LA MCCP Faculty (from left to right): Glenn Masuda, Ph.D., Leena Banerjee, Ph.D., Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Ph.D., Elaine Burke, Psy.D., William Chien, Psy.D., Paula Johnson, Ph.D., Judy Holloway, Ph.D., and Erica Holmes, Psy.D.  Richard Mendoza, Ph.D. is not pictured.

Leena Banerjee Brown, Ph.D. 
Clinical and research interests: Asian-American mental health issues. ethnic identity issues; self-awareness development in family systems training; program development and evaluation in high risk ethnic minority families living in poverty

Elaine Burke, Psy.D.
Clinical and research interests: multicultural health; culture and gender; diversity training; multicultural assessment; international studies (related to culture); children from underserved populations; class issues; neuropsychology

William Chien, Psy.D.
Clinical and research interests: Asian-American mental health issues; ethnic identity awareness; multicultural psychology; psychodynamic psychotherapy; grief, loss, and bereavement

Judy Holloway, Ph.D.
Clinical and research interests: relationships between health and wellness, connection to nature, spirituality, and holistic healing processes; issues concerning lesbian women, gay men and bisexual persons

Erica L. Holmes, Psy.D.
Clinical and research interests: effects of untreated trauma in the African-American community; coping and substance abuse; health disparities among African-American and Latino populations; community prevention programming; community consultation and diversity training

Paula Johnson, Ph.D.
Clinical and research interests: nonviolence; peace studies; community activism in nonviolence; prevention of violence; racism, sexism and/or heterosexism; environmental concerns; community building

Glenn Masuda, Ph.D.
Clinical and research interests: multicultural adolescents; Asian/Asian-American mental health issues; school-based services; community mental health service delivery; diversity competency training; diversity training of clinical supervisors

Richard Mendoza, Ph.D.
Clinical and research interests: acculturation; ethnic identity; ethnic and cultural stereotypes; internalization of negative cultural and gender stereotypes;  prevalence of ethnic guilt, shame, and rejection in Mexican-Americans

Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Ph.D.
Clinical and research interests: identity development of African American women; impact of racism and sexism on psychological functioning; African American mental health; qualitative research; psychodynamic therapy with people of color; diversity consultation and training

A sample of recent publications and presentations of MCCP faculty:

Banerjee, L., & Castro, L. (2005).  Intensive day treatment for very young traumatized children in residential care.  In Finello, K. (Ed.), Handbook of training and practice in infant and preschool mental health (pp. 233-255).  San Francisco: Wiley/Jossey-Bass.

Banerjee, L. (2004). Dress as a manifest aspect of identity: An Indian American narrative.  In J. Chin (Ed.), The psychology of prejudice and discrimination  (Vol.4, pp. 1-26).  New York: Praeger Press.

Banerjee, L.  (Executive Co-Editor). (2002). Special International Issue, Psychological Foundations, The Journal, Thriving Amidst Adversity. New Delhi, India: Psychological Foundations Trust.

Banerjee, L. (2002).  Psychology and the reach of multiculturalism in American society.  In E. Davis-Russell, (Ed.), The California School of Professional Psychology Handbook of Multicultural Education Research, Intervention and Training (pp. 3-19). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Banerjee, L., Parks, C., Ashing-Giwa, K., Shorter-Gooden, K., Burke, E., Polite, K., Johnson, P., Chien, W., Masuda, G., Holloway, J., Bustamante, A. L., & Mendoza, R. (2002).  Multicultural community-clinical psychology in the twenty-first century: A paradigm shift.  The Community Psychologist, 35(3), 29-30.

Muradian, R., & Burke, E. (January, 2005).  Strategies for School Psychologists: Working with child cancer survivors.  Poster Presentation at the Second Annual Conference of the Coalition of Clinical Practitioners in Neuropsychology, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Burke, E. (January 2005).  Multicultural considerations in neuropsychological evaluations. Poster presentation at the Second Annual Conference of the Coalition of Clinical Practitioners in Neuropsychology,  Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Burke, E.A., & Wong, C. (August 2001). Mother-daughter relationships:  Transmission of gender and cultural expectations.  Presented at the Annual proceedings of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Chien, W., Shorter-Gooden, K., Banerjee, L., & Cones, J. (2003). Racial socialization of children: Sharing and generating personal experiences.  Panel and workshop at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Hollywood, CA.

