Faculty

University Professors

Geoffrey M. Cox
President, Alliant International University; University Professor
PhD, 1987; University of Chicago

Research interests: social and political philosophy, leadership in higher education

Marshall Goldsmith
University Professor
PhD, 1977; University of California Los Angeles

Research interests: leadership, 360-feedback; managerial excellence, executive coaching

Ian Mitroff
University Professor
PhD, 1967; University of California Berkeley

Research interests: crisis management, spirituality and work, business strategy and critical thinking

California School of Professional Psychology

Core Faculty

Diane M. Adams
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; Wright Institute

Research interests: adult development; psychotherapy; biographical interviewing; case histories and theoretical or conceptual analytic thesis; clinical and theoretical issues involving ethnic minority populations, particularly African American and the application of psychoanalytic theory in practice and research

Kristi Alexander
Associate Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1992; University of Alabama

Research interests: pediatric and child clinical psychology with special interest in social skills and children’s injuries

Omar Alhassoon
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2003; San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego

Research interests: neuropsychological assessment; multimodal neuroimaging including magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging; CNS changes in alcohol and drug dependence and abstinence; neuroimaging and neuropsychological correlates of psychopathy and other personality characteristics

Sue Ammen
Professor and Interim Program Director, Fresno, PhD Program; Director, Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificates Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1989; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

Research interests: parent-child relationship assessment; early childhood intervention program evaluation; qualitative research methods; LGBT families

Matthew Baity
Assistant Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program, Sacramento site
PhD, 2003; University of Arkansas

Research interests: personality assessment with a focus on Cluster B disorders; multi-method psychological assessment; treatment process and alliance; premature termination; prediction of substance abuse relapse; neuropsychological factors in psychiatric disorders

John Bakaly
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1988; University of Southern California

Research interests: clinical intervention with children and adolescents and their families; treatment of depression, anxiety, and general childhood disorders

Lynette E. Bassman
Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program, Fresno site
PhD, 1990; New York University

Research interests: fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; complementary/alternative/integrative approaches to health care; psychodynamic correlates of self-care behavior; defense mechanisms and health

Linda Beckman
Distinguished Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1969; University of California, Los Angeles

Research interests: women’s health; substance abuse; population psychology; social-psychological models in health promotion

Anabel Bejarano
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2000; City University of New York

Research interests: childhood trauma; Latino mental health; child development and attachment; multicultural psychology

Debra Bekerian
Associate Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program, Fresno site
PhD, 1978; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: adult and child event memory (qualitative/quantitative paradigms); child development, including impact of abuse on development and attachment; cognitive models of trauma; applied psychology.

Terece S. Bell
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1982; University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Research interests: child and adolescent psychology; pediatric psychology; neuropsychological assessment; Asian values

Ellin L. Bloch
Professor and Program Director, Los Angeles, PhD Program; Director of Professional Training, Los Angeles
PhD, 1972; University of Cincinnati

Research interests: post-traumatic stress disorder; trauma and crisis intervention

Stephen R. Blum
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: ethical issues in medical and mental health care and policy, community psychology; birth and death of persons and programs; values and beliefs considered from a multicultural perspective both domestically and internationally; the causes and results of the pleasures of hating

Edward F. Bourg
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Research interests: family and marital therapy and process; prevention and rehabilitation in chronic and acute illness; the roles of relaxation and meditation in health psychology

Milton Z. Brown
Associate Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; University of Washington

Research interests: personality disorders; suicidality and self-injury; shame and self-hatred; rejection sensitivity; cognitive-behavior therapy; exposure therapy; dialectical behavior therapy

Stephen Brown
Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 1996; University of Southern California

Research interests: quantitative and qualitative research design in MFT; measurement and evaluation in MFT; statistical analysis; professional education and teaching; performance improvement
and quality assurance in mental health service delivery

Steven F. Bucky
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program; Director of Professional Training, San Diego; Executive Director, Addictions Institute
PhD, 1970; University of Cincinnati

Research interests: childhood psychopathology; chemical dependency; alcoholic family; children of alcoholics; forensic psychology; ethics; sports psychology

Elaine Burke
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1989; University of Denver

Research interests: multicultural and international issues particularly in the areas of sex roles and gender, children, health, trauma, and class; pediatric and geriatric neuropsychology

Theodore Burnes
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 2006; University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests: LGBT identity development; social justice; therapist attitudes towards transgender clients

John V. Caffaro
Distinguished Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; The Fielding Institute

Research interests: child maltreatment; sibling relationships; post-traumatic stress disorder; group psychotherapy

Benjamin Caldwell
Associate Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PsyD, 2004; Alliant International University, San Diego

Research interests: marital myths; attitudes toward marriage; couples therapy outcome; educational effectiveness; MFT cost-effectiveness

Joanne E. Callan
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 1970; University of Texas

Research interests: life span development (development, adjustment, psychopathology, and treatment from a psychoanalytic perspective); psychology of women; gender identity development; application of psychoanalytic theories (attachment and object relations); education and training in psychology; professional ethics

Shannon Casey-Cannon
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; Stanford University

Research interests: adolescent development within diverse family and school contexts; multicultural and bicultural identity; measurement of identity; women’s issues, including interactions between physical and psychological issues such as depression and eating disorders

Alison Cerezo
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2009; University of Oregon

Research interests: positive youth development and cultural adjustment for adolescents of color and LGBT adolescents; prevention of problem behaviors that impede school completion such as substance use and negative peer networks; school climate and school-based mental health services

Tai Chang
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1999; University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Research interests: acculturation and identity development processes as well as their relations to adjustment and help-seeking; the interface of counseling and the Internet, including online mutual help and self-help; Asian-American mental health

Eddie Yu-Wai Chiu
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: ethnic minority stress and coping; immigrant and refugee mental health; cultural specific assessment and intervention; problem gambling; child and family issues

Liang-Ying Chou
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT program
PhD, 2009; Syracuse University

Research interests: Asian/Asian American in MFT; MFT education and training; diversity issues; immigrant families; violence in cultural context

Victor Cohen
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Michigan

Research interests: counter transference phenomenon and the interpersonal processes in therapist-client psychotherapy relationships; psychotherapist self-development and teaching and training of clinical skills; alternative paradigms for studying subjective and experiential aspects of the psychotherapy process

Michael Connor
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1972; University of Hawaii, Manoa

Research interests: parenting with emphasis on fathers/fathering; issues impacting the African American community; sport psychology; disorder of childhood

Harriet Curtis-Boles
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1984; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: issues related to multiculturalism and peoples of color; psychotherapy process and outcome with African-American clients; influence of violence exposure on children and families in the inner cities; African-American women and substance abuse

Constance J. Dalenberg
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Denver

Research interests: countertransference; memory for trauma child abuse; trauma-related disorders, dissociation; recovered repressed memory; ethics and standards in psychology; empirical foundations of psychoanalytic concepts; trauma related to racism and discrimination

Sean Davis
Associate Professor and Site Director, Sacramento, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Virginia Tech

Research interests: common factors across effective MFT models; MFT training and supervision; commonalities of healthy and distressed couples; process and outcome research; observational research; bridging the scientist/practitioner gap in MFT

David J. Diamond
Associate Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Michigan

Research interests: psychoanalytic approaches to the understanding of human development, personality, psychopathology, and clinical work (including modern psychoanalytic approaches such as self-psychology and intersubjectivity, the function and use of dreams, and the treatment of personality disorders); reproductive traumas (infertility, perinatal loss, disorders of pregnancy and postpartum, adoption, surrogacy, etc.); other topics related to the reproductive process (including, for example, the development of parental identity, decisions about childbearing, and parenting issues for gay and lesbian couples)

Ronda Doonan
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: couples and family therapy from a differentiation perspective; couples and families dealing with critical/chronic illness or physical disability or in which one partner has high functioning autism or Asperger’s disorder

Marina Dorian
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Research interests: family stress and resilience in a cultural context; integrative couples and family interventions; family caregivers of the mentally ill; intimacy; couples and affairs; mindfulness-based psychotherapy; incorporating mindfulness into clinical training; integrative psychology

Dalia Ducker
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CSPP
PhD, 1974; City University of New York

Research interests: psychology of women, including role strain, work, and health; gender roles; issues relevant to the practice of professional psychology; graduate education

Ron E. F. Durán
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program; Associate Dean for Administration, CSPP
PhD, 1994; University of California, Los Angeles

Research interests: group-based interventions for persons living with chronic and life-threatening medical conditions; collaboration with community-based agencies to improve health-related service delivery; the measurement of social and academic adjustment of non-traditional undergraduate and graduate students

Krystel Edmonds-Biglow
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: oppression and mental health; ethnic identity; emotional distress resulting from racism, PTSD and trauma; psychodiagnostic assessment; community clinical psychology

Donald Eulert
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1968; University of New Mexico

Research interests: integrative psychology; C. G. Jung’s archetypal psychology; postmodern cultural and spirituality issues; moral development; creativity and expressive arts; multicultural wisdom traditions, nature-based therapies and ecopsychology; liberation psychology and action research methods

Manuel Figueroa-Unda
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1985; Stanford University; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)

Research interests: multicultural research and topics in learning and motivation; social bases of behavior; multicultural studies

Michi Fu
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: cross-cultural (Asian-American) mental health issues; sexual abuse and trauma of women and children; nonverbal therapies and female mental health issues; advocacy of diverse populations and mental health needs

