Samuel Spencer

 

Samuel D. Spencer, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas where he directs the Texas Intervention Development and Behavioral Science (T-ID-BS) research lab.  

 

Originally from Minnesota, he received a B.S. in psychology (2016) and an M.A. in clinical psychology (2018) from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023). Dr. Spencer completed his predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in the OCD and Related Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), where he currently holds the position of voluntary adjunct assistant professor.

 

Dr. Spencer's research interests include obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, misophonia, cognitive-behavioral therapy, including acceptance and commitment therapy and process-based therapy, psychotherapy process and outcome research (mechanisms of change), measurement and psychometrics, and meta-science and historical trends within psychological science.