Megan Finsaas

Megan Finsaas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at The City College of New York, specializing in adult separation anxiety, psychometrics, and statistics. Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology across childhood and adolescence, examining stress, irritability, and internalizing disorders through advanced statistical modeling and psychometric validation.

• University: The City College of New York
• Department: Psychology
• Email: mfinsaas@ccny.cuny.edu

Research Trends: Her work explores longitudinal relationships between early childhood factors (temperament, parenting styles) and later mental health outcomes, emphasizing intergenerational transmission, neural reactivity to stress, and social determinants of health disparities. Recent publications analyze policing impacts on psychiatric hospitalization, mortality inequities, and statistical frameworks for interaction effects.

Advising: No formal advisee relationships are documented in the available data.