PhD Program Faculty: San Diego Campus

Core Faculty:

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

Milton Z. Brown
Assistant 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

Joanne E. Callan
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 1970; University of Texas
Research interests: life-span development (including child and adolescent development, adjustment, and psychopathology; female development and psychology; and gender development); psychoanalytic theory and clinical applications (including attachment and object relations); parenting and school support (preschool through high school); education and training in professional psychology; professional ethics

Constance J. Dalenberg
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Denver
Research interests: countertransference; memory for trauma; child abuse; trauma-realted disorders; dissociation; recovered repressed memory; ethics and standards in psychology; empirical foundations of psychoanalytic concepts; trauma related to racism and discrimination

Sharon L. Foster
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
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

Richard N. Gevirtz
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1971; DePaul University
Research interests: physiological patterning in stress-related disorders; clinical protocols for biofeedback training; mediators of autonomic control; anxiety disorders

Alan S. Lincoln
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program; Program Coordinator, Applied Behavior Analysis Certificate, San Diego
PhD, 1980; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego
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

Fernando Ortiz
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2005; Washington State University
Research interests: cross-cultural and multicultural issues; personality assessment and personality structure; mental health and minority populations

Adele S. Rabin
Program Director; Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1984; University of Houston
Research interests: women’s mental health; assessment and treatment of unipolar depression; psychological factors affecting physical health

Irwin S. Rosenfarb
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1986; University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Research interests: schizophrenia; mood disorders; the role of the family in the course and treatment of severe psychopathology

Erika E. Swift
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; Case Western University, Department of Psychology
Research interests: pediatric psychology and child community psychology; health-promoting behaviors and beliefs; quality of life among pediatric patients; obesity/overweight; Type I and II diabetes; sleep disorders

Donald J. Viglione, Jr.
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; Long Island University
Research interests: Rorschach and personality assessment; assessment of malingering; child psychopathology; trauma, dangerousness and sexual offenses