MA Forensic Psychology

Get to Know Our Faculty

• Roslyn Caldwell, Ph.D.
  

  Associate Professor

  Dr. Roslyn M. Caldwell is a full-time Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Dr. Caldwell’s clinical and research areas of expertise emphasizes multiculturalism, mental health programming, and program evaluation and treatment effectiveness for justice-involved adolescents and adults. Her research aims to 1) bring attention and awareness to racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and socio-economic issues among clinical and correctional populations; and 2) establish evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that emphasizes issues impacting treatment and legal decision making, particularly among African American and Latinx populations.
  
  Dr. Caldwell has been an academician for many years and has published several articles and book chapters related to criminal competencies, factors related to juvenile delinquency (particularly among African American, Latinx, and female populations), domestic violence, and criminality among adult female offenders. She also creates, develops, implements and evaluates culturally sensitive and gender specific intervention and prevention programs for youth and their families. Dr. Caldwell has received several grant awards and recognition for her work and community engagement.

  Dr. Caldwell received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Irvine and her doctorate in Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology (with an emphasis in clinical and forensic psychology) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Caldwell also holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology. She completed an APA accredited predoctoral internship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and received training in a wide range of clinical related settings including neuropsychology, school/educational, and forensic psychology. Within the forensic setting, Dr. Caldwell was trained in child-custody evaluations, sex offender treatment, school and educational assessments for at-risk youth, and juvenile justice and rehabilitation related evaluations. Dr. Caldwell also received specialized training in criminal competencies and restoration, civil commitment evaluations, and the treatment of mentally disordered offenders by completing an APA accredited postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine and the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

   

• Karen Grabowski, Ph.D.
  

  Clinical Assistant Professor | Co-Director, MA-Forensic Psychology Program
  Denver FIRST Affiliate

  Karen Grabowski, Ph.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) and Co-Director of the Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology (MAFP) Program. Dr. Grabowski earned her master’s and doctorate at Texas Tech University’s counseling psychology program, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the MAFP Program and Denver First in 2017. Among her many professional roles, she has served as Director of the Department of Jail Based Evaluation and Restoration and Director of Training & Programs for the State of Colorado. She started teaching as an adjunct professor in the MAFP program in 2019, and began serving as MAFP Co-Director as of Fall 2024. Dr. Grabowski’s professional interests are focused on the intersection of law and psychology, specifically forensic evaluations, competency systems, and ethics. She has written several articles and presented at various conferences on these topics, and she also works with Colorado’s Division of Forensic Services in these areas. She is also currently a Faculty Senate Member and works with Faculty Career Champions.

• Kim Gorgens, Ph.D.
  

  Professor

  Dr. Kim Gorgens has been at the University of Denver for 24 years and is a Professor in the Forensic and Clinical PsyD programs. She is a board-certified rehabilitation psychologist and Professor of Psychophysiology, Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at the University of Denver. She manages a large portfolio of brain injury related research and has lectured extensively on those issues around the world. She has a 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion and a 2018 TED talk on brain injuries in criminal justice with 3.5M views. She has been interviewed on CNN with Anderson Cooper, NPR, and on 20/20 and her work with brain injuries has been featured in USNews, Newsweek, the Economist, and more. She has a small forensic neuropsychology practice with juvenile and death penalty cases and is active in legislative and policy development around best practices in brain injury. Her research studies the reported injury history, cognitive function, and brain biomarkers of all vulnerable populations including young and older athletes, probationers and inmates, persons who are unhoused, and women who have been exposed to interpersonal violence.  

  Gorgens is board-certified in Rehabilitation Psychology and is a member of the Board of Educational Affairs of the American Psychological Association and is the Past-President of the American Psychological Association’s Division on Rehabilitation Psychology. She is also the former Vice President of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology, a former President of the Colorado Neuropsychological Society, a previous Chair of the American Psychological Association Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology, and served as an elected representative on the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives. She has a small forensic practice with juvenile and death penalty cases and is active in legislative and policy development around best practices in brain injury. Specifically, as part of the Colorado Brain Injury Legislative Collaborative, she was involved in drafting and supporting the 2011 concussion law for the State of Colorado (Senate Bill 40 – The Jake Snakenberg Youth Concussion Act), and the 2021 Senate Bill to require screening for brain injuries in Department of Corrections and the 2022 Senate Bill to require that victims of violent crime be screened for brain injury.

• Lynett Henderson Metzger, J.D., Psy.D.
  

  Clinical Associate Professor | Co-Director, MA-Forensic Psychology Program

  Lynett Henderson Metzger, JD, PsyD, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MAFP Program. Her professional interests include the intersection of law and psychology; clinical training, particularly at the MA level; diversity and social justice; and the human/non-human animal connection. She has written several articles and presented on these topics, and has co-authored/co-edited two books with GSPP/national colleagues, including Animal Maltreatment Evaluation Basics for Mental Health Practitioners, Students, and Educators (with Drs. Lavita Nadkarni and Laura Meyer). She is a past editor of Psychotherapy Bulletin, the newsletter for the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division 29), and recently finished an 18-month charge as a member of APA’s Board of Professional Affairs Working Group to Recommend an Appropriate Master’s Title and Scope in Health Service Psychology.

Denver FIRST

The Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training (Denver FIRST) serves as a regional hub for all things forensic and is a recognized go-to site for expertise in forensic mental health.