Jennifer Gosselin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Gosselin holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (2003) and Master’s and B.A. in Psychology. She also completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at Fordham University in 2005. She has diverse interests and has taught a variety of psychology courses, including: Abnormal Psychology, Counseling Theory and Techniques / Theories of Psychotherapy, Testing and Assessment, Group Psychotherapy, Social Psychology, Introductory Psychology, PSCC103 (The Individual and Society), Nonexperimental Research, Experimental Research, Personality Theory, Infant & Child Development, and the Psychology of Women.
She has taught psychology courses at Pepperdine University, George Mason University, Fordham University, and Hunter College (CUNY), in addition to Sacred Heart University. Her research interests broadly include application of Social Cognitive Theory to a variety of domains, including perfectionism, psychopathology, and body-image dissatisfaction. She has published in the separate areas of self-efficacy, psychopathology, body dysmorphic disorder, and HIV. She has also been a study coordinator for a national clinical trial at Columbia University. She is currently collaborating with the Sacred Heart University Counseling Center on research projects involving alcohol and other drug use, as well as body-image issues.