Richard (Roy) Tietze Ph.D.

Dr. Tietze serves as Program Coordinator and Chair of Psychology. Trained as a clinician, he teaches courses such as; Personality Psychology, Group Dynamics, and Family Processes, a course he developed for MMC’s Psychology Dept. Interested to unify our approach to education in both Arts & Sciences, he has also developed a course for MMC’s Cultural Studies program called “Jazz and American Identity”, and teaches Psychological Portraits in Literature with Prof. John Costello from English Lit. Last year, he directed the department through its first Program Review and recruited 2 new faculty, to help direct Psychology at MMC into the 21st Century.

Linda Solomon, Ph.D.

Linda Zener Solomon has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Toronto in Canada. Her research interests include helping behavior, gender roles, and mentor-mentee relationships. She encourages her students to become actively involved in either her research or research of their own. Dr. Solomon teaches a variety of courses including Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Social Psychology, and  Psychology of Women.  Dr. Solomon has a well-deserved reputation for teaching statistics to people who think they hate statistics.

Cheryl Paradis, Psy.D.

A Marymount alum, Cheryl Paradis has a Psy.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University. At MMC she is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department. She teaches these courses: General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Community Psychology and Forensic Psychology.  Dr. Paradis has conducted research in the areas of brain damage, cross- cultural issues and forensic psychology and published in journals such as Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry, Journal of Anxiety Disorders and Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. She has also co-authored chapters related to assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders.

Donald Williams, Ph.D.

Dr. Donald T. Williams did his undergraduate work at the City College of the City University of New York and received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Houston.  He teaches courses in learning, cognitive psychology and human sexuality. He also teaches the capstone senior level course in the history and theories of psychology. Dr. Williams has published articles in major psychology journals in the areas of learning and memory. His current research interest is the psychological characteristics of people who get tattoos. Dr. Williams also works in the area of forensic psychology, doing assessments and giving testimony.

Peter Cain, Ph.D.

Dr. Peter Cain earned a B.A. in Biology from SUNY New Paltz and his Ph.D. in Psychology at the City University of New York, specializing in BioPsychology and Animal Behavior. Dr. Cain teaches general psychology, animal behavior, motivation and emotion, perception, and physiological psychology/behavioral neuroscience. Dr. Cain conducts research in navigation and orientation, sensory processes, and neural coding with weakly electric fish and is collaborating with Dr. Peter Moller at Hunter College.

Claire Owen, Ph.D.

A graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, Claire Owen received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University in 2004, and is combining her extensive business experience with her training in psychology to help develop the Industrial/Organizational program at MMC. She teaches a variety of courses, with a concentration in I/O courses such as Organizational Psychology, Dynamics of Interviewing, and Training & Development. Other courses include Personality Psychology, Ethnic and Cultural Perspectives on Psychology, and Psychology of Women. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of mentoring, women in leadership, and adult development.