Christopher Stanzione

Principal Academic Professional | Faculty Director, Explore LLC

Education

Ph.D. (2014) Educational Psychology, Georgia State University

M.A. (2010) General Psychology, University of North Florida

B.A. (2008) Psychology, Saint Leo University 

About

Dr. Christopher Stanzione is a Principal Academic Professional and serves as the Faculty Director of the Explore LLC in the College of Sciences. Dr. Stanzione is a trained Educational Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in higher education. He is a well-respected teacher having received several teaching awards during his tenure (Undergraduate Educator Award, 2018; Eric R. Immel Award, 2018; Geoffrey G. Eichholz Teaching Excellence Award, 2024). His research area includes studying language and cognitive development in both at-risk and deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Furthermore, Dr. Stanzione and his colleague Dr.  Babcock have led efforts to reduce the financial burden of textbooks by implementing a grant-funded pilot program using Open Educational Resources in General Psychology. As an administrator, Dr. Stanzione has worked with a team of likeminded faculty to identify new degree opportunities for students. For example, he received the GT-AMP grant to begin a new internal internship program, helped to implement two minor programs in Mental Health & Well-Being and Computation & Cognition, and created a 5-year BSMS program.

Selected Publications

• Yu, C., Stanzione, C. M., Branum-Martin, L., & Lederberg, A. R. (2025). Conversational-communiative experience and theory of mind: A study of diverse deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 68, 4506 - 4517.
• Fletcher, K. A. & Stanzione, C. M. (2021). A mixed-methods approach to understanding laptop-free zones in college classrooms. Computers & Education, 172, 1-11.
• Yu, C., Stanzione, C. M., Wellman, H. W., & Lederberg, A. R. (2021). Theory-of-mind development in young deaf children with early hearing provisions. Psychological Science, 32(1), 109-119.
• Reuben, K. E., Stanzione, C. M., & Singleton, J. L. (2021). Interpersonal trauma and posttraumatic stress in autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood, 3(3), 247-256.
• Stanzione, C. M. & Schick, B. (2014). Environmental language factors in theory of mind development: Evidence from children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing or who have specific language impairment. Topics in Language Disorders, 34, 296-312.
• Stanzione, C. M., Perez, S. M., & Lederberg, A. R. (2013). Assessing aspects of creativity in deaf and hearing high school students. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(2), 228-241.