People Group Archives: Faculty

Dr. Kellie O’Dare is a nationally recognized researcher and educator focused on advancing mental wellness, suicide prevention, and organizational resilience within public safety. She serves as Research Associate Professor and Deputy Executive Director of UCF RESTORES. She is also the Founder of the 2nd Alarm Project. With a Ph.D. in Social Work and background in […]

Dr. Seaver holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her research interests are broadly focused on optimizing simulation-based training systems and treatment methods by utilizing the science of learning. In particular, she is interested in how individual-level differences in cognition (i.e., capacities to carry out certain cognitive […]

Dr. Ashley Winch is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCF RESTORES. Her research and clinical focus center on the treatment, education, and prevention of traumatic experiences and their subsequent symptoms. […]

Dr. Newins joined the UCF faculty as an Assistant Professor in August 2016. Dr. Newins is a clinical researcher and supervisor in the RESTORES lab and the director of the Stress, Health, and Anxiety Research (SHARE) Lab. Her research interests are broadly focused on the relationship between anxiety and behaviors and events that are associated […]

Dr. Bowers holds a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of South Florida. His research has focused largely on technology-assisted training and education, with the long-term goal of enhancing human functioning and behavioral health. In the early part of his career, the emphasis was on using various technologies to improve the training of military and […]

Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D., ABPP is Trustee Chair and Pegasus Professor of Psychology and Medical Education and Director of UCF RESTORES at the University of Central Florida. UCF RESTORES, a clinical research center dedicated to changing the way that posttraumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, is understood, diagnosed, and treated. Internationally recognized as a […]