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Katarzyna Fuiks

Kasia Fuiks
Biography

Dr. Kasia Fuiks serves as Associate Professor and Program Director of the Organizational Psychology Programs at the California School of Professional Psychology. With over thirty years of academic and professional experience, Dr. Fuiks’s teaching portfolio covers a variety of subjects, including Leadership Development and Assessment, Diagnostic Methods for Organizational Consulting, Social and Organizational Psychology, Change Management, Talent Management, and Talent Development. She actively contributes to doctoral dissertation committees, with her research primarily focusing on leadership, organizational culture, multiculturalism, and cross-cultural norms. 

Beyond academia, Dr. Fuiks has leveraged her expertise in various roles, such as Senior Factors Engineer, where she analyzed organizational behavior, decision-making, and team dynamics under stress. Her professional history also includes positions as a Project Manager at Leadership Insight Group, a Research Consultant at Organized Change Consultancy, and a Literature Researcher at International Genomic Consortium. Dr. Fuiks earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Northcentral University and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from United States International University – Africa.

Professional Interests
  • Leadership
  • Creativity and Innovation in Organization
  • Multiculturalism
Education and Certifications
  • PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
     

Honors

  • APA, SIOP
Courses
  • Talent Management /HRM
  • Cultural Diversity in Organization
  • Research Project
  • Motivation and Productivity

Shawndeeia Drinkard

Shawndeeia Drinkard
Biography

Dr. Drinkard received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. She completed her predoctoral internship at the University of California, Irvine Counseling Center. She completed her postdoctoral residency at the University of California San Diego Counseling and Psychological Services.  

Dr. Drinkard's research interest broadly includes mental health promotion in underserved and minoritized communities. Her other research interests include training issues and developments in Clinical Psychology, sexual health, sex education in underserved communities, and advancements in culturally responsive community-based interventions. 

Dr. Drinkard also works in the non-profit sector as the Director of the Urban Mental Health and Wellness Initiative. In her role, she works toward destigmatizing mental illness and encouraging help-seeking behaviors in underserved/minoritized communities. In her community work, she provides consultation, psychoeducational workshops, and hosts wellness promotion community events.

Professional Interests
  • Black mental health
  • Women's issues, Couple, and family interventions
  • Psychology clinical training
  • Wellness
  • Traditional approaches to healing
  • Bias & related issues in clinical diagnosis
  • Feminist therapies
  • Community psychology
  • Art therapy approaches
  • Participatory action research.
Education and Certifications
  • PhD, CSPP Alliant International University-Los Angeles 
Courses
  • Advanced Psychopathology
  • Clinical Interviewing
  • Feminist Therapies
  • Perspectives in Multicultural Psychology: Black & Asian American Psychology
  • Professional Roles in Psychology
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Drinkard, S. (2018). Michael Kerr. In J. Lebow, A. Chambers, & D. Bruenlin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy: Springer. 
  • Drinkard, S. (2018). "Building Strong Families." In J. Lebow, A. Chambers, & D. Bruenlin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy: Springer. 
  • Fu, M., Raju, M., Ramirez-Solis, E., German, Z., Drinkard, S., & Tu, J. (2017). "A primer on therapy with diverse couples and families." [Review of the book Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy: Ethnicities, Sexualities, and Socioeconomics. edited by S. Kelly]. PsycCRITIQUES, 62(31).
  • Drinkard, S., Dunn, C., Parks, C., & Sumner, L. (2017). I Am Because We Are: Effective Mentoring for African American Graduate Students. In R. L. Miller & T. Collette (Eds.) Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching, 2015-16. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/

     

Presentations

  • Drinkard, S., Fu, M. (2023) The f word: Bringing down the patriarchy through curriculum [Round table discussion] presented at Association of Women in Psychology Convention, Atlanta Ga, United States.
  • Drinkard, S., & Diaz, F. S. (2019, January). Addressing cultural complexities in clinical supervision: Perspectives from a trainee and training Director. Roundtable presented at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Denver, CO. 
  • Drinkard, S., & Fu, M. (2017, August). We Are Because I Am: Exploring the protective role of ethnic identity for Black college students. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
  • Drinkard, S., Dunn, C., Raju, M., & Fu, M. (2016, August). ‚ÄúS is for Sex:‚Äù Exploring inclusive sex education programs for African American youth. Poster presented at the Association of Black Psychologists Annual Convention, Arlington, VA.

Clare Henn-Haase

clare henn-haase
Biography

Clare Henn-Haase, Psy.D., is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) of Alliant International University. Dr. Henn-Haase received her M.Ed in Community Counseling from Loyola University of Chicago and her PsyD from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology (Argosy University), Chicago.  Prior to accepting a position at CSPP, she served as Senior Lecturer, Clinical Training Coordinator and Deputy Director of Clinical Programs at the National University of Singapore (NUS).  Before relocating to Singapore, Dr. Henn-Haase served as Assistant Professor and clinical director in the PTSD Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and San Francisco Veterans’ Affairs (SFVA) followed by New York University Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) where she also served as clinical director of the PTSD research program and Military Family Clinic, and maintains an adjunct assistant professor affiliation. She has worked with children, adults and families in private practice for over 20 years.

Dr. Henn-Haase has extensive experience in research and clinical practice, supervision, consultation, program development, teaching and administration.  She has experience working with a diverse population and has worked over seas internationally with Singaporean, Malay, Indonesian, Thai, and Chinese populations within a diverse Singaporean community.  Dr. Henn-Haase has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on several research studies funded by the Department of Defense (DOD), VA, NIH, and philanthropy.  Research focused on examination of a multi-site randomized-controlled treatment (RCT) trial at Bellevue Hospital investigating the effectiveness of Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) treatment with women suffering from PTSD due to interpersonal violence in the community sector; longitudinal study of risk and resilience factors in police officers; assessment of PTSD in veterans through the National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVRS); neuro-psychological testing comparing cognitive functioning in veterans with and without PTSD, and assessment measures of PTSD including the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) according to DSM-IV and DSM-5, and a pilot RCT using STAIR for adolescents with trauma exposure in Singapore residential care. 

Dr. Henn-Haase has received training, and experience in cognitive-behavioral treatment for trauma including Trauma Focused treatment for PTSD, Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR); Trauma Systems Therapy (TST), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT).  She is interested in the adaptation of empirically supported evidence-based treatments for PTSD in diverse populations including Southeast Asian cultures and the dissemination of treatment through tele-health modalities to reach more rural populations.  She has co-authored research publications in peer reviewed journals and presented findings at national and international conferences. She is a member of several professional associations and peer reviewer for a number of scientific journals.

Professional Interests

Dr. Henn-Haase’s clinical and research interests and expertise is in psychological trauma acute stress, PTSD, and co-morbid syndromes, e.g., depression, anxiety, substance use, traumatic grief occurring across the lifespan. Interests also include integrated health, telehealth, simulated clinical training, epidemiological studies on risk and resilience to psychopathology, assessment, and evidence-based treatments for stress and trauma-related syndromes with a variety of populations including child, adult, military personnel, veterans, emergency services, police, women, and underserved populations.

