PhD Program Faculty: San Francisco Campus

Dr. Dalia Ducker, PhD, Professor and Director, CSPP SF 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
Program Director; Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
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 
Visiting 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)

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 
Assistant 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