Dr. Jeremy K. Fox, Lab Director

Dr. Fox is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Montclair State University. Dr. Fox completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY in 2010, including a predoctoral residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine/Seattle Children's Hospital. Previously, he earned his BA in Psychology at Johns Hopkins University. After completing his PhD, Dr. Fox completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the NYU Child Study Center. He has been on the faculty at MSU since 2013.

Email: foxjer@montclair.edu

Melissa Sital, M.A.

Melissa is a 7th year student in the clinical psychology PhD program. She completed her BA at Trinity College. Her research interests focus on risk factors and interventions for youth with anxiety and depression.

Taylor Walls, M.A.

Taylor is a 5th year student in the clinical psychology PhD program. She completed her BA at Duke University and MA at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests focus on affective mechanisms (e.g., emotion dysregulation) underlying adolescent anxiety and suicidality, evidence-based suicide risk assessments, and risk factors and treatments for internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. 

Ghowash Irshad, M.A.

Ghowash is a 4th year student in the clinical psychology PhD program. She completed her M.Phil at Bahauddin Zakariya University. Her research focuses on risk and protective factors of internalizing problems, especially in the context of cybervictimization. 

Hannah Thomas, M.A.

Hannah is a 3rd year student in the clinical psychology PhD program. She completed her BA at Franklin and Marshall College and MA at The Catholic University of America. Her research interests focus on optimizing evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents, parenting styles and parental influences on youth, and risk and protective factors in the development of internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. 

Lauren Fleming

Lauren is a 1st year student in the clinical psychology PhD program. She completed her BS at Tulane University. Her research interests focus on identifying risk and protective factors in the development of internalizing disorders in youth, as well as the influence of parenting styles and the parent-child relationship on development, maintenance, and treatment of internalizing symptoms.

RECAP Alumni

Alaina Wodzinski, Ph.D. (2018-2023)

Contact Information

Director: Jeremy K. Fox, Ph.D.

Lab: Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue
Dickson Hall 125
Montclair, NJ 07043

Email: foxjer@montclair.edu