Education and Certifications
  • Postdoctoral Training – PTSD Research Program, Veterans Affairs San Francisco
  • Psy.D. Clinical Psychology, IL School of Professional Psychology (ISPP), Argosy University
  • Predoctoral Internship, Child Clinical Psychology
  • SUNY, Health Science Center, NY (APA Accredited)
  • M.Ed. Community Counseling, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
  • B.A. Psychology, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
Courses
  • Theory & Techniques: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Principles of Psychotherapy
  • Family Violence and Psychological Trauma
  • Advanced Psychopathology
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma
  • Advanced Clinical: ACT and DBT
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Cloitre, M., Falvey, E., Henn-Haase, C., Kahn, C., MacKintosh, M., Gavert, D. "Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between ACES and physical and mental health." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(1), 82-89.
  • Mellon, S.H., Bersani, F.S., Lindqvist, D., Hammamieh, R., Donohue, D., Kelsey, D., Jett, M., Yehuda, R., Flory, J., Reus, V., Bierer, L.M., Makotkine, I., Abu Amara, D., Henn-Haase, C., Coy, M., Doyle, F.J., Marmar, C., & Wolkowitz, "O.M. Metabolic analysis of combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder." PLOS One doi 10.1371, Pone 0213839.
  • Karstoft, K.I., Williams, C., Ho, C.L., Shalev, A.Y., Kulka, R., Marmar, C. R. "Predictors of PTSD 40 years after combat: Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans longitudinal study." Depression and Anxiety, doi 10.1002/da.22628.
  • Bersani, F.S., Lindqvist, D., Mellon, S.H., Epel., E.S., Yehuda, R., Flory, J., Henn-Haase, C., Bierer, L.M., Makotkine, I., Abu-Amara, D., Coy, M., Reus, V.I., Lin, J., Blackburn, E.H., Marmar, C., Walkowitz, O.M. "Association of dimensional psychological health measures with telomere length in male war veterans." Journal of Affective Disorders, 190, 537-542.
  • Keng SL, Waddington E, Lin XB, Tan MSQ, Henn-Haase C, Kanter JW. "Effects of functional analytic psychotherapy therapist training on therapist factors among therapist trainees in Singapore: A randomized controlled trial." Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, doi: 10.1002/cpp.2064.
  • Aschbacher, K., Mellon, S., Sinclair, E., Marmar, C.R., Henn-Haase, C., Abu-Amara, D., Yehuda, R., Flory, J., Bierer, L., Wolkowitz, O.M., Mueller, S. "Circulating hematopoietic progenitor cell number is associated with prefrontal cortical thickness, white matter integrity and PTSD duration in combat-exposed veterans." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, E33-E34.
  • Flory, J.D., Henn-Haase, C., Bierer, L.M., Lehrner, A., Makotkine, I., Marmar, C.R., & Yehuda, R. "Glucocorticoid functioning in combat veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury." Journal of Psychiatric Research.
  • Marmar, C.R., Schlenger, W., Henn-Haase, C., Meng, Q., Purchia, E., Meng, L., Corry, N., Williams, C.S., Ho, C.L., Horesh, D., Karstoft, K.I., Shalev, A., & Kulka, R.A. "Course of posttraumatic stress disorder 40 years after the Vietnam war: Findings from the national Vietnam veterans longitudinal study." JAMA Psychiatr, E1-E7.
  • Schlenger, W., Corry, N.H., Kulka, R.A., Williams, C.S., Henn-Haase, C., & Marmar, C.R. "Design and methods of the national Vietnam veterans longitudinal study." International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. (e-pub, DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1469).
  • Cloitre, M., Henn-Haase, C., Herman, J.J., Jackson, C., Kaslow, N., Klein, C., Mendelsohn, M., Petkova, E. "A multi-site single-blind clinical study to compare the effects of STAIR narrative therapy to treatment as usual among women with PTSD in public sector mental health settings: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Trials, 15(1): 197.
  • Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Steenkamp, M.M., Brown, A.D., Qian, M., Inslicht, S., Henn-Haasse, C., Otte, C., Yehuda, R., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "Cortisol response to an experimental stress paradigm prospectively predicts long-term distress and resilience trajectories in response to active police service." Journal of Psychiatric Research, (May)56: 26-35.
  • Komarovskaya, I., Brown, A.D., Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Madan, A., Henn-Haase, C., Teater, J., Clarke, B.H., Marmar, C.R., Chemtob, C.M. "Early physical victimization is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among Mississippi police and firefighter first respoondes to Hurricane Katrina." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy, 6(1):92-98.
  • Lindqvist, D., Wolkowitz, O.M., Mellon, S., Yehuda, R., Flory, J.D., Henn-Haase, C., Bierer, L.M., Abu-Amara, D., Coy, M., Neylan, T.C., Makotkine, I., Reus, V.I., Yan, X., Taylor, N.M., Marmar, C.R., Dhabhar, F.S. "Proinflammatory milieu in combat-related PTSD is independent of depression and early life stress." Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 42: 81-88.
  • Meffert, S.M., Henn-Haase, C., Metzler, T.J., Qian, M., Best, S., Hirschfeld, A., McCaslin, S., Inslicht, S., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "Prospective study of police officer spouse/partners: A new pathway to secondary trauma and relationship violence?" PLoS, 9(7).
  • Yehuda, R., Flory, J.D., Bierer, L.M., Henn-Haase, C., Lehrner, A., Desarnaud, F., Makotkine, I., Daskalakis, N.P., Marmar, C.R., & Meaney, M. "Lower methylation of glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter 1F in peripheral blood of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder." Biological Psychiatry, epub 2014.
  • Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Brown, A.D., Henn-Haase, C, Metzler, T.J., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R., "Positive and Negative Emotion Prospectively Predict Trajectories of Resilience and Distress Among High-Exposure Police Officers." Emotion, 13(3):545-553 (epub Jan 21).
  • Yan, X, Brown, A.D., Lazar, M, Cressman, V.L., Henn-Haase, C, Neylan, T.C., Shalev, A, Wolkowitz, O.M., Hamilton, S.P., Yehuda, R, Sodickson, D.K., Weiner, M.W., Marmar, C.R., "Spontaneous brain activity in combat related PTSD." Neuroscience Letters, 28; 547:1-5. (epub 2013 May 2).
  • Yuan, C., Wang, Z., Inslicht, S.S., McCaslin, S.E., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., Apfel, B.A., Tong, H., Neylan, T.C., Fang, Y., Marmar, C.R. "Protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a prospective study." Psychiatry Research, 175: 45-50.
  • Apfel, B.A., Otte, C., Inslicht, S.S., McCaslin, S.E., Henn-Haase, C., Metzler, T., Yehuda, R., Neylan, T., Marmar, C.R. "Pretraumatic prolonged elevation of salivary MHPG predicts peritraumatic distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder." Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(6): 735-41.
  • Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Madan, A., Neylan, T.C, Henn-Haase, C., Marmar, C. R. "Peritraumatic and trait dissociation differentiate police officers with resilient versus symptomatic trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms." Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24(5): 557-565.
  • Inslicht, S.S., Otte, C. McCaslin, S.E., Apfel, B.A. Henn-Haase, C., Metzler, T., Yehuda, R., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "Cortisol awakening response prospectively predicts peritraumatic and acute stress reactions in police officers." Biological Psychiatry, 70(11): 1055-62.
  • Komarovskaya, I., Maguen, S., McCaslin,S.E., Metzler, T.J., Madan, A., Brown, A.D., Galatzer-Levy, I.R., Henn-Haase, C., Marmar, C.R. "The impact of killing and injuring others on mental health symptoms among police officers." Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(10): 1332-1336.
  • Maia, D.B., Marmar, C.R., Henn-Haase C., Nóbrega. A., Fiszman A, Marques-Portella, C., Mendlowicz, M.V., Coutinho, E.S., Figueira, I. "Predictors of PTSD symptoms in brazilian police officers: the synergy of negative affect and peritraumatic dissociation." Rev Bras Psiquiatr. Dec;
  • Inslicht, S.I., McCaslin, S.E., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., Hart, S.L., Maguen, S., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "Family psychiatric history, peritraumatic reactivity, and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A prospective study of police." Journal of Psychiatric Research, 44: 22-31.
  • Wang, Z., Inslicht, S.S., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., McCaslin, S.E., Tong, H., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "A prospective study of predictors of depression symptoms in police." Journal of Psychiatry Research, 175(3): 211-6.
  • Maguen, S., Metzler, T.J., McCaslin, S.E., Inslicht, S., Henn-Haase, C., Neylan, T.C., Marmar, C.R. "Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(10): 754-60.
  • McCaslin, S.E., Inslicht, S.S., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., Maguen, S., Neylan, T.C., Choucroun, G., Marmar, C.R. "Trait dissociation predicts PTSD symptoms in a prospective study of urban police officers." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196(12): 912-8.
  • Meffert, S.M., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., McCaslin, S., Inslicht, S., Chemtob, C., Neylan, T., Marmar, C.R. "A prospective study of trait anger and PTSD symptoms in police." Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21(4): 410-6.
  • Pole, N., Neylan, T.C., Otte, C., Henn-Haase, C., Metzler, T.J., Marmar, C.R. "Prospective prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms using fear potentiated auditory startle responses." Biological Psychiatry, 65: 235-40.
  • Difede, J., Malta, L.S., Best, S., Henn-Haase, C., Metzler, T., Bryant, R., Marmar, C. "A randomized controlled clinical treatment trial for World Trade Center attack-related PTSD in disaster workers." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195(10): 861-5.
  • Pole, N., Neylan, T.C., Otte, C., Metzler, T.J., Best, S.R., Henn-Haase, C., Marmar, C.R. "Associations between childhood trauma and emotion-modulated psychophysiological responses to startling sounds: a study of police cadets." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116(2): 352-61.
  • McCaslin, S.E., Inslicht, S.S., Neylan, T.C., Metzler, T.J., Otte, C., Lenoci, M., Henn-Haase, C., Best, S., Marmar, C.R. "Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071: 425-427.
  • Neylan, T.C., Lenoci, M., Samuelson, K.W., Metzler, T.J., Henn-Haase, C., Hierholzer, R.W., Lindley, S.E., Otte, C., Schoenfeld, F.B., Yesavage, J.A., Marmar, C.R. "No improvement of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms with guanfacine treatment." American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(12): 2186-8.
  • Samuelson, K., Neylan, T., Lenoci, M., Metzler, T., Rothlind, J., Henn-Haase, C., Choucroun, G., Weiner, M., Marmar, C.R. "Neuropsychological functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse." Neuropsychology, 20(6): 716-726.
  • Otte, C., Neylan, T.C., Pole, N., Metzler, T., Best, S., Henn-Haase, C., Yehuda, R., Marmar, C.R. "Association between childhood trauma and catecholamine response to psychological stress in police academy recruits." Biological Psychiatry, 57(1): 27-32.