James Garbanati
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1980; University of Connecticut

Research interests: chronic disease conditions and behavior; smoking in adolescents; chronic illnesses and pain conditions; interactions of health and mediators of coping, such as social support, communication, and cultural factors; biological underpinnings/constraints on behavior; development of regulation/stability in physiological and behavioral systems; development of affective behaviors

Linda Maria Garcia-Shelton
Visiting Professor, San Francisco, PhD program
PhD, 1979; Michigan State University

Research interests: study of outcomes at the intersection of physical and mental health (e.g., chronic or acute illness, in-home caring for dependent elderly, adolescent accommodation to chronic illness); psychology and the U.S. health care system (health policy); resiliency in families under stress—social, racial, cultural, economic, and political

Samuel Gerson
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; University of Texas, Austin

Research interests: intersubjectivity; gender and sexuality; interaction of affect and clinical judgment; the process of therapeutic interactions; schools of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Richard N. Gevirtz
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1971; DePaul University

Research interests: scientific study of mind/body medicine modalities; physiological patterning in stress-related disorders; clinical protocols for biofeedback training; mediators of autonomic control; anxiety disorders

Tatiana Glebova
Assistant Professor, Sacramento, MFT Program
PhD, 2002; Fuller Theological Seminary

Research interests: family therapy process and outcome research; observational research; contextual therapy; families with adolescents; adolescent risky behaviors including substance abuse; cultural issues

Robert-Jay Green
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Executive Director, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1975; Michigan State University

Research interests: same-sex couples; gay and lesbian parents and their children; gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender public policy issues; father involvement; high-functioning children and adolescents; couple/family therapy

Veronica Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2004; University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests: issues of multiculturalism; lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues; therapist competence in multicultural issues; therapeutic process and outcome; diverse student populations, specifically Latinos

Noah Hass-Cohen
Associate Professor and Site Director, Los Angeles, MFT Program
PsyD, 2008; Phillips Graduate Institute

Research interests: art therapy; neuropsychology; trauma

Frederick J. Heide
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; Pennsylvania State University

Research interests: charismatic communication; using humor in psychotherapy; constructivist therapies transpersonal psychology; cognitive therapy; psychedelics

Sheila J. Henderson
Visiting Associate Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Systemwide Associate Director, I-MERIT
PhD, 2002; Stanford University; MBA, 1989; University of Chicago

Research interests: international multicultural psychology and competency development; consultancy; multicultural career development; achievement motivation in child and adult creativity

Judith Holloway
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: LGBT issues; issues in ecopsychology, including relationships between health, well-being, and relationship with nature and the natural world; use of therapeutic adventure programming as an adjunct to psychotherapy, and as a tool in the training of psychologists

Erica Holmes
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: multicultural mental health issues; cross-cultural psychology; identity development; trauma treatment; health disparities; sexual health; relationship between physical and mental health; Christian integration; program development and evaluation; community psychology

Beth Houskamp
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1990; Fuller Graduate School of Psychology

Research interests: neurodevelopmental disabilities in children and adolescents; sensory processing in children and adolescents; social and emotional issues in gifted children

Davis Ying Ja
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Washington

Research interests: substance abuse and AIDS treatment and prevention in multicultural communities; program evaluation in behavioral health systems including managed care systems; juvenile and adult justice systems including drug courts and alternative community approaches in juvenile probation; organizational systems with a focus on managed behavioral health policy, evaluation, and analysis; early childhood prevention and intervention; multicultural influences in family therapy; cost analysis; studies in programs for assertive community treatment (PACT)

Jeff Jackson
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2009; Brigham Young University

Research interests: relationship quality and stability; premarital relationship assessment; relationship enrichment; disability and chronic illness; clinical outcome research

Kristen E. Jastrowski-Mano
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2006; University of Wisconsin

Research interests: pediatric psychology: pediatric chronic pain, pain catastrophizing, parent and family factors, cognitive-behavioral interventions, mindfulness-based stress reduction; child clinical psychology: anxiety disorders, multicultural issues in assessment

Valata Jenkins-Monroe
Professor and Program Director, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley

Research interests: cognitive styles and problem-solving abilities of Third World children; development of children of substance abusive mothers; child sexual abuse treatment; African American women and substance abuse; intergenerational study of black teen parenting; race and racism; special needs children; forensic psychology

Paula Johnson
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1974; University of California, Los Angeles

Research interests: peace studies; values related to war; gender roles and power; community psychology models of system interventions; social policy research using social and community psychology models; values and methodology

David Katz
Associate Professor and Program Director, Los Angeles, PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1999; University of Kentucky; ABPP (Clinical Neuropsychology)

Research interests: neuropsychology of emotion; neuropsychological test construction; neuropsychoanalysis; transgender psychology; clinical psychology training issues and student competency evaluation

Debra Kawahara
Associate Professor and Acting Program Director, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1994; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: multicultural and community psychology; Asian American mental health; feminism and women’s issues; cultural competency in mental health services and supervision; qualitative research methodology

Mojgan Khademi
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1992; Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Research interests: psychodynamic theory and treatment; psychotherapy intervention and treatment outcome studies; treatment outcomes; eating disorders; suicide; multicultural issues; psychotherapy; feminism

Sue A. Kuba
Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program, Fresno site; Systemwide Director for Online Education at CSPP; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1981; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

Research interests: women’s health; eating disorders in multi-cultural populations; phenomenology; sister relationships; women’s development; gay and lesbian issues

Ann Lawson
Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 1988; United States International University

Research interests: family chemical dependency, intergenerational family processes, family therapy evaluation

Gary W. Lawson
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Southern Illinois University

Research interests: clinical psychology; marriage and family therapy; chemical dependency

Paul Lebby
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1994; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: methods used to assess neurocognitive function in children, adults and geriatrics

Alex Leung
Associate Professor and Program Director, Hong Kong, PsyD Program
PhD, 1984; University of Manitoba

Research interests: cross-cultural comparison of counseling approach preference; inpatient and outpatient psychodiagnostic evaluation; psychopharmacology; work related injury evaluation; forensic examination; sexual dysfunction; crisis intervention and critical incident debriefing

Beth Limberg
Associate Professor and Interim Program Director, Fresno-Sacramento, PsyD Program
PhD, 1999; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

Research interests: infant-preschooler mental health; play therapy; parent-child interaction; child development

Alan J. Lincoln
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program; Program Coordinator, Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate Program
PhD, 1980; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego; MSCP in Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology

Research interests: early childhood psychopathology; biological and neuropsychological basis of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders; neurodevelopmental effects of child abuse; attention deficit/hyperactivity and severe language disorders; assessment of children; differential diagnosis and treatment of childhood psychopathology

Michael Loewy
Associate Professor and Program Director, San Francisco, PhD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1994; University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests: social justice in psychology and psychotherapy; multicultural competence; Health at Every Size; LGBTQIA issues; impact of social privilege and oppression, especially as regards to body size, physical appearance, sexual orientation, race, gender, gender expression, religion, age, and social class

James N. Madero
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Catholic University

Research interests: projective tests; differential diagnoses; workplace violence prevention; school violence prevention

Cristina Magalhaes
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 2005; Nova Southeastern University

Research interests: diversity awareness; Latina/o psychology; LGBT psychology; immigration and acculturation; resilience and coping; expressive therapies; abuse/trauma

Richard Mendoza
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1980; University of California, Irvine

Research interests: acculturation among refugees and immigrant individuals; implications for mental health, psychopathology, and psychotherapy

Gerald Y. Michaels
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Michigan

Research interests: developmental psychopathology; transition to parenthood; adolescent pregnancy; parents’ and children’s social perceptions in the family; children of divorce; primary prevention strategies in mental health

Marcia L. Michaels
Associate Professor and Site Director, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 1996: University of Georgia

Research interests: divorce and remarriage; cross-cultural issues in research and therapy; prevention of mental health problems in high-risk families; healthy family functioning; the use of mindfulness meditation and hypnosis in therapist training and marriage and family therapy

Marianne Miller
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2003; Texas Tech University

Research interests: spirituality in MFT training and practice; qualitative methodology; feminist issues; eating disorders

Valory Mitchell
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: psychology of women; development of personality across the lifespan; lesbian/gay issues; interface of feminist, self, relational, and psychodynamic theory

Eduardo Morales
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1976; Texas Tech University

Research interests: HIV; substance abuse; intervention for adolescents; community prevention; ethnic and sexual minorities; drug-exposed infants and parents; juvenile delinquency; workforce development and pipeline; Latino health and higher education

Martha Morgan
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2010; Texas Tech University

Research interests: African American graduate student experiences and older adult substance abuse; graduate student experiences; application of theory to specific populations

Joan Murray
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1979; University of California, Los Angeles

Research interests: women’s issues; environmental issues

Rajeswari Natrajan
Associate Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2004; Purdue University

Research interests: immigration; cross-cultural research; cultural immersion programs; self-of-therapist training and supervision; qualitative research; systemic training and evaluation

Nicholas Noviello
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1985; University of California, Irvine

Research interests: personality traits and emotional expressiveness, content analysis of speech and text, personal belief systems, well-being

Randy Noblitt
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; University of North Texas

Research interests: cult and ritual abuse; child abuse; trauma and dissociation; dissociation of identity; disability determination; critical theory

