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Dr. Emily K. Sandoz (she/they) is proud to serve as the Director of the Сòòò½APP Honors Program. EmilyСòòò½APP™s relationship with UL LafayetteСòòò½APP™s Honors Program began around 1998, when they joined the program as an Honors Student, and deepened when they started in Honors as a student worker in 1999. For Emily, Honors provided some of the most impactful educational experiences of their career, providing some of the first lessons about what it means to be a scholar Сòòò½APP“ that is, what it means to be a life-long learner. 

In the twenty-five or so years since graduating with their Honors Baccalaureate, Emily has continued to develop as a scholar. They are the Emma Louise LeBlanc Burguieres/BORSF Endowed Professor of Social Sciences, and a Full Professor in the Psychology Department at the Сòòò½APP. Emily is also the Director of the Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group, which supports collaborative contributions from students and professionals from all over the world. 

They have co-authored books, chapters, and journal articles on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), contextual behavioral science, social justice, clinical behavioral processes, and psychological flexibility. Emily practices as a Clinical Psychologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, focusing on clinical behavior analysis, and has led more than 100 training workshops for professionals around the world. 

And they are still learning. Today, EmilyСòòò½APP™s aim is to learn how to best bring these professional experiences to bear to help make Honors a place that nurtures students from all different backgrounds into scholars thriving in all different settings, occupations, and industries.  

BS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

MS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

PhD, Clinical Psychology
Сòòò½APP of Mississippi

Clinical Internship
South Louisiana Veteran's Healthcare System

• Psychological flexibility
• Contextual behavioral science 
• Clinical Behavior Analysis
• Interbehaviorism
• Values and Mindfulness-Based Therapies

Opportunities for Student Research/Collaboration:

welcomes anyone interested to join one of our regular meetings to explore if LCSRG might provide the right context for them to thrive.

• 2022 UL Lafayette Distinguished Professor Award
• 2021 Outstanding Masters Student Mentor
• 2016 Inducted, Fellow of Association for Contextual Behavioral Science