Rebecca Bokoch

Rebecca Bokoch
Biography

Dr. Rebecca Bokoch, PsyD, is an Associate professor for the Clinical PhD program at Alliant International University. Dr. Bokoch leads collaborative student and faculty research labs where she has published and is currently working on projects in the areas of: family systems, expressive arts therapies, school-based services, and health and resiliency-based research. Dr. Bokoch is a licensed marriage and family therapist and clinical supervisor. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families, and incorporating creative therapeutic modalities, including: mindfulness, art, and play. She works in a group private practice, Anchor Children and Family Counseling, and at a non-profit, Young & Healthy Pasadena, where she serves as the founding Clinical Traineeship Director for a trauma-informed school-based preventative care program in Pasadena Unified School District. Dr. Bokoch received her PsyD and MA in Couple and Family Therapy with a certificate in Infant and Preschool Mental Health from the COAMFTE-accredited program at Alliant International University, Los Angeles. She also has specialized training in Trauma-Informed Care, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Self-Compassion, Yoga, Infant Preschool Mental Health, and Play Therapy. 

Professional Interests
  • I enjoy incorporating creative therapeutic modalities such as art, mindfulness, and play therapy techniques when working with children and families. 
  • I enjoy mentoring several research assistant students on a variety of research topics. I have my own "Bokoch Research Lab" where I am conducting research with students, faculty, and clinicians on Trauma-Informed Care in Early Childhood Education; Mindfulness, Anti-Racism, & Mental Health; Child Mindfulness and Art Therapy Interventions; Play Therapy and Parenting Intervention Programs and Measure Development; and Trauma-Informed Perinatal and Postpartum Mental Health. 
  • I also co-lead a "Mindfulness and Art Therapy Research Lab" with Dr. Noah Hass-Cohen, CFT Faculty, where we are conducting research on mindfulness and art therapy interventions for grief/loss, trauma, chronic pain, and weight management.
  • I also am a part of a "Comic Book Lab" lead by Dr. Shawndeeia Drinkard, PhD faculty, and Zaemelys Ramos-Rodriguez, PhD student, where we are conducting research on the effectiveness of comic book interventions for children dealing with stress and trauma, specifically for the Latinx community.
Education and Certifications
  • Psy.D., Couple and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles
  • M.A., Couple and Family Therapy, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Los Angeles
  • B.A., Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
Courses
  • Statistics & Statistics Lab
  • Research Methods: Multivariate Statistics & Statistics Lab
  • Research Practicum Course Series
  • Clinical Interventions for Children and Families
  • Principles of Research Design
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field

PhD in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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PhD in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law Overview

This unique doctoral program is designed for professionals interested in making private and public sector environments safer, stronger, and more just. Throughout the program you'll join with peers and thought leaders in exploring ways to transform existing systems to make them more equitable, impactful, and humane, resulting in dramatically improved communities, societies, and the world. Psychology and law differ in content, but the two have much in common. Psychological science understands human behavior while political science regulates it.

The doctoral program prepares you to intersect with current systems in different contexts to better understand and mitigate violence and conflict. By strengthening your scientific research as well as legal research skills and expanding your understanding, you should be empowered to engage in thoughtful leadership within civil, criminal law, and public policy frameworks to improve outcomes within local, national, or global settings and public affairs.

As a participant of the PhD in psychology, public policy, and law online program, you may become part of an elite cadre of professional practitioners who are educated and trained in applying science to contemporary social problems and legal issues. You'll learn current violence prevention and intervention practices in forensics, the criminal justice system, social policy, law enforcement and legal system, security, and social engagement to keep individuals and societies safe more effectively. Fellow students include public and private health and safety professionals who have earned a master's degree or juris doctor from a regionally accredited institution and who want to enhance their skills and advance their careers or consultancies.

With timely and relevant concentrations, the program should prepare you to work at the forefront of today’s law enforcement, security, and forensics challenges. Among other concentrations, you may opt to specialize in forensic linguistics, using the study of language to investigate violence. By analyzing word choices, discourse, and subtle changes in language that correlate with an increase in violence, you’ll participate in building a valuable corpus of material for further forensic discovery.

Concentrations include: 

  • Forensic linguistics
  • Conflict resolution and peace studies
  • Disaster planning and management
  • Criminal behavior
  • Pragmatic situational awareness
     

As a graduate of PhD in psychology, public policy, and law online program, you'll be qualified to pursue a meaningful and impactful career in law enforcement and public administration, as a security executive or consultant, as a forensic program developer and evaluator, in forensic linguistics or trial consulting, in risk management, as a civil investigator, mitigation specialist, and as an influencer of public policy.