Erin O’Callaghan
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; University of Miami

Research interests: pediatric health psychology; pediatric psychoneuroimmunology; psychological and neuropsychological functioning in children and adolescents with chronic health conditions

Kevin J. O’Connor
Distinguished Professor, Fresno PsyD Program, Fresno site; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1980; University of Toledo

Research interests: Marschak Interation Method Rating System; child psychotherapy process; play therapy

Rumiko Okada
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1988; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: Asian-American mental health; diversity and multicultural issues; child/family issues; childhood disorders; chronic mental illness; community mental health; international training; supervision and consultation

Yuki Okubo
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; Columbia University

Research interests: Asian-American mental health; cultural adjustment and coping with immigrants; notion of self as it relates to help-seeking behaviors

Rhoda Olkin
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program; Director, Institute on Disability and Health Psychology
PhD, 1981; University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests: social justice; models of disability; parents with disabilities; case formulation, psychopathology and diagnosis; family therapy; cognitive behavior therapy

Janet L. Osborn
Assistant Professor and Clinical Training Coordinator, Sacramento, MFT Program
PhD, 1997; Syracuse University

Research interests: issues facing LGBTQI community life; therapy with the LGBT community; training of MFTs in relation to the LGBTQI community; addiction; training of MFTs in relation to addiction

Siobhan O’Toole
Associate Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 2000; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

Research interests: evaluating cultural competence in clinicians; child abuse, primarily physical and verbal; body image

Elena Padrón
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 2003, University of Minnesota

Research interests: the developmental psychopathology of attachment, particularly disorganized attachment; the intergenerational transmission of attachment and trauma; dyadic and family therapy with Latino families

E. Janie Pinterits
Associate Professor and Program Director, San Francisco, MA Clinical Counseling Program
PhD, 2004; University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests: systems of privilege and oppression; assessment of White privilege attitudes; multicultural and social justice advocacy competence; rural issues; resilience; training and supervision

Suni Petersen
Associate Professor, Sacramento, PsyD Program, Sacramento site
PhD, 1997; University of Florida

Research interests: international research testing a Model of Health Behavior Change for the Developing World; immigration stress; health psychology: creating and testing evidence-based interventions for underserved minority populations with cardiovascular disease and cancer; health promotion and using computerized interventions for cost-effective approaches to health behavior change

Patrick Petti
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda

Research interests: education and training in psychology; clinical competency evaluation; child development and treatment approaches in child therapy

Jason J. Platt
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Mexico City, MA Counseling Psychology; Site Director, Mexico City, MFT Program
PhD, 2003; Syracuse University

Research interests: clinical competencies; critical pedagogy in mental health training; immersion education; international education; international issues in mental health; nationalism in MFT training and supervision

Matthew Porter
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2005; New School for Social Research

Research interests: resilience; moral/existential development; psychology of spirituality; integrative psychology; health psychology; highly stressed populations (AIDS, cancer, refugees); individual differences; quantitative and qualitative methods

Natalie Porter
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Delaware

Research interests: leadership in women; feminist and anti-racist models of therapy, ethics, clinical training, mentoring, and supervision; adolescent girls’ and women’s development; critical theory and social justice issues

Karen Quek
Associate Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2004; Loma Linda University

Research interests: gender issues in couples relationship; cross- cultural family studies; development of self-of-the-therapist; theory and practice of family therapy; multicultural competence in clinical practice and supervision

Adele S. Rabin
Professor and Program Director, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1984; University of Houston

Research interests: major depression: prediction, assessment, treatment, and cross-cultural issues; women’s mental health; psychological factors affecting physical health

Susan J. Regas
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1983; Purdue University

Research interests: Ronald McDonald House/FACE internship; sex, intimacy and relationship problems; differentiation-based couple therapy; differentiation and sexual satisfaction assessment; couple therapy effectiveness

Neil G. Ribner
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1971; University of Cincinnati

Research interests: family studies; divorce; stepfamilies; custody; parenting; siblings; graduate psychology education and training

Hye-Sun Ro
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, MFT Program
PhD, 2007; Texas Tech University

Research interests: therapy with minority couples and families, and couple relationships including trans- and intra-cultural/racial couple relationships, dating, and marriage

Irwin S. Rosenfarb
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1986; University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Research interests: schizophrenia; mood disorders; the role of psychosocial factors in the course and treatment of severe psychopathology

Kristin Samuelson
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1998; University of Virginia

Research interests: post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma (intimate partner violence, child abuse combat); neuropsychological functioning in PTSD; impact of maternal PTSD on parenting; PTSD treatment; psychodiagnostic assessment

Norma Scarborough
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, MFT Program
DMFT, 2005; Loma Linda University

Research interests: parenting; foster care; community-based mental health services; African-American couples

Brandon Silverthorn
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Michigan State University

Research interests: identity development in African American females; impact of racism and sexism on people of color; psychodynamic psychotherapy with people of color; diversity training and consultation; qualitative methods in multicultural psychology; contextual family therapy; client suicide; MFT professional development; therapist well-being; fatherhood; cross-cultural issues

Jill Stoddard
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 2007; Boston University

Research interests: adult anxiety disorders (including PTSD); chronic pain; Cognitive Behavioral Therapies; Acceptance & Commitment Therapy; mindfulness; overweight and obesity

Ronald Stolberg
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2001; Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

Research interests: personality assessment instruments with an emphasis on the MMPI-2/MMPI-A; assessment instruments use among practicing clinicians; standard of care practices; suicide; clinical work with adolescents

Lekisha Sumner
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 2006; Illinois Institute of Technology

Research interests: health behavior; psychological assessment and culture; the role of psychosocial factors, especially traumatic and chronic stress and cultural factors, on the health and well-being of community-dwelling, ethnic women

Alan J. Swope
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1969; Columbia University; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)

Research interests: psychoanalytic psychotherapy; practitioner well being and distress; creativity and professional practice; psychology and technology; evaluation of clinical competency; music and personality

Narumi Taniguchi
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2006; Texas Tech University

Research interests: multicultural and multinational issues; family of origin; statistics and quantitative methodology

Daniel O. Taube
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1987; Hahnemann University; JD, 1985; Villanova University

Research interests: ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals; child maltreatment; substance abuse; child and family forensics

Ronald W. Teague
Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program, Fresno site
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)

Research interests: psychology of antiquity; psychohistory phenomenology; Jungian psychology; psychoanalysis; psychoanthropology; psychology and the humanities; history of psychology

Peter Theodore
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 2005; University of Miami

Research interests: intersection of substance abuse and HIV-related risk behaviors among gay and bisexual men (GBM); health disparities among LGBT persons; affirmative addictions treatment models; mental health issues among LGBT youth

Quyen Tiet
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1996; University of Colorado, Boulder

Research interests: stress/trauma, coping and resilience; depression and suicide, PTSD, substance use, and dual diagnosis; treatment factors and patient outcomes

Jeffrey Tirengel
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Research interests: positive psychology in diverse cultural communities; resilience; strength-based approaches; wellness; cardiac psychology; attachment; couples; emotionally focused interventions; evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence; applications of Choice Theory in education, counseling, and management

Steven R. Tulkin
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Program Director, Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1971; Harvard University

Research interests: psychopharmacology; behavioral medicine in primary care; chronic pain; chemical dependency

H. Luis Vargas
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Loma Linda University

Research interests: international MFT; Latino-Hispanic acculturation processes; cultural integrity; bridging cultural divides; social integration processes; therapeutic relationship building; social network theory

Donald J. Viglione, Jr.
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; Long Island University

Research interests: Rorschach and personality assessment; assessment of malingering and response manipulation; child psychopathology; trauma, dangerousness, and sexual offenses

Linna Wang
Associate Professor and Site Director, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 1996; Brigham Young University

Research interests: cross-cultural issues; mental health service delivery issues; MFT training in the multicultural context; survey research; impact of family factors on children; Native American studies

Danny Wedding
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Associate Dean for Management and International Programs, CSPP
PhD, 1979; University of Hawaii

Research interests: international health; mental health policy; the portrayal of mental illness and addiction in films; large scale community education projects designed to alter attitudes about mental illness and substance abuse

Paul D. Werner
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1976; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: personality and family assessment; violent behavior and its prediction; gender roles; activism; sexuality and reproductive behavior; aesthetics and the experience of music; disaster preparedness

Scott R. Woolley
Distinguished Professor and Systemwide Director, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 1995; Texas Tech University

Research interests: emotionally focused therapy; courtship, marriage, couples therapy; MFT process, and outcome research; observational research; cultural issues in couple relationships; MFT supervision processes; MFT therapy training; chemical dependency

Randall Wyatt
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program; Director of Professional Training, San Francisco
PhD, 1989; California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda

Research interests: creative arts and psychology; trauma and recovery; child, family and society; cultural anthro-psychological approaches to diversity; evidence based practice and the therapy relationship; brief therapy; clinical training

Diane Zelman
Professor, Hong Kong, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research interests: health psychology; chronic pain; disability; on-line learning pedagogy; neuropsychology; addictions; psychopharmacology

Affiliated CSPP Faculty

Sharon L. Foster
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program; Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship
PhD, 1978; State University of New York, Stony Brook

Research interests: childhood social competence and peer relations; aggression in girls; treatment of disruptive behavior disorders

