Adam P. Natoli, Ph.D. is a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University. As a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, he studied psychology and sociology at Rider University; Dr. Natoli went on to earn a M.S. in Clinical Psychology (2015) from Eastern Michigan University before receiving his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (2020) from Adelphi University where he was also a George Stricker Research Fellow.
Dr. Natoli’s clinical background involves training positions with the Rikers Island Prison Complex, the University of Michigan–Dearborn, the Herricks Union Free School District, and a predoctoral internship with Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and New Jersey’s Ann Klein Forensic Center. He completed a psychotherapy fellowship with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute in 2015 and was an invited guest in their Early Admission Program.
Dr. Natoli was born and raised in New Jersey, but has also lived in Michigan and New York City. Before moving to Texas, he coached college ice hockey for close to a decade with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and served as a scout and trainer for the USA Hockey District Development Program. Dr. Natoli still loves ice hockey and enjoys the outdoors and working on his art (painting, photography, mixed media).