Specialties and Interests
- Evaluating learning outcomes related to training culturally competent psychologists
- Child abuse, primarily physical and verbal
- Body image
Courses Taught
- Data Analysis and Program Evaluation
- Multivariate Statistics
- Proposal Development
- Research Design
- Research Methods
Research: Publications and Presentations
- Battista, M., O'Toole, S., Gaudenti, S., Tolchin, N., Delarm, J., & Barlow, A. (2006). Predicting dementia of the Alzheimer type using Cognistat. Federal Practitioner, 23, 17-19.
- Hart, J.L., O'Toole, S.K., Price-Sharps, J., & Shaffer, T.W. (in press). The risk and protective factors of violent juvenile offending: An examination of gender differences. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
- Kuba, S. K. & O’Toole, S. K. (2006, April). Body image versus health: Differential predictors in Latinas and European Americans. Paper presentation at the 86th Annual Western Psychological Association Convention, Palm Springs, CA.
- O’Toole, S. K. (2003, April). Retention of women and minority law enforcement officers. Presenter/facilitator at the Women and Policing Research Summit at the National Center for Women and Policing 8th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
- Green McGowan, M. & O’Toole, S. K. (2003, April). Stalking in Los Angeles County: Predicting recidivism. Paper presented at the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services 3rd Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
- Kuba, S. A., O’Toole, S. K., Kung, W., Yang, K. & Shoji, A. (2003, April). From multi-cultural to global: Strategies for evaluating diversity in your institution. Symposium presented at the 1st Biennial International Education Conference, San Diego, CA.
- O’Toole, S. K. (2001, August). The integration of natural science tradition and feminist responsibility in research. In N. Porter (Chair) Revisioning theory and method in feminist research: Qualitative and quantitative dialogue. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association 109th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
- Kuba, S. A. & O’Toole, S. K. (2001, March). Multi-dimensional predictors of eating disorder psychopathology in Mexican American women. Paper presented at the Association for Women in Psychology 26th Annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.
- Baskin, E. L., Kuba, S. A. & O’Toole, S. K. (1999, May). Family characteristics in anxious adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
- O’Toole, S. K. (1998, August). Paternal influences in eating disorders. In S. A. Kuba (Chair) Mentoring female researchers. Round table conducted at the American Psychological Association 106th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Degrees and Professional Licenses
- Licensed Psychologist, #PSY 20414, California
- Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno, 2000 (Clinical Psychology – Health Emphasis)
- M.A., California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno, 1997 (Clinical Psychology)
- B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994 (Psychology)
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