Tracy L. Heller
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program; Associate Provost for Administrative Affairs
PhD, 1994; University of California, Los Angeles

Research interests: children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; behavioral, social, and cognitive components of ADHD; multimodal treatments of ADHD

Morgan T. Sammons
Dean, California School of Professional Psychology
PhD, 1989; Arizona State University; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)

Research interests: clinical psychopharmacology; trauma; military issues; integrated behavioral health care; public policy; applied clinical research

Kumea Shorter Gooden
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program; Associate Provost for International-Multicultural Initiatives
PhD, 1978; University of Maryland, College Park

Research interests: identity development in African- American females; impact of racism and sexism on people of color; psychodynamic psychotherapy with people of color; diversity training and consultation; qualitative methods in multicultural psychology

Lecturer Faculty

Barbara Filippone
Lecturer and Clinical Training Coordinator, Irvine, MFT Program
MA, 1981; Pepperdine University

Martin Landau-North
Lecturer, San Diego, MFT Program
PsyD, 2006; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

John D. Preston
Lecturer, Fresno, PsyD Program, Sacramento site
PsyD, 1979; Baylor University; ABPP (Counseling Psychology)

Research interests: psychopharmacology; neuropsychology; trauma; aging

Research Professors

Pat Deleon
Distinguished Research Professor
PhD, 1969; Purdue University; MPH, 1973; University of Hawaii; JD, 1980; Catholic University

Robert Geffner
Distinguished Research Professor
PhD, 1978; University of California, Santa Cruz; ABPP, ABPN

Madeleine Haley-Richeport
Senior Research Professor
PhD, 1975; New York University

David Hubbard
Research Professor
MD, 1977; University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Susan Johnson
Distinguished Research Professor
EdD, 1984; University of British Columbia

Dennis Reeves
Research Professor
 

Clinical Psychology: PsyD Program, Hong Kong

German Cheung
PsyD, 2006; Biola University

Stephen Cheung
PsyD, 1992; Baylor University

Stephen Chou
PsyD, 2003; California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda

Mark Greene*
PhD, 1999; Pacifica Graduate Institute

Alex Leung
Program Director
PhD, 1984; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Siu Fung Lin*
PhD, 1998; University of Birmingham, UK

Thomas McGee
PhD, 1960; The University of Chicago

Mary Poon*
PsyD, 2003; The Wright Institute

Neil Ribner
PhD, 1971; University of Cincinnati

Morgan Sammons
PhD, 1989; Arizona State University; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)

Doug Seiden*
PhD, 1999; Hofstra University

Charlotte Tang
Associate Program Director*
PhD, 2007; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Ron Teague
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Darryl Thomander
PhD, 1974; Michigan State University

Christopher Tori
PhD, 1971; University of Kentucky

Amy Watt
PhD, 1994; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno

Erica Liu Wollin*
PsyD, 1998; Wheaton College Graduate School

Mark Yang
Director of Clinical Training*
PsyD, 1994; Fuller Theological Seminary

Diane Zelman
PhD, 1989; University of Wisconsin

* Faculty member is based in Hong Kong
 

Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology – Japan Faculty

Masayuki O. Asai
PhD (Social Welfare), 2002; University of Hawaii-Manoa

Akira Enatsu
MA, 1992; Institute of Transpersonal Psychotherapy

Mikang Hong
PsyD, 2006; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Miwako Y. M. Ishii
Assistant Program Director, MA Clinical Psychology Program, Japan, San Francisco and Tokyo
MS, 2002; San Francisco State University

Tomoko Ishii
PhD, 2002; California School of Professional Psychology

Keiko Ito
PhD; 2006; Stanford University

Angelica Junko Isomura
PhD, 2002; Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

Yoshiyuki Kogo
MA, 2000; California Institute of Integral Studies

Takashi Kubo
MA, 2006; John F. Kennedy University

Teri Nakamoto
PsyD, 2009; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Tomoe S. Naoi
PsyD, 2006; California School of Professional Psychology

Kazumi Nishio
PhD, 1982; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Nahoko Nishizawa
PsyD, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Satoru Saito
MD, 1968; Keio University; PhD, 1989

Mariko Sekino
MA, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology, Japan

Yoko Kay Tanaka
Associate Director, MA Clinical Psychology Program, Japan, San Francisco and Tokyo
PhD, 2001; Loma Linda University

Reiko H. True
Program Director, MA Clinical Psychology Program, Japan, San Francisco and Tokyo
PhD, 1976; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Sayuri Wada
MA, 1992; Chiba University; ABD, 1997; University of Tokyo

Toshiko Watanabe
PsyD, 1998; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Akiko Yagi
MSSW, 1996; University of Wisconsin, Madison
 

Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology – Mexico City Faculty

Laura Patricia Betancourt Arriaga
PhD, 1998; Universidad Iberoamericana

Steve Brown
PhD, 1996; University of Southern California

Darryl Freeland
PhD, 1972; University of Southern California

Ann Lawson
PhD, 1988; United States International University

Gary Lawson
PhD, 1975; Southern Illinois University

Jason Platt
Program Director and Associate Professor, MA Counseling Psychology Program, Mexico City
PhD, 2003; Syracuse University

Scott Woolley
PhD, 1995; Texas Tech University

Postdoctoral Master of Science in Clinical Psychopharmacology Faculty

Claire Advocat
PhD, 1975; Rutgers University

John Bolter
PhD, 1984; University of Memphis

Thomas Brady
MD, 1982; School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Joseph Comaty
PhD, 1992; Finch University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School

Susana Galle
PhD, 1974; University of California, Berkeley; ND, 1999; Clayton College of Natural Health

Esther Gwinnell
MD, 1979; University of Washington School of Medicine

Elaine Orabona-Foster
PhD, 1988; Nova University

Matthew Philpott
PhD, University of Wisconsin

John D. Preston
Lecturer, Clinical Psychology, Fresno, PsyD Program, Sacramento site
PsyD, 1979; Baylor University

Morgan T. Sammons
Dean, California School of Professional Psychology; ABPP (Clinical Psychology)
PhD, 1989; Arizona State University

Randall Tackett
PharmD, 1979; University of Georgia

Steven R. Tulkin
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Program Director, Clinical Psychopharmacology
PhD, 1971; Harvard University
 

Shirley M. Hufstedler School of Education

Core and Non-Core Faculty

Joseph Adwere-Boamah
Assistant Professor, San Francisco; Educational Leadership and Management
PhD, 1970; University of California, Berkeley

Frederick Ansoff
Associate Professor, San Diego; Educational Leadership and Management
PhD, 1998; Georgetown University

Research interests: statistical analyses

Hassana Alidou
Professor, San Diego/Irvine; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages/Language Education, Cross Cultural Studies
PhD, 1997; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research interests: sociolinguistics; teacher training in TESOL

Shirley Baker
Instructor and Director of the International Language and Cultural Center, Fresno; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages/Language Education
MA, 1987; University of Kentucky; MA, 1999; United States International University

Research interests: TESOL program description, TESOL teacher preparation

Suzanne Borman
Professor, San Diego; TeachersCHOICE, Technology and Learning
EdD, 1983; Teachers College of Columbia University

Research interests: curriculum and instructional planning

Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe
Professor and Systemwide Program Director, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages/Language Education, San Diego
EdD, 1990; United States International University

Research interests: ESL/EFL Teacher Training; integration of technology and second language instruction; EFL/ESL program and curriculum design

Ana Guisela Chupina
Assistant Professor, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE, Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education, Cross Cultural Studies
PhD, 2004; Iowa State University

Research interests: cross cultural studies and higher education leadership

Geoffrey M. Cox
President, Alliant International University; University Professor, San Francisco; Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education
PhD, 1987; University of Chicago

Research interests: social and political philosophy, leadership in higher education

Trudy Day
Associate Professor and Systemwide Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Education; Systemwide Director, TeachersCHOICE; San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE, Higher Education
EdD, 1996; University of Louisville

Research interests: leadership and crisis, first year teachers, shared governance, instructional strategies for the university professor

Steven Fisher
Assistant Professor and Systemwide Director, Educational and School Psychology, San Diego
PhD, 1998; United States International University

Research interests: clinical psychology

Xuanning Fu
Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership and Management, Fresno
PhD, 1993; Brigham Young University

Research interests: program analysis and evaluation

James Hiramoto
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Educational and School Psychology, San Francisco
PhD, 2004; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: current theories of cognitive abilities and their relationship to neuropsychological functioning, and finding innovative teaching methods/curriculum to reach the hard to reach

Shu-Yu Huang
Lecturer: Research/International Programs Liaison and GSOE Systemwide Accountability Officer, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 2008; University of San Francisco

Research interests: statistical analysis, international strategic planning, instructional multimedia

Bailong Jiao
Lecturer and Technology Research Coordinator, San Diego; TeachersCHOICE
MA, 1998 and MS, 1999; United States International University

Research interests: instructional technology, online language pedagogy

Kenneth Kelch
Principal Lecturer and Director, International Languages and Cultural Center; San Diego; TESOL EdD, 2005; Alliant International University
EdD, 2005; Alliant International University

Research interests: TESOL pedagogy

Jerry Kill
Assistant Professor, Irvine; Educational Leadership and Management
EdD, 2005; California Coast University

