Psychology

Full-Time Faculty

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  Carolyn B. Cates

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  • BA, BS, MS, PhD Lehigh University

  carolyn.cates@purchase.edu
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  Meagan Curtis

  Director of the School of Natural and Social Sciences

  Associate Professor of Psychology

  • BA, Hampshire College
  • PhD, Dartmouth College

  2022-2023 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service

  meagan.curtis@purchase.edu
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  Alexia Toskos Dils

  (on leave: AY 2025-26)

  Associate Professor of Psychology

  • BS, Indiana University
  • PhD, Stanford University

  alexia.toskos@purchase.edu
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  Adar Eisenbruch

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  • BA, Johns Hopkins University
  • MA, Queens University, Belfast
  • PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

  adar.eisenbruch@purchase.edu
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  Lupita Gonzalez

  (on leave: AY 2025-26)

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  • BA, Bethel College
  • PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

  guadalupe.gonzalez@purchase.edu
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  Lauren Harburger

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  • BS, Cornell University
  • MS, Yale University
  • PhD, Yale University

  lauren.harburger@purchase.edu
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  Yanine Hess

  Associate Professor of Psychology

  • BA, New York University
  • MA, PhD, University of California, Davis

  yanine.hess@purchase.edu
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  Cat Munroe

  Assistant Professor of Psychology

  PhD, Miami University
  MA, Miami University
  AB, Smith College
  
  
  

  cat.munroe@purchase.edu
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  Krystal Perkins

  Associate Professor of Psychology

  Chair of Global Black Studies

  • BA, Purchase College, SUNY
  • PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York

  Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2024-25

  krystal.perkins@purchase.edu
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  Allison Williams-Gant

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  • BA Rider University
  • MS University of Louisville
  • PhD University of Louisville

  allison.williamsgant@purchase.edu