Faculty Name

Areas of Interest

Active Projects

Email

Eduardo Albrecht

• International protest movements

• Forecasting political crises by identifying recurring patterns of positive / negative sentiment in a range of different "online milieus" to create leading indicators for political developments in real time

ealbrecht@mercy.edu

Saliha Bava

• Adult play & improvisation

• Creativity in teaching/learning & research

• Relational intelligence in leading, coupling and parenting

• Masculinity

• Hyperlinked identity (inclusivity in identity definition)

• Emerging Meanings of Play

• Accessing Success in Learning Through Systemic Design

• Play in Social Processes

sbava@mercy.edu

Carol Bennett-Speight

• Foster Care

• Aging out of Foster Care and dormitory housing for College students

cbennettspeight@mercy.edu

Mary Cuadrado

• Addictions and deviance, particularly among Hispanics and females

• Impact of social economic factors on homicide rates among world countries

mcuadrado1@mercy.edu

Sarah Hahn

• Gerontology

• Death and dying

• Caregiving

• Home and environment in aging

shahn@mercy.edu

Evan Imber-Black

• Family secrets

eimberblack@mercy.edu

Jeong Kim

• Policing

• Police occupational stress

• Police use of force & corruptions

• CCTV

jkim50@mercy.edu

Alberto Manzi

• Memory

• Attention

• Academic skills & creativity

• Cognitive & clinical psychology

• Standardized video-based mentalization assessment

amanzi@mercy.edu

Sara Martucci

• Urban communities

• Gentrification

• Tourism

• Virtual communities

• Gentrification in American cities

smartucci@mercy.edu

Kimberly Rapoza

• Family violence

• Adult physical and psychological health & wellness

krapoza@mercy.edu

Jack Simons

• Advocacy competence and educational equity

• Career experiences of intersex people

• K12 coping strategies of sexual minority youth and emerging adults

• Career development of sexual minority educators

• Factors related to school personnel intervention on behalf of sexual and gender minorities in the Czech Republic

• Bronx LGBT needs assessment

• LATINX research hub

• STEM collaborative

jsimons1@mercy.edu

Marina Sorochinski

• Behavioral analysis of violent crime

• Serial killer database

• Investigative interviewing of sex offenders

msorochinski@mercy.edu

Rebecca Trenz

• Substance use, risk behavior, and access to treatment among vulnerable populations

• Expressive writing intervention for alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among college women

• Social media use, identity development, and anxiety among emerging adults

rtrenz@mercy.edu