PsyD Program Faculty: San Diego Campus

Anabel Bejarano
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2000; City University of New York
Research interests: childhood trauma; Latino mental health; child development and attachment; multicultural psychology

Steven F. Bucky 
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program; Director of Professional Training, San Diego
PhD, 1970; University of Cincinnati
Research interests: childhood psychopathology; chemical dependency; forensic psychology; ethics; alcoholic family; children of alcoholics; sports psychology

Joanne E. Callan
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 1970; University of Texas
Research interests: life-span development (including child and adolescent development, adjustment, and psychopathology; female development and psychology; and gender development); psychoanalytic theory and clinical applications (including attachment and object relations); parenting and school support (preschool through high school); education and training in professional psychology; professional ethics

David J. Diamond
Associate Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Michigan
Research interests: reproductive trauma (infertility, perinatal loss, disorders of pregnancy and postpartum, adoption, surrogacy); other topics related to the reproductive process; parenting and the development of parental identity; psychoanalytic theory and practice

Marina Dorian
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; University of Illinois at Urbaba-Champaign
Research interests: adaptation and resilience in the family stress process; couple and family intervention; gender roles in marriage; couple's communication; cross-cultural studies of couples and families; intimacy, mindfulness and acceptance; family caregivers of the mentally ill; family economic stress

Donald Eulert
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1968; University of New Mexico
Research interests: C.G. Jung’s theories; postmodern cultural and spirituality issues; moral development; creativity; integrative psychology

Veronica Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2004; University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: issues of multiculturalism; lesbian, gay and bisexual issues; therapist competence in multicultural issues; therapeutic process and outcome; Dr. Gutierrez’ professional background includes work with diverse student populations, specifically Latinos

Debra Kawahara
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1994; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: multicultural and cross-cultural psychology; Asian-American mental health; women's issues; cultural competency in mental health services; qualitative research methodology

Mojgan Khademi
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1992; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: psychodynamic theory and treatment; work at several university counseling centers has led to interest in psychotherapy intervention and treatment outcome studies; supervises dissertations in treatment  outcomes, eating disorders, suicide, and multicultural issues; teaches first year psychotherapy sequence and
advanced seminars in feminism and eating disorders

Gary W. Lawson
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Southern Illinois University
Research interests: clinical psychology; marriage and family therapy; chemical dependency

James N. Madero
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Catholic University
Research interests: projective tests; differential diagnoses; workplace violence prevention; school violence prevention

Matthew Porter
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2005; New School for Social Research
Research interests: resilience; moral/existential development; psychology of spirituality; integrative psychology; health psychology; highly stressed populations (AIDS, cancer, refugees); individual differences; quantitative and qualitative methods

Neil G. Ribner
Professor and Program Director, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1971; University of Cincinnati
Research interests: family studies; divorce; stepfamilies; custody; parenting; siblings

Jill Stoddard
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 2007; Boston University
Research interests: adult anxiety disorders (including PTSD); chronic pain; Cognitive Behavioral Therapies; Acceptance & Commitment Therapy; mindfulness

Ronald Stolberg
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2001; Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Research interests: personality assessment instruments with an emphasis on the MMPI-2/MMPI-A; assessment instruments use among practicing clinicians; standard of care practices; suicide; clinical work with adolescents