PhD Program Faculty: Fresno Campus

Core Faculty:

Sue Ammen
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program; Coordinator, Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificate Programs; 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
Clinical interests: attachment; infant-preschool mental health; pediatric psychology; gay/lesbian families; disaster psychology

Manuel Figueroa-Unda
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1985; Stanford University, ABPP-Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
Research interests: multicultural research and topics in learning and motivation; social bases of behavior; multicultural studies
Clinical interests: obesity; separation-individuation; adolescent self-image; eating disorders

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
Clinical interests: neuropsychological assessment; medical rehabilitation; child and adolescent brain injury; forensic neuropsychology

Kevin J. O’Connor
Distinguished Professor and Co-Program Director, Fresno/Sacramento, PsyD Programs; Program Director, Fresno PhD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1980; University of Toledo
Research interests: parent-child attachment; child psychotherapy process; play therapy
Clinical interests: attachment disorders; child abuse; impact of chronic illness; impact of prenatal narcissism; child development; sex role socialization; ecosystemic child psychotherapy; play therapy, art therapy and Theraplay

Siobhan O’Toole
Associate Program Director; Assistant Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 2000; California School of Professional Psychology
Research interests: evaluating cultural competence in clinicians; child abuse, primarily physical and verbal; body image