Rocio Lopez-Sharifi

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Rocio Lopez-Sharifi

Director of Graduate Studies


School: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Department: Forensic Psychology

Dr. Lopez-Sharifi is the Director of Graduate Studies and has been a principal faculty member of the Forensic Psychology program at GW since its creation in 2012 and has been teaching forensic psychology at the graduate level since 2009.  She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University and earned her doctorate degree from GW.  As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Lopez-Sharifi handles court-ordered assessments and routinely testifies as an expert witness in juvenile and domestic relations cases.