Faculty & Training Committee Members

Dr. Beck is the Retired Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He also consults 8 hours per week at FSH on the Program Evaluation and Research Services team. Dr. Beck's research interests include rehabilitation of chronic mental patients, assessment and treatment of violent behavior in chronic mental patients, and pharmacological/psychosocial treatment interactions for persons with chronic mental disorders.

Dr. Baczwaski is a psychologist and the Program Director of the Hearnes Forensic Center. Her professional interests include working with underserved individuals and implementing individualized behavioral techniques to assist in treatment. Pronouns: she/her

Dr. Brooks is a Certified Forensic Examiner that works with the Competency Restoration and Forensic Treatment program. She completes evaluations that are ordered by the court of individuals who have been charged with various crimes. Dr. Brooks completes competency to stand trial evaluations, responsibility (NGRI) evaluations, and other various evaluations. Dr. Brooks has interest within the topic of psychologists gaining prescription privileges. Lastly, Dr. Brooks provides supervision to various interns including pre-doctoral interns. 
Pronouns: She/Her

Dr. Collier is a psychologist and the Program Director for the Recovery and Self-Motivation Program in the Nixon Forensic Center. She also serves as a supervisor to the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP), a peer led crisis intervention approach for staff who are assaulted by clients. Her professional interests include restorative justice and the assessment and treatment of individuals with psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and sexual offending behaviors within a prosocial context.

Dr. Hunter is an Annual Risk Evaluator for the Sexually Violent Predator population at FSH. Prior to becoming a psychologist, she served as an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician and worked in law enforcement and public education. Her professional interests include risk/threat assessment, behavioral profiling, psychopathy, violence and aggression, deception and malingering, moral injury, and personality disorders. She also has a life-long interest in the application of psychology to national security, investigative, and legal settings.

Dr. Kline is a Certified Forensic Examiner and the Forensic Coordinator at Fulton State Hospital. He performs court ordered evaluations of criminal defendants, coordinates the outpatient and inpatient evaluations, and acts as the administrative chair and is a voting member of the Forensic Review Committee. He also serves as a Psychology Supervisor. His interests include the forensic evaluation of competence, responsibility, diminished capacity, and risk assessment; assessment in acute care settings; deception and malingering in forensic and clinical contexts; and assessment of psychopathology. Pronouns: He/Him

Dr. McVay is a psychologist and the Assistant Director of Treatment Services for the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services Program. Her clinical and research interests include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, assessment and treatment of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with co-existing mental illness, individuals with personality disorders, sex offender treatment, and sex offender risk assessments.  Dr. McVay is qualified to be a Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale trainer and instructs other clinicians on this evaluation method.

Dr. Menditto is the Director of Treatment Services for Fulton State Hospital. He has also offered his clinical services and supervisory skills to Fulton State Hospital for over 30 years. Dr. Menditto serves on many hospital committees including: Treatment Council; Executive Team; Treatment, Organization, and Development; Strategic Planning; and Leadership. His clinical and research interests center on development, implementation, and evaluation of psychosocial treatment and rehabilitation services for individuals with severe and persistent mental disorders.

Dr. Pardee is Fulton State Hospital’s Director of Psychology and Assistant Director of Treatment Services of the Nixon and Hearnes Forensic Centers. She is a licensed psychologist and clinical expert on the Social Learning Program. Her clinical and research interests include development, implementation, and evaluation of empirically supported psychosocial treatment and rehabilitation services for individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses as well as predictors of violence in inpatient treatment settings. She co-chairs weekly research meetings and supervises interns during their research  minor rotation.

Dr. Peterson is an Annual Reviewer for the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services Program (SORTS). She completes annual reviews for the court regarding the progress of those civilly committed to SORTS. Her clinical and research interests include implementing and providing psychosocial treatment and rehabilitation for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and protective factors of staff that reduce the likelihood of assault in an inpatient setting.

Dr. Purvis is a psychologist within the Social Learning Program (SLP). Her clinical interests include: personality assessment, treatment for underserved populations, and treatment for individuals with complex trauma.

Dr. Reddig is a forensic examiner in the Forensic Evaluation Program, where she completes court ordered evaluations regarding competency to stand trial, responsibility, as well as other evaluations. Prior to transitioning to a forensic examiner, Dr. Reddig worked on the New Outlook Program for five years, working with individuals with mood dysregulation, trauma, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. While on the New Outlook Program, Dr. Reddig gained training and experience in Dr. Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Her clinical treatment interests include modalities of treatment within the DBT framework, treatment of individuals with sexual offending behaviors, as well as Expressive Art Therapy, which utilizes art and sensory experiences to target thoughts, feelings, experiences and trauma. Dr. Reddig also serves as clinical supervisor for post-doctoral residents and pre-doctoral psychology interns.

Dr. Robbins is an SVP Annual Reviewer for the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Behavioral Health Division. She was the former Fulton State Hospital's Psychology Director. She achieved certification in 2016 as a DBT therapist: DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ and remains certified. Dr. Robbins has made numerous conference presentations regarding the treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who also have a co-existing mental illness. Presentations at national conferences include the ATSA Atlanta conference, APA’s conferences in Boston and San Diego, the NADD, NASMHPD, and the International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Dr. Robbins has consulted in Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina and Guam. Research interests include DBT with people who have developmental disabilities, validation and coaching adherence measures for direct care staff, people with developmental disabilities and sex offending, and program outcome measures

Dr. Sergio is a psychologist and the Program Director for the New Outlook Program for Behavior and Mood Self-Management in the Nixon Forensic Center. She also serves as the Training Director for Fulton State Hospital’s Psychology Doctoral Internship Program. Her primary professional interests include providing quality treatment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with a co-existing mental illness, individuals with personality disorders, and treatment for sex offenders.