Research interests: educational leadership, school administration

Irving Leung
Assistant Professor, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 1998; University of San Francisco

Research interests: bilingual education, special education

Estela C. Matriano
Professor, San Diego; Educational Leadership and Management: Cross Cultural Studies; Secretary for the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction
EdD; 1968; Indiana University

Research interests: global education

Jerold D. Miller
Professor, San Diego; Program Director, TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 1985; United States International University

Research interests: technology planning and curriculum development

Beverly J. Palley
Assistant Professor and Systemwide Program Assessment Coordinator, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 2003; Fielding Graduate Institute

Research interests: teacher training programs, Improving alternative certification approaches in teacher internship programs

Carlton Parks
Professor, Los Angeles; Program Director, Educational Psychology, Los Angeles
PhD, 1986; University of Minnesota

Research interests: interpersonal relations, interpersonal violence, sexual and ethnic minorities, psychosocial aspects of HIV infection/AIDS, feminist studies, spirituality and mental health

Suzanne Power
Assistant Professor and Systemwide Program Director, Educational Leadership and Management, San Diego
EdD, 2006; Alliant International University

Research interests: educational leadership, curriculum and instruction design, administrator preparation and support, school innovation and educational reform

Debra Reeves-Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 2005; University of Pacific

Research interests: multicultural & bilingual education pedagogy; cooperative & collaborative learning practices & theory; teacher education theory & practices that promote multiculturalism, critical pedagogy, & teaching for social justice; Diaspora theory; segmented assimilationism

Thomas Ryerson
Lecturer and Program Coordinator, School Psychology, Los Angeles; Educational Psychology
PsyD, 2004; Alliant International University

Research interests: families with dual sensory impaired children, school based mental health

Edward Shenk
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education, San Francisco
EdD; University of Oregon

Research interests: student discipline issues, leadership in higher education: community colleges

Michele D. Smith
Assistant Professor and Program Director, TeachersCHOICE-Early Completion Option, Sacramento/Fresno; TeachersCHOICE, Educational Leadership and Management:
Higher Education
PhD, 2005; Ohio University

Research interests: sports psychology & administration, mentoring women doctoral candidates, leadership in higher education, cross-cultural studies, innovative teacher education reform

George Stamos
Associate Professor, San Francisco; TeachersCHOICE; Educational Leadership and Management
EdD, 1996; Northern Arizona University

Research interests: teacher education reform

Barbara Stein-Stover
Assistant Professor, San Diego; TeachersCHOICE
EdD, 2006; Alliant International University

Research interests: adolescent mental health issues, pedagogy

Karen Schuster Webb
Professor and University Dean of the Graduate School of Education, San Francisco; Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education, TESOL
PhD, 1980; Indiana University-Bloomington

Research interests: language and cognition, discourse pragmatics, inclusive pedagogy

Holly Wilson
Associate Professor, San Diego; TESOL
PhD, 1999; University of New Mexico

Research interests: second language learner errors, grammar instruction, proposer of covert grammar

Donald Wofford
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Educational and School Psychology, Irvine
PsyD, 2002; California School of Professional Psychology/Alliant University

Research interests: school based mental health

Clinical Practice Instructors

Patricia Anderson
San Francisco Bay Area; Instructor and Director of University Supervisors
MA, St. Mary’s College

Robert Clifford
Los Angeles; Instructor and Director of Administration and Program Advancement, TeachersCHOICE
MS, National University

Eric DeSobe
Los Angeles; Instructor and Director of Administration and Program Advancement, TeachersCHOICE
MEd, Loyola Marymont University, M. Theological Studies, Harvard University

Amanda Klein
San Francisco Bay Area; Instructor and Program Manager for the TeachersCHOICE Early Completion Option Program
MA, University of San Francisco

Adjunct Faculty

Christine Alexander
San Diego
EdD, 2001; United States International University

Robert Appenzeller
San Diego
MA, 1987; United States International University

Tomiko Lynn Bobo
Los Angeles
PPS Credential in School Counseling, National University

Diane di Bari
San Francisco
MS, 1976; California State University, Fresno

Richard G. Duke
Fresno
EdD, 1981; Brigham Young University

Krystel Edmonds-Biglow
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles

Joe Fox
Irvine
MA, 1966; University of Northern Colorado

Leanne Harmon-Doyle
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2003; Alliant International University

Erica L. Holmes
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles

Elena M. Ingrao
San Diego
MS, 1993; National University

Adína Janzen
Fresno
MA, 1968; California State University, Fresno; JD, 1985; San Joaquin College of Law

Vallarie Johnson
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2004; Alliant International University, Los Angeles

Dan Kettlehake
San Diego
PhD, 1997; Bowling Green State University

Yuri Kostin
Fresno
PhD, 1997; Bowling Green State University

Bill Madigan
San Diego
MA, 1990; San Diego State University

Sally Madruga
San Diego
MA, 1981; San Diego State University

N. Bert McIntosh, Jr.
San Diego
MA, 1969; San Diego State University

Erv Metzgar
San Diego
MA; San Francisco State University

Susan Moore
San Diego
EdD, 2005; Alliant International University

Romelia Orozco
San Diego
EdD, 2002; Alliant International University

Walter T. Parry
San Diego
MA, 1964; Stanford University

Jill Porter
San Diego
EdD; Alliant International University

Ernest Proud
Los Angeles
PhD; California School of Professional Psychology

Thomas Ryerson
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2004; Alliant International University

Marilyn Shepherd
Fresno
EdD, 1996; University of California, Davis

Erlinda Teisinger
Fresno
EdD, 2000; University of Southern California

Research interests: second language pedagogy

Marvin Warner
San Diego
MA, 1978; Azusa Pacific College

Marshall Goldsmith School of Management

Marshall Goldsmith
University Professor
PhD, 1977, University of California Los Angeles

Research interests: leadership; 360-feedback; managerial excellence, executive coaching

James. A. Goodrich
Founding Dean
PhD, 1979; University of California at Los Angeles

Research interests: leadership, executive coaching, and strategic alliances

Jay Finkelman
Systemwide Associate Dean, Organizational Psychology Programs
Professor and Program Director (Los Angeles and San Diego)
PhD, 1970, New York University

Research interests: forensic industrial/organizational psychology; gender, race, age, disability and other sources of employment discrimination; sexual harassment; contingent workforce productivity; attitudes and organizational citizenship; human resource management practices; and human factors engineering

Rachna Kumar
Program Director and Professor, Business and Management Programs
PhD, 1994; New York University, Stern School of Management

Research interests: establishing trust in virtual teams, sustainable work design for success in outsourcing/offshoring contexts,  impacts of technology on self-efficacy, transfer of technology skills to developing economies, technology synchronization and organizational performance, technology mediated learning

David Felsen
Program Director and Associate Professor, International Studies Programs
DPhil, 2001; Oxford University

Research interests: international relations, comparative politics, public policy, Latin American politics, European politics

Carl Mack
Program Director and Principal Lecturer, Organizational Psychology Programs, Sacramento
PhD, 1975; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: organization development (OD) work in public schools, centrality of groups to education, cultural diversity, experiential learning, and group relations conferences

René M. Naert
Program Director (Undergraduate Programs-MGSM) and Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1996; Walden University

Research interests: information systems

Sherry Camden-Anders
Associate Program Director and Principal Lecturer, Organizational Psychology Programs, Fresno
PhD 2000; Benedictine University

Research interests: mergers and acquisitions (merging of cultures), organizational change-large systems change, strategy development, executive and leadership development, implementation of training and design, information technology implementations

John Kantor
Associate Program Director (I-O) and Associate Professor, San Diego
Program Director, PhD Leadership Program
PhD, 1988; California School of Professional Psychology

Research interests: leadership, organizational diagnosis, survey development, consumer research

Ian Mitroff
University Professor
PhD, 1967, University of California Berkeley; Industrial Engineering and the Philosophy of Social Systems

Research interests: crisis management, spirituality and work, business strategy and critical thinking

Business and Management Programs

Core and Non-Core Faculty

Miles Beauchamp
Assistant Professor (Undergraduate Programs - MGSM), San Diego
PhD, 2005; Warnborough University

Wendy Chung
Lecturer (Undergraduate Programs - MGSM), San Diego
PhD, 1992; Howard University

Ute Jamrozy
Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1996; Clemson University

Research interests: consumer psychology, sustainable and international marketing, and sustainable tourism

Louise Kelly
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1996; Concordia University, Canada

Research interests: strategic and business management; leadership; sustainable leadership; family business; entrepreneurship; environmental entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship in developing countries- Kenya, Mexico, Vietnam, Guatemala and others; women entrepreneurs; women entrepreneurs in developing countries; social entrepreneurship;  managing clean tech firms; top management team development; social networks; innovation and trust; leadership and management for psychologists; executive decision making

Mohamed Ali Khalil
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1967; University of California at Los Angeles

Research interests: finance

Meenakshi S. Krishnamoorthy
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1960; Manchester University

Research interests: quantitative methods and TQM

Rachna Kumar
Program Director and Professor, Business and Management Programs
PhD, 1994; New York University, Stern School of Management

Research interests: establishing trust in virtual teams, sustainable work design for success in outsourcing/offshoring contexts,  impacts of technology on self-efficacy, transfer of technology skills to developing economies, technology synchronization and organizational performance, technology mediated learning

