Emily Sandoz

Emily Sandoz headshot
  • Faculty
  • Director of the University Honors Program
  • Professor
  • Graduate Coordinator
Dr. Sandoz is the Director of the University 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 University Honors Program. Emily’s relationship with UL Lafayette’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 – 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 ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ. 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, Emily’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.  

Education

BS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

MS, Psychology 
UL Lafayette

PhD, Clinical Psychology
University of Mississippi

Clinical Internship
South Louisiana Veteran's Healthcare System

Student Research/Collaboration

  • 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.

Awards & Recognition

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