Dr. Dalia Ducker, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CSPP and Professor, CSPP San Francisco Clinical PhD Program

Core Faculty:

Shannon Casey-Cannon
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; Stanford University
Research interests: adolescents within diverse family and school ; multicultural identity and women’s issues, depression; eating disorders

Dalia Ducker
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program and 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

Robert Jay Green
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Executive Director, Rockway Institute: Alliant's National Center for LGBT Research and Public Policy
PhD, 1975; Michigan State University
Research interests: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research and public policy in the fields of couple/family relations, mental health care, education and the workplace; family psychology; male gender roles

Sheila J. Henderson
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Systemwide Associate Director, I-MERIT
PhD, 2002; Stanford University
Research interests: international multicultural psychology, career development, achievement motivation in adult creativity

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)

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

Eduardo Morales
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
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

Natalie Porter
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Delaware
Research interests: feminist and anti-racist models of clinical training and supervision; cognitive and emotional developmental changes in individuals abused or traumatized as children; feminist therapy supervision and ethics

Kristin Samuelson 
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1998; University of Virginia
Research interests: trauma/posttraumatic stress disorder; neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic assessment; pediatric psychology

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

Paul D. Werner
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1976; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: personality and family assessment; research on violent behavior; gender roles; psychology of social change; psychology of population and family planning; aesthetics; clinical research