Fred Lemke
Assistant Professor, San Diego
PhD, 2003; Cranfield University, Cranfield School of Management, UK

Research interests: experience marketing, relationship quality, hidden needs analysis, business-to-business marketing, innovation management, and product design

René M. Naert
Program Director (Undergraduate Programs-MGSM) and Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1996; Walden University

Research interests: information systems

Henry Petersen
Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 2004, University of Calgary, Canada

Research interests: corporate governance, sustainable development strategies, corporate social responsibility

Fred Young Phillips
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1978; University of Texas at Austin

Research interests: technology management, technology-based economic development, and intersectoral relations

Hamid Rahman
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1987; Syracuse University

Research interests: finance

James V. Sullivan
Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1993; United States International University

Research interests: management and economics

Lee (Leon) White
Assistant Professor, San Diego
PhD, 2009; Webster University, CA

Research interests: performance metrics, balanced scorecard implementation, effect of stress and trust on outsourced team performance 

Adjunct Faculty

Mahmud Al-Kailani
San Diego

Frederick Ansoff
San Diego
PhD, 1998; Georgetown University

Jed Baker
San Diego

Timothy Becker
San Diego
DBA, 1990; USIU

Mahesh Bhave
San Diego

Roger Coley
San Diego
DBA, 2010; Alliant International University

Richard Gardner
San Diego
MA, 2002; San Diego State University

Jon Kingsbury
San Diego

Dan Kipley
San Diego

S. Kumar
San Diego

K. Lehn
San Diego
MA, 2006; Universitat Koblenz-Laundau, Abt. Landau

Joy Limprayoon
San Diego

Alison Lobus
San Diego

Gregory Lorton
San Diego
DBA, 2006; Alliant International University, San Diego

Sky Magdalin
San Diego
DBA, 2006; United States International University MBA, 1992; San Diego State University

Jack Phadungtin
San Diego
PhD, 2003; Alliant International University

Lionel Remesha
San Diego
MIBA, 2007; Alliant International University

Samantha Smith
San Diego

Dennis Weis
San Diego
PhD, 1971; Brown University

Steve Williams
San Diego
PhD, 2009; Alliant International University

International Studies Programs

Core and Non Core Faculty

David Felsen
Associate Professor and Program Director, International Studies Programs
DPhil, 2001; Oxford University

Research interests: international relations, comparative public policy and politics, Latin American politics, European politics

Gary Goodman
Assistant Professor, San Diego
PhD, 2006; University of California, Riverside

Research interests: political and economic development in Mexico and Latin America, subnational comparative politics, globalization and public policy

Adjunct Faculty

Ghaleb Krame
Mexico City
MA, PhD Candidate; University of Sheffield

Research interests: international security

Camilio Perez
Mexico City
JD; Northeastern University Law School

Ana Christina Peterson
Mexico City
PhD Candidate; UNAM, Mexico

John Stoessinger
San Diego
PhD; Harvard University

Research interests: international relations

Saba Ozyurt
San Diego
PhD, 2009; University of California - Irvine

Research interests: Middle East politics

Organizational Psychology Programs

Core and Non-Core Faculty

Camala Boyce
Lecturer, San Diego
PhD, 1994; University of Akron Ohio

Research interests: group dynamics, women and negotiation, conflict management, communication styles, leadership, self-monitoring, decision-making, performance, emotional intelligence, coaching, and organizational design

Sherry Camden-Anders
Associate Program Director and Principal Lecturer, Organizational Psychology Programs, Fresno
PhD 2000; Benedictine University

Research interests: mergers and acquisitions (merging of cultures), organizational change-large systems change, strategy development, executive and leadership development, implementation of training and design, information technology implementations

Nurcan Ensari
Associate Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1999; University of Southern California

Research interests: intergroup relations and prejudice, personalization model, leadership, diversity management, and cross-cultural psychology

Mary J. Fambrough
Associate Professor, San Francisco
Fellow, Rockway Institute for LGBT Psychology
PhD, 2000; Case Western Reserve University

Research interests: qualitative research methods and alternative forms of representation; a critical look at social systems, organizations, groups, social movements and their impact on marginalized populations in view of power and control; feminist approaches to research and practice; and issues of gender, sexuality, and identity expression, particularly in work environments

Bernardo M. Ferdman
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1987; Yale University

Research interests: diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion in organizations; inclusive and multicultural leadership; Latinos/Latinas in the United States; Latino/a leadership; ethnic and cultural identity; group and intergroup behavior; organization development; organizational behavior; psychology in the Americas

Jay Finkelman
Systemwide Associate Dean, Organizational Psychology Programs
Professor and Program Director (Los Angeles and San Diego)
PhD, 1970; New York University

Research interests: forensic industrial/organizational psychology; gender, race, age, disability and other sources of employment discrimination; sexual harassment; contingent workforce productivity; attitudes and organizational citizenship; human resource management practices; and human factors engineering

Dale N. Glaser
Principal Lecturer, San Diego
PhD, 1993; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Research interests: multivariate statistics, statistical modeling, psychometric testing, and survey research

Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
Associate Professor, San Francisco
PhD, 1979; Columbia University

Research interests: strategic change, somatic foundations of organizational learning, executive development and leadership, developing healthy organizations, organizational ethics and social responsibility, Tibetan Buddhism and transformational change, and organizational consulting

Barry Grossman
Principal Lecturer and Field Placement Coordinator, San Francisco
Director, Organization Consulting Center (OCC) - San Francisco
PhD, 1975; Indiana University (Bloomington)

Research interests: organization consulting models and processes, effective management of consultant-client relationships including management of client resistance, team development, implementation of organization change and innovation in diverse settings.

Calvin C. Hoffman
Principal Lecturer, Los Angeles
PhD, 1984; University of Nebraska

Research interests: job analysis and job design, selection system design and validation, human resource systems, management and employee development, and performance evaluation and feedback

John Kantor
Program Director, PhD in Leadership Program
Associate Program Director (I-O) and Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1988; California School of Professional Psychology

Research interests: leadership, organizational diagnosis, survey development, consumer research

Toni A. Knott
Associate Professor, Fresno
PhD, 1999; The Fielding Graduate Institute

Research interests: collaboration, team development, appraisal systems (feedback, appreciative inquiry), international organization development, and organizational change

Mark Kriger
Visiting Professor
DBA, 1983; Harvard University

Research interests: executive leadership, strategy implementation processes, knowledge transfer and the creation of organizational value- especially in technology-intensive companies

Ira Levin
Program Director and Professor, Organizational Psychology Programs, San Francisco
PhD, 1986; University of Illinois at Chicago

Research interests: organization transformation, organization culture realignment, leadership development, team development, ethical issues related to the consulting process/consulting relationships, and post-merger integration

Rodney Lowman
Distinguished Professor, San Diego
Past Provost/VPAA & Acting President
PhD, 1979; Michigan State University
1977-78, Clinical Psychology Internship; Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences

Research interests: Organizational consulting psychology, career assessment and counseling, coaching, ethical issues in the practice of consulting and Industrial-organizational psychology, occupational mental health, work dysfunctions.  Currently editor, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.

Patricia Denise Lopez
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1996; Columbia University

Research interests: managerial and team effectiveness, motivation and employee engagement, organizational change, gender and cross-cultural management, organizational issues related to globalization

Carl Mack
Program Director and Principal Lecturer, Organizational Psychology Programs, Sacramento
PhD, 1975; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: organization development (OD) work in public schools, centrality of groups to education, cultural diversity, experiential learning, and group relations conferences

John Renner
Assistant Professor, San Diego
Director, Organizational Consulting Center (OCC) - San Diego
PhD, 1968; University of Alberta

Research interests: management coaching, leadership development, and program evaluation

Jyotsna Sanzgiri
Professor, San Francisco
PhD, 1977; University of Pittsburgh

Research interests: women in management, cross-cultural comparison of core values, social responsibility in business, international organizational behavior

Norbert Tanzer
Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1983; University of Vienna

Research interests: abusive behavior in the workplace, unethical behavior in organizations

Jonathan Troper
Assistant Professor and Field Placement Coordinator, Los Angeles
Director, Center for Innovation and Change (CIC)
PhD, 1997; University of California, Los Angeles

Research and practice interests: organizational change, employee surveys, organizational communication, consulting, training new consultants and students as consultants, leadership assessment and development, training and development, performance assessments, group leadership and learning

Rebecca Turner
Professor, San Francisco
PhD, 1987; George Washington University

Research interests: executive coaching and leadership development, team development and dynamics, conflict management in teams, process consultation in organizations, action learning, emotional intelligence and social processes in organizations, qualitative and quantitative approaches in organizational assessment, and psychodynamic perspectives on organizational behavior

Adjunct Faculty

Kevin Aeling
San Diego

Lysha Albright
San Francisco
PhD, 1997; California School of Professional Psychology

Cynthia Alt
Los Angeles
PhD, 1993; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Larry Anders
Fresno
PhD, 1988; William Lyon University

Steven Ashworth
San Diego
PhD, 1983; University of Houston

Shirley Baker
Fresno
EdD, 2009; Alliant International University - Fresno

Patricia Marrone Bennett
San Francisco
PhD, 2004; Fielding Graduate Institute

Jeanne Cherbeneau
San Diego
PhD, 1981; Union University and Institute

Michael Collins
San Francisco
PhD, 1980 Purdue University

Joanie Connell
San Diego
PhD, 2000; University of California, Berkeley

Bruce Cooper
San Francisco
PhD, 1983; University of California, Berkeley

Terrance Cusaac
San Diego & Los Angeles
PhD, 2004; Capella University

Albert Edwards
Fresno
PsyD, 2008; Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, Alliant International University

