Sandra Barrueco, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology.  Dr. Barrueco earned a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude with a double major in psychology and economics from Amherst College.  She received her master’s and doctorate from the University of Denver in the field of child clinical psychology, with an emphasis in cognitive neuroscience.  Dr. Barrueco specializes in early childhood development and the examination and improvement of early prevention and intervention services.  Her recent presentations and publications have focused on early bilingual development and valid assessment practices for young Latino children, acculturative practices, and teacher and classroom activities in bilingual classrooms. One of Dr. Barrueco’s present projects is the development and examination of an intervention program for Latino migrant farmworkers and their preschool children.  She is a member of the National Task Force for Hispanic Early Education and National Literacy Researchers of Color, and actively reviews for several government agencies and professional organizations. 

Marcie Goeke-Morey, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology.  She holds a BA in Psychology from The University of Dayton in 1994, and earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 1999.  Her research, rooted in a developmental psychopathology framework, focuses on family relationships (marital, parent-child) and the processes underlying children’s social and emotional development within the context of the family. Currently she is exploring the relations between interparental affect and various forms of marital conflict and conflict resolution, and children’s immediate and long-term functioning and symptomatology, with an emphasis on delineating the processes underlying these connections.

Brendan A. Rich, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Psychology.  Dr. Rich earned his bachelor’s of arts degree in psychology from Vassar College (1993).  He received his master’s (2000) and doctorate (2003) degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida, with a specialization in child psychology.  Dr. Rich’s research interests focus on exploring the cognitive and behavioral deficits that characterize childhood mood disorders.  His prior work has explored behavioral interventions for preschoolers with disruptive behavior disorders and cognitive biases in anxious adolescents. Most recently, Dr. Rich’s work has focused on using neuroimaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG), to explore the neural mechanisms of pediatric mood disorders, in particular anxiety and bipolar disorder.  He currently holds an NIMH-funded research grant that aims to elucidate the neural mechanisms of distorted processing of emotional facial expressions in youth with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and their comorbidity.  Dr. Rich is also interested in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy with and psychodiagnostic assessment of children and adolescents.

Barry M. Wagner, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, co-Director of Clinical Training, and Director of the Children, Families, and Cultures specialization.  He received a B.A. from State University of New York at Stony Brook (1977), an Ed.M. in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University (1981), and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont (1987).  He has conducted research on stress, coping, and emotion regulation in children and adolescents, family relationships, family therapy, and suicidal behavior in adolescents, and has published extensively on these topics.  His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health as well as private foundations.  He is a licensed psychologist with an active clinical practice, and directs the psychology department's family therapy training team.  He serves on the editorial board of the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and as ad-hoc editor for a variety of professional journals.