr. Deters’ research interest areas include working within adult and juvenile criminal justice systems as well as the application of psychological programming in civil and family courts.
Allison Fowler, PhD
Undergraduate Program Director
Assistant Professor
Dr. Fowler earned her Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation, and is excited to be continuing her career as an Assistant Professor in the SOPP. A strong belief in the importance of education is at the core of Dr. Fowler’s research and teaching. Her background is rooted in the practice and pedagogy of a successful classroom, as she earned her B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky. That training was the catalyst for her research, which examines the relationship between developmental theory, achievement motivation, and learning. She centers her teaching around fostering a positive classroom community in which both the students and herself can learn and grow, using the latest research and evidence-based strategies to aid in the process.
Lucille Gardner, PsyD
Director of the Collective Care Center
Assistant Professor
Dr. Gardner is an alumna of Rutgers University where she studied psychology and music. She earned a MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Indiana State University, and a MA and PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Spalding University. She completed her internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she worked with college students and survivors of political torture, before completing her postdoctoral fellowship within Student Wellness at The University of Chicago. Dr. Gardner has trained in a wide array of mental health settings including residential treatment, juvenile detention, community mental health clinics, private practice, and college counseling centers; settings in which she has used her strong generalist skills and training to wedge herself in between trauma and multiculturalism. Dr. Gardner is an integrationist. She believes in the nature of collective healing and the value of being grounded in both identity and community. Thus, her approach to therapy (thinking about, teaching about, and doing) is collaborative, contextually informed, trauma informed, justice oriented, affirmative, and prioritizes liberation. She seeks to center those marginalized by systems that have far long deferred fault. Dr. Gardner works to reconcile the relationship between evidence and practice for oppressed people as she establishes her place in the field of psychology through clinical work, leadership, and in the classroom.
Kristeena G. Jenkins, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kristeena G. Jenkins was born in Richmond, KY, and raised in the heart of Louisville. Dr. Jenkins obtained her PhD in clinical psychology from Tennessee State University, an HBCU. She is an Assistant Professor in the SOPP, teaching both graduate and undergraduate classes. Prior to joining the SOPP at Spalding, she served in school-based roles within the public school system, providing support to students with emotional and behavioral disorders. She has an undying passion for working with children with various difficulties within the educational setting. An emphasis on social and restorative justice is infused in both her teaching and clinical work. Dr. Jenkins also holds a special interest in autism assessment and providing support for parents and caregivers and she is excited to bring that expertise to the SOPP and Louisville communities.
Steve Katsikas, PhD
Office of Special Programs and Research (OSPRe) Director
Professor
Dr. Steve Katsikas obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arkansas. He has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in psychopathology, child/adolescent psychopathology, tests and measurement theory, and advanced quantitative methods. He served as the Chair of the School of Professional Psychology for 13 years. He has been an active member of the Kentucky Psychology Association, most recently as the President of the Kentucky Psychological Association and Convention Chair. Dr. Katsikas’ clinical interests are in the area of child and adolescent assessment and treatment of children with behavioral difficulties. His research interests include virtual reality applications in clinical psychology (he has developed a VR meditation app that is available in the Oculus Quest 2 app store) and the effectiveness of psychedelic medicine, specifically Ibogaine, for the treatment of opiate addiction, post-traumatic stress, and depression. His most recent publications are in the areas of benzodiazepine impact on neuropsychological functioning, effects of Ibogaine on substance misuse, and the role of forensic social workers in the courtroom. He has also published on such diverse topics as the psychometric properties of the Rorschach Inkblot Technique, juvenile fire setting, cross-cultural differences in childrearing practices, computer use among the elderly, and the effects of psychostimulants on weight change in children.
Ken Linfield, PhD
Professor Emeritus
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Willie McBride, PhD
Director of Adult/Geriatric Neuropsychology Emphasis Area
Assistant Professor

David Morgan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
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Lee Penn, PhD
Assistant Professor

Hannah M. Richardson, PsyD
Director of Pediatric/Adolescent Neuropsychology Emphasis Area
Assistant Professor

Mike Starling, PhD
Assistant Professor

Andrea S. Westfall-King, PsyD
Director of Health Psychology Emphasis Area
Assistant Professor
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DeDe Wohlfarth, PsyD
Full professor
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Amy Young, PsyD
Director of Clinical Training
Associate Professor
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