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: meta-analysis and research synthesis; neuropsychological assessment; multimodal neuroimaging including magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging; CNS changes in alcohol and drug dependence and abstinence; neurobiological, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological correlates of psychopathology and other personality characteristics; efficacy and effectiveness of online psychology education.

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; 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

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
Professor and Program Director, 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

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

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