Members of the San Francisco core faculty who have special interests and expertise in the Multicultural Community Emphasis Area are listed below.

Diane M. Adams
Associate Dean of CSPP; 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.

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.

Tai Chang
Assistant 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 Chiu
Director, Psychological Service Center; 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.

Lillian Huang Cummins
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD 2000; University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests:addictive behaviors in multicultural populations; eating disorders; ethnic minority and community mental health; multicultural competency in research and clinical practice; cognitive-behavioral interventions.

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)

Valata Jenkins-Monroe
Professor, 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.

Eduardo Morales
Interim Program Director; 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