Trevor Williams

Trevor Williams, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Kent State University's Department of Psychological Sciences. His research examines social dysfunction across psychopathology, focusing on psychosis spectrum disorders and personality disorders through a transdiagnostic lens.

• Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from State University of New York at Buffalo (2020)

Employing methodologies like social cognitive tasks, computational modeling, and eye-tracking, Dr. Williams investigates interpersonal processes and dyadic interactions. His work appears in journals such as Brain, Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, and Psychological Medicine.

As director of the Transdiagnostic Interpersonal Processes Lab, he explores how interpersonal contexts dynamically influence mental health outcomes. Dr. Williams accepts new doctoral students for the 2025-2026 academic year and considers GRE scores in admissions.