Specialties and Interests

• Research on depression and related areas: perfectionism, somatization, and anger 
• Depression in Mexican Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans
• Empirical studies of psychoanalytic concepts

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Psychotherapy
• Dissertation Research Group 
• Advanced seminars on depression, PTSD, and related areas

Research: Selected Publications

• Want, V., Parham, T. A., Baker, R. C., & Sherman, M. (2004). African American students' ratings of Caucasian and African American counselors varying in racial consciousness.  Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10, 123-136.
• Gump, L., Baker, R. C., & Roll, S.  (2000).  The Moral Judgment Scale: Reliability and validity of a new measure of care and justice orientations.  Adolescence, 35, 67-76.
• Gump, L., Baker, R. C., & Roll, S. (2000).  Issues of culture and gender in moral development: A study of Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 22, 78-93.
• Baker, R. C., Melgoza, B., Roll, S.,  Quinlan, D.M., & Blatt, S.J. (1997).   Parental representations and depressive symptoms in Anglo and Chicano college students.  Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 31, 257-277.
• Monroe, M., Baker, R. C., & Roll, S. (1997).  The relationship of homophobia to intimacy in heterosexual men. The Journal of Homosexuality, 33, 23-37.
• Palmer, K. D., Baker, R. C., & McGee, T.F. (1997).  The effects of pretraining on group psychotherapy for incest-related issues.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 47, 71-89.
• Carson, A.T., & Baker, R.C. (1996).   Depression, object relations and reality testing in women survivors of childhood abuse.  Depression, 3, 278-285.
• Carson, A.T., & Baker, R.C.  Psychological correlates of codependency in women. (1994)  The International Journal of the Addictions, 29, 395-407.

• Robert S. Tartz. (2002). Boundary Structure and Dreaming: The Relationship Between Dream Content and Hartmann's Boundary Construct.  
• Karen L. Durst Palmer. (1993). Effects of Pretraining on Incest-Theme-Oriented, Time-limited Groups Psychotherapy: A Clinical Trial.
• Louise K. Kaplanski. (1997). Emotional Expression and Language Usage in English-Spanish and Spanish-English Bilinguals.  
• Sam Khorrami. (2001). Men and Secrets: Homonegativity and Homophobia as Barriers to Intimacy Among Heterosexual Men.
• Veronika Svoboda. (2001). Parental Empathy, Parental Identification in Boy's Empathetic Concern.
• Maria Kyrk-Rodriguez. (2001). The Relationship Between Anger and Somatization in Mexican American and Euro-American Women.
• Dianne Drischell Wadell. (2002). The Relationship Between Anger Expression Style and Depressive Symptomatology in African American Men.
• Lorena Aguila. (2003). The Relationship Between Perfectionism and Dysphoria Among Anglo and Mexican American College Students.

Professional Activites and Memberships

• Independent practice: psychotherapy and psychological assessment
• American Psychological Association
• California Psychological Association

Education and Licensure

• AB in Psychology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1973
• MA in Psychology, Pepperdine University, Newport Beach, California, 1976
• Clinical Internship (APA-accredited), 1979-1980. West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. 
• Advanced Internship, 1980-1981. West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut. 
• PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1981 (APA-approved)
• Licensed Psychologist by the State of California, 1983-present,  PSY7945  

Interests and Hobbies

• Travel
• Ceramics
• Reading and music