Our Team

Co-Directors

Jill Bohnenkamp

PhD, Clinical and School Psychology
Co-Director & Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
JBohnenk@som.umaryland.edu

Brittany Patterson

PhD, School/Counseling Psychology
Co-Director & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
bpatterson@som.umaryland.edu

Faculty

Tiffany Beason

PhD, Clinical-Community Psychology
Core Faculty & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
tbeason@som.umaryland.edu

Elizabeth Connors

PhD, Clinical Child and Community Psychology
Core Faculty & Associate Professor
elizabeth.connors@yale.edu

Aijah Goodwin

PhD, School Psychology
Core Faculty, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
abarutigoodwin@som.umaryland.edu

Sharon Hoover

PhD, Clinical Psychology
Professor Emeritus
shoover@som.umaryland.edu

Jerica Knox

PhD, School Psychology
Core Faculty & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 
jerica.knox@som.umaryland.edu

Nancy Lever

PhD, Clinical Psychology
Associate Professor & Executive Director of School Mental Health Programs
NLever@som.umaryland.edu

Cindy Schaeffer

PhD, Child-Clinical Psychology
Core Faculty & Associate Professor of Psychiatry
cschaeff@som.umaryland.edu

Staff & Trainees

Hillarie Akinwale

MS, LCPC
School Mental Health Senior Counselor
hakinwale@som.umaryland.edu 

 

Melissa Ambrose

MSW, LCSW-C
Training Director
mambrose@som.umaryland.edu

Casey Buck

Pre-doctoral Intern
Casey.Buck@som.umaryland.edu

 

 

Yourdanos Bekele

MS, Applied Psychology, Counseling
Senior Clinical Research Assistant
ybekele@som.umaryland.edu

Eliya Bernstein

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
ebernstein@som.umaryland.edu

Taneisha Carter

MS, Applied Psychology
Lead Clinical Research Specialist
tacarter@som.umaryland.edu

Leah Church

Pre-doctoral Intern
Leah.Church@som.umaryland.edu

 

 

Katie Cohen

PhD, Social Sciences & Health
MA, Clinical Psychology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Katie.Cohen@som.umaryland.edu 

Jennifer Cox

MSW, LCSW-C
Director, School Mental Health Program
jfcox@som.umaryland.edu

Audrey Cramer

acramer@som.umaryland.edu 

Latisha Curtis

MS, LCPC
Lead Training Specialist
latisha.curtis@som.umaryland.edu 

Ebonee Dixon

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Senior Counselor
ebdixon@som.umaryland.edu

Kristina Floyd

MSW, LCSW-C
School Mental Health Lead Counselor, Clinical Trainer
kfloyd@som.umaryland.edu

Kristyn Goodwin

PhD, NCSP
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kristyn.Goodwin@som.umaryland.edu

India Harper

MS, Psychometrics
BS, Psychology 
Clinical Research Specialist

Cecilia Hesselton

BA, International Studies, BS, Music
Senior Administrative Assistant
chesselton@som.umaryland.edu 

Brandi Hilliard

Pre-doctoral Intern
Brandi.Hilliard@som.umaryland.edu 

Richenda Hobbs

BA, Psychology
Community Outreach Worker II
rhobbs@som.umaryland.edu

Ehizele 'Zele' Iyoriobhe

BA, Psychology
Clinical Research Assistant
eiyoriobhe@som.umaryland.edu

Anshruta Jadhav

MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
School Mental Health Counselor
AJadhav@som.umaryland.edu  

Paige Johnson

pjohnson@som.umaryland.edu

Jennifer Keperling

MA, Clinical Psychology, LCPC
Program Director
JKeperling@som.umaryland.edu

Zahra Ladhani

EdD, Health Education
Lead Clinical Research Specialist
zladhani@som.umaryland.edu

Jennifer Lease

MSW, LCSW-C
School Mental Health Lead Counselor
jlease@som.umaryland.edu

Jacarra Lowry

LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
jlowry@som.umaryland.edu

 

Janice Mace

MSW, LCSW-C
Behavioral Health Program Coordinator
jmace@som.umaryland.edu

Jordan Negron

LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
jnegron@som.umaryland.edu

 

Claire Noll

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
claire.noll@som.umaryland.edu

Brittney O'Neal

LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
BONeal@som.umaryland.edu 

Shawn Orenstein

MPH, Prevention and Community Health
Program & Policy Manager
sorenstein@som.umaryland.edu

Nikita Parson

MSW, LCSW-C
Associate Director, School Mental Health Program
Western High School
nparson@som.umaryland.edu

Nyjae Pride

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
npride@som.umaryland.edu

Erikah Roberts

School Mental Health Counselor
Erikah.Roberts@som.umaryland.edu

Perrin Robinson

MS, Clinical Psychology
Clinical Research Manager
probinso@som.umaryland.edu

Dana Royster

PhD, Clinical Psychology
Faculty Consultant, Adjunct Assist Professor of Psychiatry, & Director of the Prince George's School Mental Health Initiative
dcunning@som.umaryland.edu

Joseph Santangelo

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health  Senior Counselor
jsantangelo@som.umaryland.edu

Kelly Schaffer

MS, Instructional Technology
Lead Training Specialist
Kelly.Schaffer@som.umaryland.edu

Maya Scott

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
maya.wallace@som.umaryland.edu

Dawn Shanklin

MA, Clinical Psychology, LMHC, LCPC
School Mental Health Counselor
dshanklin@som.umaryland.edu 

Cameron Sheedy

MS, Public & Urban Policy
Senior Program Specialist
csheedy@som.umaryland.edu

Erin Sisk

BS, Psychology, Sociology
Community Outreach Coordinator
esisk@som.umaryland.edu

Ashley Smith

LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
Ashley.Smith2@som.umaryland.edu 

Claudia Sosa

MSW, LMSW
School Mental Health Counselor
CSosa@som.umaryland.edu

Rikki Spiegler

MSW, LCSW-C
Assistant Director, School Mental Health Program
rspiegler@som.umaryland.edu

Janai Springer

MSW, LCSW-C
School Mental Health Senior Counselor
springer@som.umaryland.edu

Morgan White

School Mental Health Counselor
Morgan.White@som.umaryland.edu

Melissa Zarger

MA, Psychology
Research Project Coordinator
mzarger@som.umaryland.edu

Student Volunteers, Externs, and Interns (Post-Graduate, Graduate, Post-Bac, Undergraduate):

• Ahuna, Jon
• Berrian, Kedryn
• Bowman, Maya
• Bush, Jayla
• Doerflinger, Lucy
• Hailu, Sarah
• Hall, Marie
• Ma, Alyssa
• Sahin, Defne
• Santos, Isabel
• Scotto di Uccio, Maria
• Wilson, Arreyelle