Research Fellows

To expand the disciplines and research topics considered, we partner with and support Research Fellows. These individuals, their disciplines, and current work roles are listed below:

Tessa Chesher, D.O. Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

Ji-Young Choi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science; Faculty Associate, Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University

Lauren Ethridge, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Cognitive Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma

Nancy File, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Claudette Grinnell-Davis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa

Julie Miller-Cribbs, Ph.D. in Social Work; Director and Oklahoma Medicaid Endowed Professor in Mental Health, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa

Amanda Sheffield Morris, Ph.D. in Psychology; Bryan Close Professor in Early Childhood Development; Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University

Shawn Michael Schaefer, Director, OU Urban Design Studio, College of Architecture, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa

Susan Sisson, Ph.D. in Exercise and Wellness; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Hairong Song, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Quantitative Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma

Paul Spicer, Ph.D. in Anthropology; Professor of Anthropology and Director of OU’s Center for Applied Social Research

T. Kent Teague, Ph.D. in Immunology; Associate Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Psychiatry, Director of the Integrative Immunology Center at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa