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title: "Faculty | Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences"
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date: 2026-05-01
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# Faculty | Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

##  Faculty 

Meet the faculty of Manhattan University's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, a team of scholars and licensed practitioners in Riverdale, NY teaching psychology, sociology, and criminology alongside graduate counseling programs. Our faculty mentor students through one-on-one research, the annual psychology poster session, and clinical training pathways into mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, and school counseling.

 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/569255.jpg)  [Nathan Bernstein](/directory/nathan.bernstein)Adjunct

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/53738.jpg)  [Jay Friedenberg](/directory/jay.friedenberg)Professor

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/569130.jpg)  [Josh Friedman](/directory/josh.friedman)Visiting Assistant Professor

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/53021.jpg)  [Arno Kolz](/directory/arno.kolz)Associate Professor

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/332538.jpg)  [Kelly Marin](/directory/kelly.marin)Professor

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/52781.jpg)  [Martha Mendez-Baldwin](/directory/martha.mendez-baldwin)Adjunct

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/569285.jpg)  [Pascale Mevs](/directory/pascale.mevs)Adjunct

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/profile-pictures/376602.jpg)  [Asghar Sajadian](/directory/asghar.sajadian)Adjunct

Psychology

 [Kakos School of Arts & Sciences](/taxonomy/term/198)