Below are the faculty and key personnel involved with teaching cyberpsychology courses and conducting cyberpsychological research.
Darlene Colson, Ph.D.
Interim CyberPsychology Program Coordinator
Office: Virtual
Phone | email: 757-301-1127 | dgcolson@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Clinical Psychology (Licensed Clinical Psychologist)
- Interests: Positive Psychology; Resilience; Ethics
- Courses: Experimental; Positive Psych; Psych Seminar
Scott Debb, LPC, Ed.D.
Professor & Director of the Cyberpsychology Research Lab
Main Office: Brown Hall, Room 216.11
Lab Office: MCAR Cybersecurity Research Complex, 605K Cyberpsychology Lab
Phone | email: 757-823-8943 | smdebb@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Social Psychology, Clinical Mental Health / Telehealth Counseling (Licensed Professional Counselor); Adlerian Psychology
- Interests: Cyberpsychology; Quality of Life; Reslience; Conflict analysis; Translation science (linguistic cross-cultural assessment)
- Courses: Intro cyberpsychology courses, Cyberpsychopathology, Consumer & Media Cyberpsychology, Virtuality, Cognition, Cyberpsychology Internship, Advanced Cyberpsychology Research, Cyberpsychology Capstone
Andrew Franklin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: BMH 216.17
Phone | email: 757-823-2241 | asfranklin@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Predictors of Academic Success for African American Student
- Interests: Cyberpsychology, Psychology of Religion, AA student college experience, first-generation college student experiences, and Psychological Testing
- Courses: Intro cyberpsychology courses
Karen Holmes, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Office: BMH 216.08
Phone | email: 757-823-9055 | kyholmes@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Social Psychology
- Interests: Research methods, Social Psychology
- Courses: Intro cyberpsychology courses
Demarrah Jameson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: BMH 216.12
Phone | email: 757-823-8573 | dejameson@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Health Psychology
- Interests: Health Psychology
- Courses: Intro cyberpsychology courses
Dr. Stacey Thayer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Virtual
Phone | email: by request | sthayer@nsu.edu
- Expertise: forensic cyberpsychology, HCI
- Interests: cybersecurity, forensic psychology, remote work environments, and organizational culture
- Courses: Forensic Cyberpsychology, Cognition, Human-Computer Interaction, Research Methods
Azar Nik (formerly Eftekhar), Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Virtual
Phone | email: by request | aeftekhar@nsu.edu
- Expertise: Cyberpsychology
- Interests: Personality
- Courses: Forensic Cyberpsychology, Virtuality, Cognition Cyberpsychology Research