PsyD Program Faculty: San Francisco Campus

Diane M. Adams
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; The Wright Institute
Research and practice interests: adult development; psychotherapy; biographical interviewing; case histories and theoretical or conceptual analytic thesis; clinical and theoretical issues involving ethnic minority populations, particularly African American, and the application of psychoanalytic theory in practice and research

Stephen Blum
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: ethical issues in health; community psychology; health policy and administration; birth and death of persons and programs; managed (mental) health care; national and international research, programs and policy which intersect multicultural concerns with their attendant values

Edward F. Bourg
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
Research interests: family and marital therapy and process; prevention and rehabilitation in chronic and acute illness; the roles of relaxation and meditation in health psychology

Alison Cerezo
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2009; University of Oregon
Research interests: educational persistence, vocational development, and reduction of substance abuse among communities of color and LGBT populations; development of critical consciousness, political empowerment, and activist identity

Tai Chang
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1999; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: acculturation and identity development processes as well as their relations to adjustment and help-seeking, particularly among Asian Americans; the interface of counseling and the Internet, including online support and online information regarding mental illness and psychology

Eddie Yu-Wai Chiu
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: ethnic minority stress and coping; immigrant and refugee mental health; cultural specific assessment and intervention; problem gambling; child and family issues

Michael Connor
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1972; University of Hawaii, Manoa
Research interests: systems-approaches to enhance the psychological well-being of African American males; fathers and fathering--maintaining and improving relationships with children; exercise and sport psychology

Harriet Curtis-Boles
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1984; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: issues related to multiculturalism and peoples of color; psychotherapy process and outcome with African American clients; influence of violence exposure on children and families in the inner cities; African American women and substance abuse

Samuel Gerson
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; University of Texas, Austin
Research interests: intersubjectivity; gender and sexuality; interaction of affect and clinical judgment; the process of therapeutic interactions; schools of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Frederick J. Heide
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; Pennsylvania State University
Research interests: charismatic communication; using humor in psychotherapy; constructivist therapies; transpersonal psychology; cognitive therapy; psychedelics

Valata Jenkins-Monroe
Professor and Program Director, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
Research interests: cognitive styles and problem solving abilities of Third World children; development of children of substance abusive mothers; child sexual abuse treatment; African American women and substance abuse;
intergenerational study of black teen parenting; race and racism; special needs children; forensic psychology

Yuki Okubo
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; Columbia University
Research interests: Asian American mental health, cultural adjustments and coping with immigrants, notion of self as it relates to help-seeking behaviors

Gerald Y. Michaels
Associate Professor and Director of the PSC Child/Family Program, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Michigan
Research interests: developmental psychopathology; transition to parenthood; adolescent pregnancy; parents’ and children’s social perceptions in the family; children of divorce; primary prevention strategies in mental health

Valory Mitchell
Professor and Coordinator of the Gender Studies Emphasis Area, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: psychology of women; development of personality across the lifespan; lesbian/gay issues; interface of feminist, self, relational, and psychodynamic theory

Rhoda Olkin
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program; Director, Institute on Disability and Health Psychology
PhD, 1981; University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: the social model of disability; disability rights activism; marriage and family therapy; psychopathology, diagnosis and case formulation; cognitive behavioral therapy

Elena Padron
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2003; University of Minnesota
Research interests: developmental psychopathology and attachment theory, particularly disorganized attachment; socio-emotional development and psychopathology; early childhood development; intergenerational transmission of parenting and trauma; child and family psychotherapy; culturally sensitive therapeutic models for use with Latino families

Patrick Petti
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda
Research interests: education and training in psychology, clinical competency evaluation, child development and treatment approaches in child therapy

Alan J. Swope
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1969; Columbia University
Research interests: psychoanalytic psychotherapy; the core curriculum in professional psychology; psychology and technology; theories of culture; evaluation of clinical competency; music and personality

Daniel O. Taube
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1987; Hahnemann University; JD, 1985; Villanova University
Research interests: ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals; child maltreatment; substance abuse; child and family forensics

Christopher D. Tori
Professor Emeritus, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1971; University of Kentucky
Research interests: psychotherapy methods; crosscultural psychology; Buddhism; religion and spirituality; addictions; psycholinguistics; psychometrics and statistics; international studies

Randall Wyatt
Director of Professional Training, San Francisco; Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda
Research interests: creative arts and psychology; trauma recovery; child, family and society; existential/psychodynamic psychotherapy; cultural anthro-psychological approaches to diversity studies

Diane Zelman
Professor and Coordinator of the Health Psychology Emphasis Area, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research interests: health psychology; families and chronic illness; anxiety disorders; neuropsychology; addictions; psychopharmacology