J.P. Elliott
San Diego & Los Angeles
PhD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Karen Marie Erickson
Fresno
PsyD, 2006; Alliant International University

Patrick Giannetto
San Diego
PhD, 1995; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Margaret (Peggy) Grant
Fresno
PhD, 2010; The Fielding Graduate Institute

Donald Grayson
San Diego
PhD, 1979; University of Utah

Jean Greaves
San Diego
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology

Paul Hersey
San Diego
EdD; University of Massachusetts at Amherst

San Kaner
San Francisco
PhD, 1980; California School of Professional Psychology

Charles Klein
San Diego
PhD, 1994; United States International University

Delbert Nebeker
San Diego
PhD, 1972; University of Washington

Mark Nicholson
San Diego & Los Angeles
PhD, 2002; United States International University

Ghada Osman
San Diego
PhD, 2001; Harvard University

Paul E. Pierce
Fresno
MA, 1998; University of San Francisco

Saima Raza
Fresno
PsyD, 2006; Marshall Goldsmith School of Management - Fresno

Jacqueline L. Ryle
Fresno
PhD, 1994; The Fielding Graduate Institute

John (Jack) Shantz
Fresno
PsyD, 2003; Alliant International University

Upkar (September) Singh
Fresno
MA, 2003; University of Missouri

Trudy Sopp
San Diego
PhD, 1982; University of Toronto

Charles B. Tatum
San Diego
PhD, 1973; University of New Mexico

Lynne Valek
Fresno
PhD, 1999; The Fielding Graduate Institute

William Van Lente
Fresno
PsyD, 2010; Alliant International University

Liz Williams
Fresno
MA, 1994; San Francisco State University

Ron Young
Fresno
PsyD, 2003, California School of Professional Psychology

Presidio Graduate School – Faculty

Dwight Collins
Lecturer, Presidio Graduate School
PhD, 1973; Cornell University

Research interests: strategic planning, supply chain design and optimization and sustainable business

Paula Thielen
Lecturer, Presidio Graduate School
PhD, 2005; Fielding Graduate University

Research interests: managerial accounting and finance

Maggie Winslow
Lecturer, Presidio Graduate School
PhD, 2002; University of California, Berkeley

Research interests: ecological economics, impacts of energy use and energy policy

Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason
Lecturer, Presidio Graduate School
PhD, 2004; Ohio University

Research interests: pedagogical and professional development use of reflective practices, communication practices and principles that promote sustainable human organizing

California School of Forensic Studies

Core Faculty

Kyle Boone
Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1984; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant; ABPP (Clinical Neuropsychology)

Research interests: malingering, neuropsychological assessment, neuropsychology

Laura A. Brodie
Assistant Professor, Irvine
PhD, Biola University, Rosemead School of Psychology 

Research interests: Detecting deception, psychological safety of undercover police officers, the assessment and treatment of sex offenders, and domestic violence

Marion Chiurazzi
Interim Program Director and Associate Professor, Sacramento
PsyD, 1998; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Dr. Noor Damavandi
Assistant Professor, Irvine

Annette Ermshar
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 2000; Loma Linda University; MS, 2007; Clinical Psychopharmacology, Alliant; ABPP (Forensic Psychology)

Research interests: neuropsychology, juvenile law, psychological assessment, psychopathology and the criminal mind

Tracy Fass
Assistant Professor and Interim Program Director, Los Angeles
PhD, 2008; Drexel University; JD, 2006; Villanova University, School of Law

Research interests: juvenile offenders, sentencing policy, and violence-risk assessment

Valerie Forward
Assistant Professor, Fresno
PhD, 1985; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Debra F. Glaser
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1983; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: police psychology, critical incidents, threat assessment

Eric Hickey
Dean, Professor, California School of Forensic Studies, Fresno
PhD, 1990; Brigham Young University

Research interests: serial killers, sexual paraphilias, criminology, forensic psychology

William Holcomb
Program Director, San Francisco
PhD, 1979; University of Missouri-Columbia; MBA, 2002; University of Chicago; Diplomate in Forensic Psychology

Research interests: abnormal psychology, human relations for organizations

Robert A. Leark
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1982; United States International University

Research interests: neuropsychology, test construction, malingering and ADHD

Glenn Scott Lipson
Interim Program Director and Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1986; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: stalking, malpractice, critical incidents, risk assessment

Deborah S. Miora
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1987; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: relationship of higher order cognitive function to underlying brain structures, neuropsychological and legal issues pertaining to the less developmentally mature adult brain and juveniles in the context of criminal proceedings

Julie Olson
Assistant Professor and Interim Program Director, Fresno, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1999; Argosy University

Research interests: effects of stress with law enforcement officers, treatment with mentally ill offenders, psychotic disorders and violence, and criminal thinking styles

Jana Price-Sharps 
Associate Professor and Director, Sierra Educational Research Institute (SERI), Fresno
EdD, 1999; University of the Pacific 

Research interests: Police officer stress and PTSD

Kathleen Puckett
Associate Professor, Fresno
PhD, 2000; Professional School of Psychology, San Francisco

Research interests: threat assessment, criminology

Sherry Skidmore
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles
PhD, 1975; United States International University; Diplomate, Forensic Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; Fellow, American Academy of Forensic Psychology

Research interests: law and ethics, child abuse and custody, and neuropsychology

Sean Sterling
Assistant Professor and Interim Program Director, Irvine; Director, CSFS Sex Crimes and Paraphilia Institute (SCPI)
PhD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: cultural competency; behavioral, cognitive and social learning, psychodynamic psychotherapy

Lenore Artie Tate
Associate Professor, Sacramento
PhD, 1980; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: Geriatrics, neuropsychology, and social and cultural psychology

Dr. Veronica Thomas
Assistant Professor, Irvine

Amy Tillery
Assistant Professor, Fresno
PhD, 2007; California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant

Research interests: substance abuse and dual diagnosis treatment for adolescent offenders, effectiveness of the juvenile justice systems and mentally ill offenders, and spirituality as related to treatment responsiveness

James Turner
Associate Professor and Director, CSFS Institute of Police and Investigative Psychology, San Diego
PhD, 1976; University of Arkansas

Research interests: police psychology, investigative psychology, threat assessment

Lisa Ware
Assistant Professor, Sacramento
PhD, 2006; West Virginia University

Research interests: child behavior disorders, malingering, social phobia and children with autism and developmental disabilities

Dale White
Assistant Professor and Interim Program Director, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: foster children and social problem solving; treatment variables and inpatient mental health; forensic lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues; adoption; and mental health administration

Lecturer Faculty

James Davison
Lecturer, Sacramento

Rachyll Dempsey
Lecturer, San Francisco
PsyD, 2005; Argosy University

Research interests: effective treatment of sex industry workers, substance abuse, domestic violence

Peter English
Lecturer, Fresno
PhD, 2003; University of Arizona

Research interests: criminology, behavioral and social facts in legal decision making

Douglas A. Graves
Lecturer, Fresno
PsyD, 2007; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: cultural awareness, intellectual assessment

Tamar Marie Kenworthy
Lecturer, Fresno
PsyD, 2004; California School of Forensic Studies

Research interests: Sex crimes and paraphilias

Daniel M. Levinson
Lecturer, Irvine
PhD, 1970; University of Southern California

Research interests: neuropsychological assessment, predictors of adherence to Triptans, and neurocognitive impairment as a result of acquired brain injury

Christyan P. Mitchell
Lecturer, San Francisco
PhD, 2000; University of Minnesota

Research interests: culture & moral judgment, the Defining Issues Test

David Tanner
Lecturer, Fresno
PhD, 1984; Texas A&M University

Research interests: statistics and measurement, evaluating assessment instruments

Joseph W. Whalen
Lecturer, Sacramento
PhD, 1989; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Adjunct Faculty

Jennifer Brown
Field Placement Coordinator, Sacramento
PsyD, 2005; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Lenora Burney
Irvine
PsyD, 2000; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: Recidivism of African American male prison inmates, intimate partner communication, and marital and family therapy to diverse ethnic populations

Keith Clement
Fresno
PhD, 2001; University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Research interests: sentencing patterns, homeland security, the habitual offender and the 8th Amendment, political science and law

Bobby J. Davis
Sacramento
PsyD, 2006; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Research interests: substance abuse and recovery, African-American counseling expectations and preferences, and the neuropharmacology of drugs and alcohol

Paul DePompo
Irvine
PsyD, 2000; New School Psychology

Research interests: PTSD, grief, and managing stress

Dennis Dixon
Los Angeles
PhD, 2006; Louisiana State University

Research interests: neuropsychology, intellectual disabilities

Jonathan Greene
Los Angeles and Sacramento
PhD, 1983; United States International University

Adam K. Herdina
Los Angeles
PsyD, 2004; University of LaVerne

Mike Kim
Sacramento
PsyD, 2005; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant

Jason Kissner
Fresno
PhD, 2005; Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice; JD, 1995; Cornell Law School

