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Samantha Berkule, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
email
212-774-4886

Degrees
B.S. Cornell University, M.A. Yeshiva University, Ph.D. Yeshiva University

Samantha Berkule has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Yeshiva University. In addition to her appointment at MMC, she is also Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center and serves as the Director of the Video Interaction Project, a pediatric primary care-based, relationship-based intervention which aims to enrich parent-child interactions and enhance school readiness. Dr. Berkule is a ZERO TO THREE Leaders for the 21st Century Fellow and remains actively involved with ZERO TO THREE The National Center for Infants and Toddlers. She taught at Yeshiva University, Lehman College, New York University School of Medicine, and Manhattanville College prior to joining the faculty at MMC. She teaches the following courses: General Psychology and Developmental Psychology. Her research interests include infant and child development, specifically parent-child interactions, maternal sensitivity, maternal depression, attachment, early reading, and parenting interventions.









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