 

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Strong Partnerships

CSFS is a proud sponsor of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association  (ILEETA), of Forensic Linguistic Intelligence (FLI), and the California Peace Officers Association (CPOA). 

Important and Timely

The program provides an opportunity for you to take a deep dive into the psychology of violence and the laws and policies related to it in a variety of contexts such as criminal justice, social services, security, and media.

Online Education

The PhD in psychology, public policy, and law program is offered online with two intensive weekend residencies and incorporates technology to create a rich learning environment outside of the classroom.

 

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Faculty Spotlight: Diana Concannon

Diana Concannon

Diana M. Concannon, PsyD, is associate provost for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at Alliant International University, dean of the California School of Forensic Studies, and director of the APA-Accredited California Psychology Internship Consortium. To each of these positions, she brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience to support the development and delivery of quality, practical, and accessible education in various mental health disciplines.

She is a forensic psychologist, licensed to practice in California, New York, Utah, and Washington D.C., a professional certified investigator by the American Society for Industrial Security, a rape escape Instructor, and a Loyola Law School-trained mediator.

She is the author of Kidnapping: An Investigator’s Guide to Profiling,Neurocriminology: Forensic and Legal Applications, Public Policy Implications, and numerous articles on threat assessment, risk management, and crisis psychology.

 

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When does the PhD in psychology, public policy and law degree program start?

The PhD in psychology, public policy, and law program is offered as an eight-week term program with January, May, and September start dates. You can find a copy of our eight-week term academic calendar here.

What scholarship and financial aid options are available?

Private and public scholarships can help you meet the cost of your education; Alliant offers a number of institutional scholarships. Learn more about these scholarship opportunities here. Additional financial aid is available for those who qualify in the form of loans, grants, federal work study, and military aid. Learn more in our Financial Options Guide.

How long does it take to complete the program?

The PhD in psychology, public policy, and law is a 60-credit program and takes between two and three years to complete.

Who teaches the program?

CSFS faculty includes criminologists, forensic psychologists, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and legal professionals who are engaged in professional practice.

What is the modality of the program?

You can earn your PhD in psychology, public policy, and law degree online with the addition to two onsite, weekend residencies.

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Carolyn Allard

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Biography

Carolyn B. Allard, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor and Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) of Alliant International University. Dr. Allard received her B.A. (Hons.) from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon.

She is a licensed psychologist in the state of California and has her Board Certification in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Before coming to CSPP, she served as Program Director of the Military Sexual Trauma & Interpersonal Trauma Clinic and San Diego Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health at the Veteran's Affairs San Diego Healthcare System for a little over 10 years, where she continues serve as a research investigator.  

Dr. Allard has extensive experience in clinical practice, training and consultation with all levels of trainees and professionals; public education and advocacy; clinical research; program development and evaluation; and administration and leadership. She has served as a certified trainer and consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy and consultant for Prolonged Exposure.

Dr. Allard is also an active researcher, serving as principal or co-investigator on several past and ongoing institution- and government-funded randomized clinical trials and other studies. Her research is focused on the identification of individual, socio-cultural and contextual predictors of posttraumatic distress and treatment outcomes, with a specific interest in trauma-related guilt and shame, and the goal of developing and testing interventions to address these factors to improve outcomes.

She has published and presented her research in peer reviewed journals and international conferences, several book chapters and three books. She is a frequently invited speaker and CEU presenter at local, national and international scientific and professional conferences, and has conducted numerous television and radio interviews. Dr. Allard is also engaged in public education and social advocacy.

She is a member of several professional associations, and is Past President of Division 56 (Trauma) of the American Psychological Association. She serves on the editorial board of the Division 56 Journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and is an ad hoc reviewer for several other scientific journals.  

Professional Interests

Dr. Allard's clinical and research expertise is in posttraumatic distress. Her program of research focuses on the impact of interpersonal trauma, including risk and resiliency factors, cultural moderators, and intervention implications. In particular, she is interested in identifying predictors or posttraumatic sequelae and treatment outcomes including contextual and cultural factors. Dr. Allard has published a therapist manual (Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy) and a self-guide workbook (Transform Your Guilt and Shame) based the evidence-based intervention, that she developed and tested in randomized trials with colleagues.

Courses
  • Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy Individual (Cognitive Behavarioal Therapy)
  • Research/Dissertation
  • Professional Development in Clinical Psychology
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field

Please go to my Research page www.carolynallardphd.com/research for an up-to-date list of current and past research projects in my Studying Trauma and Recover from Interpersonal ViolencE (STRIVE) lab.

You can find my full Curriculum Vita here: www.carolynallardphd.com/cv

Monica Ulibarri

monica ulibarri
Biography

Dr. Monica Ulibarri, Ph.D. is a Professor and Associate Program Director in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University – San Diego. She also holds an appointment as a Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Ulibarri received her B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Claremont McKenna College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Arizona State University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego. Dr. Ulibarri received a NIMH Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research for her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD. Dr. Ulibarri also received postdoctoral training in UCSD’s Division of Global Public Health. Dr. Ulibarri was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD prior to joining the faculty at Alliant International University in 2015. She was also a clinical supervisor for ten years (2005 - 2015) at the SDSU Psychology Clinic, a community mental health facility operated by the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University. Dr. Ulibarri has been a member of APA since 1994 and a member of Division 45 (the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) since 1999. Dr. Ulibarri is active in several national and local professional organizations. Most recently, she served a 4-year term (2017 - 2020) on the APA ad hoc Committee on Psychology and AIDS (COPA), is a mentor in the APA Minority Fellowship Program's Psychology Summer Institute, and is the co-chair of the Research and Data Sub-Committee of the San Diego County Regional Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (RHT-CSEC) Advisory Council.

Professional Interests

Dr. Ulibarri's research interests focus on gender-based violence--such as history of child abuse, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault-- mental health, and health disparities among marginalized populations such as people who inject drugs and women and girls exploited by the sex industry. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California. Her clinical focus is on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Strategic Solution Focused Therapy, and Multicultural Therapy for English- and Spanish-speaking individuals, couples, groups, and families. Dr. Ulibarri teaches Principles of Research Design, Health Psychology Interventions for U.S. Health Disparities, and runs a Clinical Consultation Group for 3rd-year Clinical Ph.D. students in the program.

Veronica B. Perez

Veronica Perez
Biography

Dr. Veronica B. Perez is the Director of the Treatment and Assessment of Cognitive Effectiveness (TRACE) Lab. The aim of her work is 1) to trace the neurocognitive deficits that occur in serious mental illness (SMI), 2) to understand how these deficits may predict the clinical presentation in individuals with co-morbid illnesses, 3) to improve the efficacy of interventions that reduce stigma against individuals with mental illnesses, and 4) to repair the neurocognitive domains that most deleteriously pervade the lives of those suffering with mental illness. Dr. Perez trains doctoral-level graduate students in intact and impaired cognitive systems to investigate functional outcomes in clinical populations like schizophrenia and OCD.

