Scanlan Center for School Mental Health
Scanlan Center for School Mental Health
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Our Team

Our Affiliated Faculty are content experts on a wide range of topics pertaining to school mental health and contribute to the vitality of our Center through research, teaching, or consultation.

Bengi Baran
Bengi Baran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Psychological and Brain Sciences
bengi-baran@uiowa.edu
Dr. Carol Coohey
Carol Coohey, M.S.W, Ph.D.
Professor,
School of Social Work
carol-coohey@uiowa.edu
319-335-1272
Daria Fisher Page
Daria Fisher Page, JD
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Director,
Community Empowerment Law Project
daria-fisherpage@uiowa.edu
319-335-9023
Megan Foley Nicpon
Megan Foley-Nicpon, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist & Professor,
Counseling Psychology Program
Department Executive Officer,
Psychological & Quantitative Foundations
Director,
Belin-Blank Center
megan-foley-nicpon@uiowa.edu
319-335-5575
Dr Laura Gallo
Laura Gallo, Ph.D., NCC
Assistant Professor of School Counseling,
Department of Counselor Education
laura-gallo@uiowa.edu
319-467-4354
Dr Ebonee Johnson
Ebonee Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Project Director,
Project PEER (Prevent, Engage, Empower, Respond)
ebonee-johnson@uiowa.edu
319-335-5188
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Seth King, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Associate Professor of Special Education,
Department of Teaching and Learning
Coordinator,
University of Iowa ABA Program
seth-king@uiowa.edu
319-335-5324
Martin Kivlighan
Martin Kivlighan III, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist and Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology,
University of Iowa College of Education
Departmental Executive Officer,
Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Visiting Associate Professor,
Internal Medicine
Visiting Associate Professor,
Psychiatry
martin-kivlighan@uiowa.edu
319-335-5333
Dr Miriam Landsman
Miriam Landsman, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor,
School of Social Work
Executive Director,
National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
Co-Director,
Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research & Evaluation
miriam-landsman@uiowa.edu
319-335-1257
Allison Levine
Allison Levine, Ph.D., CRC, LPCA (KY)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Counselor Education
allison-levine@uiowa.edu
319-467-4355
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Yung-Wei Dennis Lin, Ph.D., NCC
Associate Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling,
Department of Counselor Education
yung-wei-lin@uiowa.edu
319-335-1117
Dr. Ann McCarthy
Ann McCarthy, Ph.D., RN, FNASN, FAAN
Professor,
College of Nursing
ann-mccarthy@uiowa.edu
319-335-7086
Jacob Michaelson
Jacob Michaelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor,
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Roy J Carver Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Division Director,
Computational and Molecular Psychiatry
jacob-michaelson@uiowa.edu
319-335-8066
Matthew O'Brien
Matthew O'Brien, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Assistant Professor of School Psychology,
Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
matthew-j-obrien@uiowa.edu
319-384-9827
Dr. Isaac Petersen
Isaac Petersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
isaac-t-petersen@uiowa.edu
319-467-1014
Dr Johnathan Platt
Jonathan Platt, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor,
Department of Epidemiology
University of Iowa College of Public Health
jonathan-platt@uiowa.edu
319-467-4360
Jacob Priest
Jacob Priest, Ph.D., LMFT
Associate Professor and Director of Couple and Family Therapy,
Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Director,
LGBTQ Counseling Clinic
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry
jacob-b-priest@uiowa.edu
319-335-6044
Katy Schroeder
Katy Schroeder, Ph.D., NCC
Assistant Professor Program Coordinator, Clinical Mental Health Counseling,
University of Iowa College of Education
kathryn-schroeder-1@uiowa.edu
Emily Thomas
Emily Thomas, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Psychological and Brain Sciences
emily-kroska@uiowa.edu
Yanchen Zhang
Yanchen Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of School Psychology,
Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
yanchen-zhang@uiowa.edu
319-467-4358