Dr. Seth Langley is an educational psychologist, clinical professor of psychiatry, and Associate Vice President for Academic Student Services and Affairs. As Associate Vice President, he provides administrative oversight and psychoeducational counseling for students enrolled in programs within all five SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University academic units including, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Graduate Studies, School of Health Professions, and the School of Public Health. Additionally, he works with physician residents dealing with issues of stress, anxiety, or metacognitively related factors.

Dr. Langley earned his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Educational Psychology with a specialty in learning and cognition from the University of Minnesota and his BS degree in Psychology/Human Development from Howard University.

Dr. Langley’s teaching experiences of more than 20 years at the university level have ranged from undergraduate principles of psychology courses, to graduate educational psychology, nursing, and mental health counseling courses. In addition to his teaching experiences, his qualitative and quantitative research has covered diverse subject matters from examining psychophysiological responses to stress, to identifying psychoeducational factors that influence the academic achievement motivation of underprepared students. Dr. Langley has published in the Journal of Research and Teaching in Developmental Education on related topics and was awarded the Outstanding Research Award by the New York College Learning Skills Association for his published work.