Professional Interests
  • Neurocognitive impairments in psychosis and schizophrenia
  • Biomarkers of severe psychopathology
  • Pathophysiology of cognition in patients with psychosis or at high-risk for psychosis
  • Neurophysiological response to cognitive interventions
Education and Certifications
  • Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY - Degree: B.A. in Psychology, May 1998
  • Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Symptoms and Course of Schizophrenia. This grant will examine the basic and clinical mechanisms of psychotic illnesses to gain an understanding of neurocognitive and perceptual impairment. PI: Judith M. Ford, Ph.D. Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • San Diego State University, San Diego, CA - Degree: M.A. in Psychology, May 2003
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - Degree: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, May 2008
  • Schizophrenia Psychosocial CBT Intern
  • University of California, San Diego/VA San Diego Healthcare System - APA-Accredited Internship, Clinical Psychology, July 2008 - June 2009
     

Honors

  • 2013 Clinical & Translational Research Institute, UC San Diego Health Sciences Pilot Grant
    This grant will support the establishment of an academic-community partnership to apply cognitive neuroscience methodology in a community setting. Data examining targeted cognitive training (TCT) interventions in the initial stages of neuroplasticity-based skills acquisition will be collected at a mental health and transitional care facility. Role: PI
  • 2013 MIRECC Veterans' Administration (VA) Pilot Grant
    This grant will support collection of pilot data examining targeted cognitive training (TCT) interventions in the initial stages of neuroplasticity-based skills acquisition. Role: PI
  • 2012 Veterans' Administration (VA) Institutional Training Grant
    This institutional training grant will train a new generation of neuroscientists to improve the long-term functional outcome of patients with chronic psychotic mental disorders, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and psychotic mood disorders. Role: Research Fellow
  • 2007 This grant will support the planning and development of a summer workshop to teach issues of diversity within the Department of Psychology at University of Oregon.
    Role: Committee Member
  • 2009 Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
Courses

Dr. Perez teaches doctoral-level courses including Advanced Psychopathology (based on DSM-5 classifications with reference to DSM-IV and ICD-10 coding), Clinical Ethics and Consultation, and Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior. She also teaches special interest topics such as Applications of Clinical Neurophysiology, and Neuropsychology: Foundations. She aims to further the understanding of cognitive and physiological abnormalities in clinical populations to improve diagnostic accuracy and to parallel the RDoC framework.

Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Nemanim, N., Roth, A., Angelini, S., Hansen, G. & Perez, VB. (November 2024). Neuropsychiatric Determinants of Cognitive Complaints Following COVID-19: A Comparative Study. Presented at the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) Annual Conference. 
  • Garmon, E., Nemanim, N., Roth, A., Angelini, S., Hansen, G. & Perez, VB. (October 2024). Ethnoracial differences in the role of fatigue, anxiety, depression, and stress (FADS) on executive functioning and information processing following COVID-19. Presented at the Society of Research on Psychopathology (SRP) Annual Conference. 
  • Carson, B. & Perez, VB. (October 2024). Predictive mechanisms of psychosis spectrum symptoms in sexual and gender minorities. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference.
  • Hansen, G. & Perez, VB. (October 2024). Stigma against patients with psychosis by mental health service providers: Examining social cognition as an explanatory mechanism. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference.
  • Roth, A. & Perez, VB. (October 2024). Unlocking the Mind: Exploring Neurocognitive Pathways in Parents of Children Affected with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Conference.
  • Smith, M.A. & Perez, VB. (October 2024). Predictors of Prolonged Duration of Untreated Illness in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Mechanisms of Shame, Alcohol Use, and Inhibitory Control. Presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention.
  • Pezeshkian, M., Raver, R., Gevirtz, R., McClain, C., Roth, A., & Perez, VB. (September 2024). Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and social cognitive predictors of functional outcomes in individuals with psychotic-like experiences. Presented at the California Psychological Association (CPA) Annual Conference.

PUBLICATIONS  Under Review

  • Raver (Horseman), R.L., Gevirtz, R., Roth, A. & Perez, VB. (under review). Moderating effects of emotion processing on heartrate variability (HRV) on functional outcomes in individuals on the psychosis spectrum. 
  • Celaya, R.C., Moore, R.D., Lincoln, A. & Perez, VB. (under review).  Examining  mechanisms of verbal working memory capacity in monolingual Spanish speakers of Latin American descent.

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

  • Carey, C., Horseman, R. L., Challman, K., & Perez, V. B. (February, 2021). Current Insights in Neurocognition. Newsletter published by the Treatment and Assessment of Cognitive Effectiveness (TRACE) Club.
  • Perez, V.B., Miyakoto, M., Makeig, S.R. & Light, G.A. (2019). Mismatch negativity reveals plasticity in cortical dynamics after 1-hour of auditory training exercises. Int J Psychophysiology.
    Perez, V.B., Ford, J.M, Roach, B.J., Woods, S.W., McGlashan, T.H., Srihari, V.H. & Mathalon, D.H. (2014). Mismatch negativity abnormalities in schizophrenia: Forecasting psychosis with automatic auditory processing dysfunction. Biological Psychiatry, 75, 459-69. 
  • *Matthews, C., *Perez, V.B., Roach, B.J., Fekri, S., Vigil, O., Kupferman, E. & Mathalon, D.H. (2016). Error-related brain activity dissociates hoarding disorder from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychological Medicine, 46, 367- 79. 
  • Perez, V.B., Ford, J.M, Woods, S.W., McGlashan, T.H., Roach, B.J., Srihari, V.H., Loewy, R.L., Vinogradov, S. & Mathalon, D.H. (2011). Error monitoring dysfunction across the illness course of schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 372-87. 
  • Perez, V.B. & Vogel, E.K. (2010). Contralateral delay activity as an index of visual working memory capacity. In S.J. Luck & E. Kappenman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Event-Related Potential Components (pp. 361-372). "

Omar Alhassoon

Omar M. Alhassoon
Biography

Dr. Omar Alhassoon, a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) and a research scientist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is a clinical psychologist who focuses on the neuropsychology of substance use, dementia, and depression. He also runs the Institute of Brain Research and Integrated Neuropsychological Services (https://www.iBRAINs.org). His research has involved the use of neuroimaging techniques to aid our understanding of the neuroscience of substance use disorders, depression, and other neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders. He has published in the areas of multimodal imaging; CNS changes associated with alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin; dementia; late-life depression; and the use of meta-analytical techniques in neuroimaging and neuropsychology. He has a special interest in refugee mental health and discrimination and bias against minoritized groups such as immigrants and individuals who identify as LGBTQ+. He has been working in the areas of clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and psychopharmacology for over 25 years. He has published many peer-reviewed papers and presents regularly at national and international conferences. As an instructor, he teaches undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, psychopharmacology and neuroanatomy. For many years, he was the online education mentor at CSPP and has provided consultation and guidance to faculty developing and teaching online courses and has served on various university technology committees. Dr. Alhassoon earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University. Afterward he received a postdoctoral master’s in clinical psychopharmacology. He has been an active member in several national and international organizations and advisory boards such as: APA Electronic Resources Advisory Committee and the International Neuropsychological Society Global Engagement Committee.