Chien, W., & Banerjee, L. (2002).  Caught between cultures: The young Asian-American in therapy.  In E. Davis-Russell, (Ed.) The California School of Professional Psychology Handbook of Multicultural Education Research, Intervention and Training (pp. 210-220). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Holloway, J. (December 2003).  Creating wellness with nature: Therapist rejuvenation with Ecopsychology. Continuing Education workshop for MFTs and LCSWs, Wheeler Gorge Campground, Los Padres National Forest, CA.

Parks, C.W., & Holloway, J. (2002).  A professional psychology school model for the research training of professional psychologists.  In E. Davis-Russell (Ed.), The California School of Professional Psychology Handbook of Multicultural Education Research, Intervention and Training (pp. 109-122). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Holloway, J. (March 2001).  Spirituality and psychotherapy.  Workshop for Counseling Center Psychologists.  California Institute of Technology, Student Counseling Services, Pasadena, CA.

Holloway, J. (March 1999).  Psychotherapy with lesbian and bisexual women.  Colloquium presented at The Maple Center, Beverly Hills, CA.

Holmes, E. , & Edmonds-Biglow, K. (May 2005).  Treating African American women and depression: A strength-based approach.  Workshop presentation, Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA.

Holmes, E., & Edmonds-Biglow, K. (February 2005).  Increasing self-love: Tools for enhancing the self-esteem of African American girls.  Workshop presentation, Women at Work, Inc., Pasadena, CA.

Heredia, A., Holmes, E., Ormsby, C., & Soblew-Shubin, S. (November 2004).  Challenges to evaluating health and violence prevention.  Multipaper presentation, American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Holmes, E. (August 2000).  A qualitative study of the lives of African American women who use crack cocaine.  Paper presentation, Association of Black Psychologists Annual Convention, Ghana, West Africa.

DiMeo, A., & Johnson, P.  (April 2005).  Cognitive complexity and nonviolence.  Poster presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Akbar, M., & Johnson, P. (August 2004).  The relationship between cultural, structural and direct violence.  Poster presented at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Nicolino, V., & Johnson, P.  (April 2003).  New York/Los Angeles attitudes and beliefs towards war and internationalism.  Poster presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Taylor, M., & Johnson, P.  (April 2003).  Abusive supervision, PTSD and employee deviant behavior.  Poster presented at the 83rd annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Masuda, G.I. (Symposium Co-Chair & Discussant), Parks, C.W.  (Symposium Co-Chair), Woodson, K.M., Kwon, D.O., Hung, J.W., & Robinson, J.D. (August 2001).  The challenges of multicultural clinical psychology supervision of psychology interns.  Symposium presented at the annual proceedings of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Mendoza, R.H. (in press). Cultural Life Styles Inventory.  In L.E. Davis (Ed.), Measuring race and ethnicity: Inside and out.  Pittsburgh, PA: Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh.

Mendoza, R.H. (2006).  Assessment of conceptions about the influence of the Mexican culture on Mexican-Americans.  In N. Porras-Hein & J.E. Stokes (Eds.), La familia Chicana (1st ed.).  Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

Mendoza, R.H. (April 2005).  Cultural diversity in America: Current and projected implications for mental health professionals.  Presentation at the Nevada State Psychological Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Clark, R.L., & Mendoza, R. H. (2002).  Assessing cultural life styles of urban American Indians.  American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 26(1).

Shorter-Gooden, K. (2004).  Multiple resistance strategies: How African American women cope with racism and sexism.  Journal of Black Psychology, 30 (3), 406-425.

Jones, C., & Shorter-Gooden, K. (2003).  Shifting: The double lives of Black women in America.  New York: HarperCollins.  Winner of the 2004 American Book Awards

Taylor, S., Parks, C., Shorter-Gooden, K., Johnson, P., Burke, E., Ashing-Giwa, K., Mendoza, R., Holloway, J., Polite, K., & Masuda, G. (2002).  In and out of the classroom:  A model for multicultural training in clinical psychology.  In E. Davis-Russell, (Ed.), The California School of Professional Psychology Handbook on Multicultural Education, Research, Interventions, and Training (pp. 54-66). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Shorter-Gooden, K. (2002).  Qualitative methods: An essential tool for multicultural psychology. In E. Davis-Russell (Ed.), The California School of Professional Psychology Handbook of Multicultural Education, Research, Intervention, and Training (pp. 123-138).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Shorter-Gooden, K., & Jackson, L.C. (2000).  The interweaving of cultural and intrapsychic issues in the therapeutic relationship.  In L.C. Jackson & B. Greene (Eds.), Psychotherapy with African American women:  Innovations in psychodynamic perspectives and practice (pp. 15-32).  New York: Guilford Press.