Emily Sandoz

Emily Sandoz headshot
  • Faculty
  • Director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Honors Program
  • Professor
  • Graduate Coordinator
Dr. Sandoz is the Director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Honors Program and a Full Professor in the Psychology Department.

Biography

Dr. Emily K. Sandoz (she/they) is proud to serve as the Director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Honors Program. Emily’s relationship with UL Lafayette’s Honors Program began around 1998, when they joined the program as an Honors Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ, and deepened when they started in Honors as a Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ 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 – 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 Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ at Lafayette. Emily is also the Director of the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Contextual Science Research Group, which supports collaborative contributions from Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵs 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, Emily’s aim is to learn how to best bring these professional experiences to bear to help make Honors a place that nurtures Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵs from all different backgrounds into scholars thriving in all different settings, occupations, and industries.  

Education

BS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

MS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

PhD, Clinical Psychology
Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Mississippi

Clinical Internship
South Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Veteran's Healthcare System

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Research/Collaboration

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

Opportunities for Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ 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.

Awards & Recognition

  • 2022 UL Lafayette Distinguished Professor Award
  • 2021 Outstanding Masters Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Mentor
  • 2016 Inducted, Fellow of Association for Contextual Behavioral Science