Professional Interests
  • Research interest: neuropsychology and neuroimaginging in the fields of substance abuse (alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, etc), HIV, personality disorders, and late-life depression, and dementia. Refugee mental health and treatment.
  • Clinical specialty: neuropsychological assessment in adults.
  • Areas of future expansion: Transgender and bisexual discrimination and refugee mental health and treatment.
Education and Certifications
  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology University of California, San Diego/San Diego State U  and Postdoctoral Master’s in Clinical Psychopharmacology
Courses
  • Neuroscientific Basis of Psychopharmacology I: Neurophysiology, Neuroimaging & Neuroanatomy
  • Neuroscientific Basis of Psychopharmacology II: Neurochemistry and Neuropathology
  • Neuropsychology: Foundations
  • Biological Basis of Behavior
  • Psychology of Terrorism
  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Behavioral Science Statistics
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Yun, S., Ahmed, S. R., Hauson, A. O., & Al-Delaimy, W. K. (2021). The Relationship Between Acculturative Stress and Postmigration Mental Health in Iraqi Refugee Women Resettled in San Diego, California. Community mental health journal, 10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00739-9
  • Wollman, S. C*., Hauson, A. O., Hall, M. G. *, Connors, E. J*., Allen, K. E. *, Stern, M. J. *Stephan, R. A. *, Kimmel, C. L*., Sarkissians, S. *, Barlet, B. D. *, & Flora-Tostado C. * (2019). Neuropsychological functioning in opioid use disorder: A research synthesis and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 45(1), 11-25. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1517262
  • Wang-Jones, T. S. *, Hauson, A. O., Hattrup, K., Ferdman, B. M., Lowman, R. L. (2018). Comparing implicit and explicit attitudes of gay, straight, and non-monosexual groups toward transmen and transwomen, International Journal of Transgenderism, 19(1), 95-106. doi: 10.1037/t03782-000
  • Stephan, R. A. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Allen, K. E. *, Wollman, S. C. *, Hall, M. G. *, Thomas, W. J. *, Gamboa, J. M*., Kimmel, C. L*., Stern, M*., Sari, C*., Dalenberg, C. J., Sorg, S.F., Grant, I. (2017). Meta-analyses of clinical neuropsychological tests of executive dysfunction and impulsivity in alcohol use disorder, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43(1), 24-43. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2016.1206113
  • Stephan, R. A. *, Alhassoon, O. M., Torre-Bueno, A. (2016). Reintegration of myth in the Socratic Method: Paradigm for multicultural psychotherapy, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 40(2), 231-249. 10.5840/ijap201711271
  • Lambert, J. E., & Alhassoon, O. M. (2015). Trauma-focused therapy for refugees: meta-analytic findings. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(1), 28-37. doi: 10.1037/cou0000048

Diane Zelman

Diane Zelman
Biography

Dr. Zelman earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1989 with focus on research in addiction and health psychology and completed a postdoctoral year in brief psychodynamic therapy.  She served as a full-time hospital-based neuropsychologist and psychotherapist and has been a full-time professor at CSPP/Alliant International since 1994.  She was a faculty member of the San Francisco Bay Area clinical psychology programs from 1994 to 2008, the CSPP PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology in Hong Kong from 2008-2018, and in 2019, Dr. Zelman returned to the San Francisco Bay Area campus as the Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD  program.

 

She also has served for 20 years as a volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine. In 2001, she was a member of the first graduating class of Alliant’s postdoctoral master’s degree program in psychopharmacology. 

At Alliant she has been a leader and faculty mentor in the creation of high-quality online learning and has taught courses at the San Francisco campus and across the Alliant system in biological bases of behavior, sleep, psychopharmacology, psychopathology, intercultural awareness development, and health psychology. She has published extensively with students and alumni of the Alliant Hong Kong doctoral program on topics related to families, psychopathology, and stress in Hong Kong.  She is currently writing a textbook on sleep disorders, and her main research interests are health psychology, culture and psychopathology, sleep disorders, and psychological factors in chronic pain.

Professional Interests
  • Biological bases of behavior and clinical health psychology
  • Neuropsychology, study of sleep, chronic pain, psychopharmacology, anxiety disorders, addictive disorders, especially as these relate to culture
  • Online learning.
Education and Certifications
  • PhD Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • MA Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  • B.A. Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York.
  • M.S. Psychopharmacology (post-doctoral specialization), California School of Professional Psychology
  • Predoctoral Internship (APA) Clinical Psychology, San Francisco Veterans Administration Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, University of California Department of Psychiatry, Berkeley, California
Courses
  • Theory and Techniques: Family/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Health Psychology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Biological Bases of Behavior
  • Tests and Measurements
  • Intercultural Awareness Development
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Peachey, J.T. and Zelman D.C. (in preparation) Sleep and Sleep Disorders.
  • Pun, M.; Zelman, D.C., Tiwari, A., & Crosman, D. (submitted for publication). "Sleep quality among women who have experienced intimate partner violence in Hong Kong: A mixed-methods investigation."
  • Karnani, S. R., & Zelman, D. C. (2019). "Measurement of emotional blackmail in couple relationships in Hong Kong." Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 8(3), 165-180
  • Wong, C. S. C. & Zelman, D. C. (2019) "Caregiver expressed emotion as mediator of the relationship between neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia patients and caregiver mental health in Hong Kong." Aging & Mental Health, 10(2), 87-100.
  • Lee, F. & Zelman, D. C. (2019). "Boredom proneness as a predictor of depression, anxiety, and stress: the moderating effects of dispositional mindfulness." Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 68-75.
  • Zelman, D. C., Valantin, C. & Bland, M. (2019). "Asian female foreign domestic workers as migrants in Hong Kong." In A. Shukla; A. Dubey, & N. Thagunna (Eds.) The Psyche of Asian Society. New Delhi: Concept Publishers.
  • Yip, F.W.L., Zelman, D.C., & Low, A. (2019). "Improving parenting in Hong Kong by training: Program evaluation of the 6As Positive Parenting Program." Public Administration and Policy, 22(1), 55-70.
  • Lan, C.Y-F, Zelman, D.C. & Chao, W.T. (2018) "Angry characters and frightened souls: patient and family models of bipolar disorder in Taiwan." Transcultural Psychiatry, 55(3), 317-338.
  • Plumb, T., Peachey, J. & Zelman, D. C. (2014). "Sleep disturbance is common among servicemembers and veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom." Psychological Services, 11, 209-19.
  • De Jesse L. & Zelman D. (2013). "Promoting optimal collaboration between mental health providers and nutritionists in the treatment of eating disorders." Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 21, 185-205.
  • Peachey, J. & Zelman D. C. (2012). "Sleep education in clinical psychology training programs." Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 6, 18-27.
  • Flores, C., Zelman, DC & Flores, Y. (2012). “'I have not a want but a hunger to feel no pain': Mexican immigrant women with chronic pain: narratives and psychotherapeutic implications." Women & Therapy, 35: 31-44.
  • Tam, J., Wong, G, & Zelman D. C. (2012). "Building bridges to former selves." International Psychology Bulletin: 16: 43-56.
  • Parks, L. A., Zelman, D.C. & Wanlass, R. L. (2011)."The attitudes of socially marginalized men towards physician-assisted suicide." OMEGA, 62, 111-125.
  • Zelman, D.C., Rosenberg, J., & Diller, J. (November-December 2007 issue). "Sex matters: addressing sexual impairment in chronic pain." Pain Medicine News
  • Zelman, D. C. & Concepcion, L. (December 2006). "Steroids in sports: the cheaters, the losers, and the liars - Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams." Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).
  • Zelman, D. C., Brandenburg, N. & Gore, M. (2006). "Sleep impairment in diabetic peripheral neuropathy." Clinical Journal of Pain 22, 681-685.
  • Zelman D. C. (2006). "The War of the Soups and Sparks by Elliot S. Valenstein." Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) 20, 598-9.
  • Zelman D. C., Gore M, Duke E, Brandenburg N (2005). "Validation of the Brief Pain Inventory for diabetic peripheral neuropathy." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 29, 401-410.
  • Paul, S. M., Zelman, D. C. & Miaskowski, C. (2005). "Categorizing the severity of cancer pain: further exploration of the establishment of cutpoints." Pain, 113, 37-44.
  • Zelman D. C., Dukes E., Brandenburg, N., Bostrom, A. & Gore, M. (2005). "Identification of cut-points for mild, moderate, and severe pain due to painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy." Pain, 115, 29-36
  • Zelman D. C., Smith, M., Hoffman, D., Reed, P., Edwards, L., Levine, E. & Dukes, E. (2004). "Acceptable, manageable, and tolerable days: patient daily goals for medication management of persistent pain." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 28,474-489.
  • Zelman D. C., Hoffman, D., Seifeldin, R. & Dukes, E. (2003). "Development of a metric for a day of manageable pain control: derivation of pain severity cut-points for low back pain and osteoarthritis." Pain, 106, 35-42.
  • Zelman D. C. & Stock W.E. (2000). "Creating a feminist pharmacotherapy." Public Service Psychology, 25, 16.
  • Stock, W.E. & Zelman, D.C. (2000). "Women in the age of Viagra - the case for psychology's voice." Public Service Psychology, 25, 7-8.
  • Zelman, D.C. (1999). "Interview with Jay Haley." American Family Therapy Academy, 71 (Special Issue on History of Family Therapy).
  • Zelman, D.C. (1997). "Dilemmas in family therapy in acute and post-acute rehabilitation settings." American Family Therapy Academy, 67 (Special issue on Disabilities in the Family), Spring.
  • Howland E.W., Nakamura Y., Cleeland C.S., Suthers L.S., Nichols S.N., & Zelman, D.C. (1995). "Effects of hypnosis on subjective pain ratings and evoked potential amplitudes." Analgesia 1, 171-184.
  • Zelman D.C., & Metrick S.B. (1992). Art from Ashes: The Bay Area Arts Relief Project Oakland, California: Marcus A Foster Educational Institute. Book describing expressive art projects and classroom interventions by East Bay mental health professionals following the 1991 Oakland fire.
  • Zelman, D.C., Brandon, T.H., Jorenby, D.E. & Baker, T.B. (1992). "Measures of affect and nicotine dependence predict differential response to smoking cessation treatments." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 943-952.
  • Zelman, D.C., Howland, E.W., Nichols, S., Hodes, B, & Cleeland, C. (1991). "Brief mood induction influences pain perception and tolerance." Pain, 46:105-11.
  • Baker, T.B., Zelman, D.C., Brandon, T.H., Baker, L, & Leventhal, H. (1988).  Smoking cessation: effective cognitive and behavioral interventions. In N.B. Oldridge & C. Foster (Eds.) Exercise and heart disease: Prevention and rehabilitation. Ithaca, NY: Mouvement Press.
  • Brandon, T.H., Zelman, D.C., & Baker, T.B. (1988). Delaying smoking relapse with extended treatment. In T.B. Baker & D.S. Cannon (Eds.) Addictive Disorders: Recent research on assessment and treatment. New York: Praeger Press.
  • Brandon, T.H., Zelman, D.C., & Baker, T.B. (1987). "Effects of maintenance sessions on smoking relapse: Delaying the inevitable?" Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55: 780-783.
  • Brandon, T.H., Zelman, D.C. & Baker, T.B. (1986). Maintenance sessions prolong cigarette abstinence. (ERIC document No. ED 262335).
  • Zelman, D.C., Tiffany, S. & Baker, T.B. (1985). "Influence of stress on morphine-induced hyperthermia: Relevance to drug conditioning and tolerance development." Behavioral Neuroscience, 99: 122-144.