Dr. Sandra Klein
Irvine

David Leatherberry
San Diego

Karen Lippman
San Francisco
PsyD, 2006; California School of Forensic Studies

Theresa Lu
Fresno
PhD, 1997; Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Research interests: domestic violence, cross-cultural competency

William McTaggart
Los Angeles
JD, 1978; Loyola Law School

Dr. Christopher Michael
Los Angeles

Patrick O’Reilly
San Francisco
PhD, 1996; The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio

Research interests: cults, gerontology, death row appeals

Matthew Sharps
Fresno
PhD, 1986; University of Colorado-Boulder

Erene Soliman
Fresno
PsyD, 2007; Adler School of Professional Psychology

Research interests: Rorschach variables, the repeatable battery assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS), and neuropsychology

Emanuel (Manny) Tau
San Diego
PsyD, 1994; United States International University

Research interests: threat assessment, workplace violence

Michelle Vorwerk
Irvine
PsyD, 2005; Biola University 

Research interests: multicultural competency, sex offending and treatment

Lori D. Williams
Fresno
PhD, 1995; California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant 

Research interests: incarcerated females; crime, punishment, and treatment; PTSD, and correctional mental health

Mexico Faculty

Core and Non-Core Faculty

Jason Platt
Psychology
Lecturer
PhD, 1986; Syracuse University

Ruth Troeller
Business and Management Programs
Lecturer
PhD; London School of Economics, England

Research interests: economics and philosophy

Guillermo Zarate
Business and Management Programs
Lecturer
PhD; North Carolina State University

Research interests: statistics and business intelligence

Adjunct Faculty

Xavier Aguilar
Business and Management Programs
PhD, 1970; Heidelberg and Saarland Universities, Germany

Alejandra Alvarado
Business and Management Programs
MA, 2000; ITAM, Mexico
MA, 1989; University of London, England

Gernot Antretter
Business and Management Programs
PhD; Vienna University

Research interest: international finance

Steven Bell
Business and Management Programs
MBA; University of California at Berkeley

Research interests: marketing, strategic planning

Barbara Bennett
Business and Management Programs
M.Ed, 2003; Endicott College, Mexico City

Laura Betancourt
Psychology

Eduardo Dyer
Business and Management Programs
MA, 1975; Philips Executive School, The Netherlands
MBA, 1977; TEC de Monterrey, Mexico

Eduardo García Garza
Business and Management Programs
MIBA, 2001; Alliant International University, Mexico City

Research interests: strategic management; operations; international business

Norman Garret
General Education

Myra Ingmanson
Liberal Arts
MA; Universidad Interamericana, Puerto Rico

Research interest: English language and culture

Jerrilou Johnson
Business and Management Programs, Psychology
MA; Colorado College, MA; Roosevelt University, MA; United States International University, Mexico

Research interests: literature, leadership, and psychology

Ghaleb Krame
International Studies Program
PhD candidate; University of Sussex; MA; University of Sheffield

Research interests: security issues, conflict, arbitration, and conflict resolution

Karl Lananne
Business and Management Programs
MBA; TEC de Monterrey, Mexico

Herman Littlewood
Psychology
MA; University of Akron, USA

Margaret McGavin
Business and Management Programs
M.Ed., 2003; Endicott College, Mexico City

John K. Miller
Business and Management Programs

Abelardo Mitre
Business and Management Programs
MBA, 1980; Georgia College

Research interests: accounting, finance, strategic planning

Camilo Perez
International Studies Program, Liberal Arts
JD; Northeastern University Law School, USA

Ana Christina Petersen
International Studies Program
PhD; (ABD) UNAM, Mexico

Philip George Philip
International Studies Program
PhD; University of Kent at Canterbury, England

Research interest: international relations

Harry Porter
General Education
MA; Dallas Theater Center

Ignacio Prado
Business and Management Programs

Marcela Revilla
Business and Management Programs
MBA, 2002; Institute d’ Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

Juan Manuel Rodriguez
International Studies Program
PhD, 1969; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Research interests: international economics and finance

Mary Yonker
Business and Management Programs
Ed.S., 2003; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
MA, 1999; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

San Francisco Law School

Faculty

Duke Amaniampong
Course: Torts
JD, 1995; Santa Clara University School of Law

Marvin Appelbaum
Course: Real Property
JD, 1988; University of San Francisco, School of Law

Jack F. Bonanno
Chair in Wills & Trusts
Course: Wills & Trusts
JD, 1963; University of San Francisco

Hon. Carol Brown
Course: Remedies
JD, 1984; University of Southern California

Geoffrey Brown
Course:  Criminal Procedure Under the Roberts’   Court
JD, 1970; San Francisco Law School

Jerry P. Coleman
Course: Identity Theft
JD, 1977; University of California, Davis School of Law

Allen F. Corotto
Course: Corporations
JD, 1960; University of San Francisco School of Law

Andrew Davies
Courses:  Moot Court, Bar Skills
JD, 2008; Loyola University School of Law

Harry M. Dorfman
Course: Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Law
JD, 1984; Hastings College of the Law

Carolyn Espey
Course: Family Law
JD, 2001; Empire College of Law

Janet Espey
Course:  Family Law
JD, 2004; Hasting College of Law

Michael J. Fox
Course: Professional Responsibility
JD, 1977; Northeastern University School of Law

Janet Frankel
Course: Community Property
JD, 1992; Hastings College of Law

Abe Gupta
Course: Legal Research & Writing
JD, 2006; University of San Francisco

Richard B. Hechler
Course: Elder Law
JD, 1981; Golden Gate University, School of Law

Valerie Higgins
Course:  Civil Procedure
LLM, 2003; Government and Policy, McGeorge School of Law
JD, 1982; Glendate College of Law

Gary Hoenig
Course: Electronic Research
PhD, Loughborough University of Technology, England.
JD, Empire College School of Law

Said Kordestani
Course: Federal Taxation
JD, University of San Francisco School of Law

Hon. Philip P. Leadbetter
Course: Administrative/Immigration Law
JD, 1956; American University Law School, Washington, D.C

Christopher Martz
Course: Legal Research
JD, 2007; New College of California School of Law

Geraldine McGrath
Course: Advanced Legal Writing
JD, 1982; San Francisco Law School

Don Mendel
Course: UCC
JD, 1998; San Francisco Law School

Conor Moore
Course: Contracts
JD, UCLA School of Law

Ronald E. Niver
Course: Criminal Procedure
JD, 1971; University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Leslie S. Patrick
Course: Contracts
LLB, 1958; Harvard University

Steven A. Royston
Course: Civil Procedure
JD, 1981; Western State University

Roy Scheingart
Course: Trial Practice
JD, 1979; San Francisco Law School

Sondra Solovay
Course: Torts
JD, 1996; Boalt Hall School of Law

Emerson E. Stafford
Course: Applied Legal Reasoning
JD, 1974; Lincoln University Law School

Rand Stephens
Course: Employment Law
JD, San Francisco Law School

Sarah Wolking
Course: Evidence
JD, 1992; Boston University School of Law

Emeriti Faculty

I.M. Abou-Ghorra
Founding Campus Dean, 1973-1981
Fresno
PhD, 1961; University of Southern California

Richard Baker
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1981; University of New Mexico

David Bainbridge
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
MS, 1973; University of California at Davis

John D. Cone
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1968; University of Washington

James V. DeLeo
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD; 1976; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Anwar Dil
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD; Indiana University

Afia Dil
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD; Stanford University

Lucy Rau Ferguson
Professor Emeritus
San Francisco
PhD, 1957; University of California, Berkeley

Thomas S. Gale
Professor Emeritus of International Relations
PhD; School of African and Oriental Studies, London University

Kelin Gersick
Professor Emeritus
Los Angeles
PhD, 1976; Harvard University

Bill R. Hampton
Professor Emeritus of Education
San Diego
EdD; St. Louis University

Ann Hozier
Professor Emeritus
Los Angeles
PhD, 1957; University of Kansas

Young Hum Kim
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1960, University of Southern California

Arthur L. Kovacs
Professor Emeritus
Los Angeles
PhD, 1958; University of Michigan

Norman Livson
Professor Emeritus
San Francisco
PhD, 1951; University of California, Berkeley

Thomas F. McGee
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1960; University of Chicago

Julian Meltzoff
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1950; University of Pennsylvania

Terry G. Newell
Professo Emeritus
Fresno
PhD, 1967; University of Minnesota

Mary Philips
Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts
San Diego
PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

Kenneth E. Richardson
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD; Claremont Graduate University

Mark Sherman
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1970; University of Connecticut

Donald E. Smith
Professor Emeritus of Art
San Diego
PhD; Florida State University

Lawrence Solomon
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1954; University of Illinois

Richard C. Sorenson
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
PhD, 1965; University of Washington

Patrick A. Sullivan
University Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management
San Diego
DBA; United States International University

Walter Teutsch
Professor Emeritus of Music
San Diego
JUD; University of Wuerzburg

Christopher Tori
Professor Emeritus
San Francisco
PhD, 1971; University of Kentucky

Jack Tygett
Professor Emeritus
San Diego
University of California, Los Angeles

Lelia Veaco
Professor Emeritus
Fresno
EdD, 1973; University of the Pacific

John R. Walker
Professor Emeritus of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
San Diego
DBA, United States International University

Sidney Warren
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
San Diego
PhD, Columbia University