University of North Texas 
Samuel Spencer
Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Assistant Professor
Office: Terrill Hall-369
Education
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - Honolulu, Hawaii (2023)
Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) - Meeninger Department of Psychiatry OCD and Related
Disorders Program - Houston, Texas (2023-2024)
Background & Research Interests
Samuel D. Spencer, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the clinical psychology doctoral
program in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas where he
directs the Texas Intervention Development and Behavioral Science (T-ID-BS) research
lab.
Originally from Minnesota, he received a B.S. in psychology (2016) and an M.A. in
clinical psychology (2018) from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2023). Dr. Spencer completed his predoctoral
internship and postdoctoral fellowship in the OCD and Related Disorders Program in
the Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), where he currently
holds the position of voluntary adjunct assistant professor.
Dr. Spencer's research interests include obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, misophonia,
cognitive-behavioral therapy, including acceptance and commitment therapy and process-based
therapy, psychotherapy process and outcome research (mechanisms of change), measurement
and psychometrics, and meta-science and historical trends within psychological science.
Please see the T-ID-BS Lab Website and Dr. Spencer's CV for more details regarding research-related activities.
Research
Dr. Spencer may be recruiting a graduate student to join his lab starting in Fall 2027 (2026-27 application cycle). More information regarding this will be posted in September 2026.