Eduardo Morales

eduardo morales
Biography

Dr. Eduardo Morales retired in 2015.

Eduardo Morales, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of the PhD Clinical Program at CSPP-SF of Alliant international University and Executive Director of AGUILAS, a HIV prevention program for Latino gay/bisexual men. Dr. Morales has received numerous awards for his contributions that include the 2009 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Institutional Practice, the 2009 Latino Business Leadership Award presented by the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the National Latino Psychological Association 2006 Star Vega Distinguished Service Award, a Citation in 2005 for Outstanding Service and Visionary Leadership from the what was then called the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (Division 45) of the American Psychological Association (APA), the 2002 Distinguished Career Contributions to Service Award from Division 45 of the APA; the 1994 Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Committee of Lesbian and Gay Concerns of the APA; and the Distinguished Contribution Award (1991) in Ethnic Minority Issues, from what was then called the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues (Division 44) of the APA.

He also received Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2009); Certificate of Recognition from Congresswoman Jackie Speier (2009); Certificate of Honor from Mayor Gavin Newsom (2009); Certificate of Recognition from Senator Mark Leno, CA 3rd District Senator - SF (2009); Certificate of Recognition Assemblyman Joe Coto, CA 23rd Assembly District - San Jose (2009);Commendation from San Francisco Office of the Treasurer José Cisneros (2009) and San Francisco Latino Heritage Education Award honoring AGUILAS El Ambiente Program by S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom, October 14, 2009.

Dr. Morales was a Fulbright Specialist from 2010 to 2015 and was honored by being made an APA Fellow member as well as being made Fellow of 12 Divisional Associations of APA. Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon APA Members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology.

The 12 APA Divisions that recognize Dr. Morales as Fellow are: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division. 9); Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12); Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17); Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27); Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37); Society for Health Psychology (Div. 38); Psychologists in Independent Practice (Division 42); Society of Family Psychology, (Div. 43); Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues (Div. 44); Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (Div. 45); APA Division for the Study of Addiction (Div. 50); Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (Div. 51).

Dr. Morales was one of the founders and president of Division 45 of APA-Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (2004-06), was member of various committees and boards of APA and is currently a member of the APA Council of Representatives for APA Division 44 who oversees the organization and develops APA policy. He was Co-chair of a national conference entitled "Culturally Informed Evidence Based Practices: Translating Research and Policy for the Real World" funded by the federal agencies SAMSHA and NIMH and co-sponsored by an unprecedented 25 APA Divisions held on March 13 and 14, 2008 in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he organized a regional conference on May 29, 2015 entitled "Innovations in Latin@ Behavioral Health" cosponsored by SF Department of Public Health, Alliant International University, and AGUILAS. Dr. Morales has an active professional career as Distinguished Professor of psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology-S.F. where he led the effort in developing and establishing multicultural competencies for students and faculty and a multicultural training program.

Dr. Morales is very active in obtaining research and service grants and founded many programs for Latinos in substance abuse, HIV, and juvenile delinquency prevention. His areas of expertise include health prevention and promotion, HIV, substance abuse, community interventions, program evaluation research, and strategic planning and policy development in various types of communities and organizations locally and nationally. He has served on numerous committees and organizations throughout his career and consults to a wide variety of agencies and government departments for developing and building programs and capacity among nonprofits in ethnic minority communities throughout the U.S. His resume notes him being a principal investigator or co-investigator in research grants totaling over $11,699,933, in program evaluation grant totaling over $8,225,800, in service grants totaling over $9,442,302, and in professional training grants $3,313,172 for a grand total of over $32,117,965 million dollars in grants received mostly targeted for Latinos and other ethnic minority groups in the areas of health and prevention.

Dr. Morales was born and raised of Puerto Rican parents who migrated to New York City's Hamilton Heights District that provides the basis of his passion, advocacy, and motivation to serve and build teams for addressing community empowerment, embracing collaboration, and realizing dreams. Dr. Morales received his B.S. degree at Fordham College in NYC and at age 25 he completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow and a Summer Fellow at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) at Princeton, N.J. As an active musician throughout his life, he performed with various arts organizations, directed choruses, toured the U.S. with the famed SF Gay Men's Chorus in its first concert tour in June of 1981, as well as, a supporter of the arts with first hand understanding of the importance and effectiveness of the arts toward community empowerment, addressing and advocating for social justice issues.

Professional Interests
  • HIV
  • Substance abuse
  • Intervention for adolescents
  • Community prevention
  • Ethnic and sexual minorities
  • Drug-exposed infants and parents
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Workforce development and pipeline
  • Latino health and higher education.
Education and Certifications
  • PhD, Texas Tech University

 

Honors

  • 2010 Fulbright Fellow - Specialist Designation by the U.S. Department of Education
  • 2009 Certificate of Recognition from Congresswoman Jackie Speier
  • 2009 Hispanic Heritage Salutes Leaders in the Community by ABC Channel 7 KGO-TV, San Francisco Bay Area
  • 2009 Most Influential Bar Area Latinos Award from the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • 2009 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Institutional Practice, August
  • 2009 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Courses
  • Latino Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychology
  • Chair and Member of Various Dissertation Committees
  • Ph.D. Multicultural Research Class
  • Independent Study Courses on Women and AIDS. and Substance Abuse
  • Introduction to Multicultural and Community Psychology
  • Research Design and Implementation
  • AIDS Multicultural and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
  • Interventions with Ethnic Minorities: Children of Color
  • Professional Development in the Field of Psychology
  • Racism Awareness - Two day workshop for Graduate Students
  • Psychological Issues among Children of Color
  • Clinical and Ethical Issues
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Morales, Eduardo; Lau, Michael Y.; and Ballasteros, Andrea (2012) "Division 45 of the American Psychological Association: The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues." The Counseling Psychologist, 40(5), 699-709.
  • Villatoro, Alice P.; Mays, Vickie M.; and Morales, Eduardo S. (2014) "Family Culture in Mental Health Help-Seeking and Utilization in a Nationally Representative Sample of Latinos in the U.S.: The NLAAS." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 84(4), July 2014, 353-363.
  • Morales, Eduardo (2013) "Latino Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Immigrants in the United States." Journal of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling, Volume 7, Number 2, 172-184. DOI:10.1080/15538605.2013.785467
  • Morales, Eduardo (2013) "Latino Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Immigrants in the United States." Journal of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling, Volume 7, Number 2, 172-184. DOI:10.1080/15538605.2013.785467
  • Villatoro, Alice P.; Mays, Vickie M.; and Morales, Eduardo S. (2013) "Family Culture in Mental Health Help-Seeking and Utilization In A Nationally Representative Sample of Latinos in the U.S.: The NLAAS." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Accepted, manuscript ID is 12-OA-AJO-0138.R1
  • Morales, Eduardo and Norcross, John (2010) "Evidence-Based Practices with Ethnic Minorities: Strange bedfellows no more." Journal of Clinical Psychology-In session, Volume 66, Issue 8, 821-829.
  • Morales, E. (2009) "Contextual Community Prevention Theory: Building interventions with community agency collaboration." American Psychologist, 64, 8, 805 - 816.
  • Morales, Eduardo (2011). "Lessons Learned from HIV Service Provision: Using a Targeted Behavioral Health Approach." In L. P. Buki & L. M. Piedra (Eds.), Creating infrastructures for Latino mental health. New York: Springer.
  • Morales, Eduardo and Norcross, John (Eds.) (2010) "Special Issue: Culturally Sensitive Evidence Based Practices." Journal of Clinical Psychology-In session, Volume 66 Issue 8, 821-906.

Donald Viglione

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Biography

Dr. Donald Vigilione retired in 2018.

Donald Viglione, Jr., Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University in San Diego. As a researcher, instructor, and practitioner, he has been working in the area of psychological assessment and testing for over 35 years. Current research includes the empirical validation of the Rorschach and the assessment of malingering, as well as the evaluation of dangerousness, sexual offending, child psychopathology, and trauma. He has published approximately 100 professional papers and is a co-author of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System, an international Rorschach system, first published in 2011. As an instructor, he has taught assessment courses to graduate students and regularly provides workshops to national and international audiences. For many years, he has conducted and supervised psychological evaluations of children, adolescents, adults, and couples for a variety of psychological, forensic, fitness for duty, and professional development/career enhancement reasons.

Dr. Viglione earned his Ph.D. at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Afterward, he completed his internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and served as a Navy psychologist at Camp Pendleton in California. At CSPP in San Diego, he was the founding Director of the Doctor of Psychology degree program and later the Director of Doctor Philosophy degree program. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment.

Professional Interests

Rorschach Performance Assessment System and personality assessment. Assessment of malingering and response manipulation, adolescent psychotic-like experiences, child psychopathology; trauma, dangerousness, sexual offense risk. Variety of clinical, fitness for duty, and forensic psychological evaluations.

Education and Certifications
  • PhD, Long Island University

     

Honors

  • Fellow, American Board of Assessment Psychology
  • Fellow, Society of Personality Assessment
Courses
  • Assessment, Personality, and Intellectual
  • Sexual offender evaluation
Scholarship and Contributions to the Field
  • Viglione, D.J., Wright, D., Dizon, N.T., Moynihan, J.E., DuPuis, S., & Pizitz T.D. (2001). "Evading detection on the MMPI-2: Does caution produce more realistic patterns of Responding?" Assessment, 8 237-250.
  • Viglione, D. J., & Hilsenroth, M. (2001). "The Rorschach: Facts, fiction, and future." Psychological Assessment, 13, 452-471.
  • Friedberg, R.D., Viglione, D.J., Stinson, B.L., Beal, K.G., Fidaleo, R.A., & Celeste, B.L. (1999) "Perceptions of treatment helpfulness and depressive symptomology in psychiatric inpatients on a cognitive therapy unit." Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 17, 33-50.
  • Viglione, D.J. (1999). "A review of recent research addressing the utility of the Rorschach." Psychological Assessment, 11, 251-265.
  • Viglione, D.J. & Kates, J. (1997). "A Rorschach child single-subject study in divorce: A question of psychological resiliency." In J. R. Meloy, M.W. Acklin, C.B. Gacono, J.F. Murray, C.A. Peterson (Eds), Contemporary Rorschach Interpretation (pp. 365-388).. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Viglione, D.J. (1997). "Problems in Rorschach research and what to do about them." Journal of Personality Assessment, 68, 589-600.
  • Burns, B. & Viglione, D.J. (1996). "The Rorschach Human Experience Variable, interpersonal relatedness and object representation in nonpatients." Psychological Assessment, 21, 109-112.
  • Viglione, D.J., Gottlieb, R., & Friedberg, R. (1995). "Depressive Experiences Questionnaire: An empirical exploration of the underlying theory." Journal of Personality Assessment, 65, 91-99.
  • Viglione, D.J., Fals-Stewart, W. & Moxham, E. (1995). "Maximizing internal and external validity in MMPI Malingering Research: A study in a military population." Journal of Personality Assessment, 65, 502-513.
  • Exner, J.E., with contributions by Colligan, S.C., Hillman, L.B., Ritzler, B.A., Sciara, T., Viglione, D.J. (1995). A Rorschach Workbook for the Comprehensive System, 4th Ed. Rorschach Workshops: Asheville, N.C.
  • Viglione, D.J. (1995). "Basic considerations regarding data analysis." In J.E. Exner (Ed.), Issues and Methods in Rorschach Research (pp. 195-226). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Netter, B. & Viglione, D.J. (1994). "An empirical study of malingering schizophrenia on the Rorschach." Journal of Personality Assessment, 62, 45-57.
  • Morgan, L. & Viglione, D.J. (1992). "Sexual disturbances, Rorschach sexual responses, and mediating factors." Psychological Assessment, 4, 530-536.
  • Viglione, D.J. & Perry, W. (1991). "A general model for psychological assessment and psychopathology applied to depression." British Journal of Projective Psychology, 36, 1-16.
  • Viglione, D.J. (1990). "Severe disturbance or trauma-induced adaptive reaction: A Rorschach child case study." Journal of Personality Assessment, 55, 280-295. (This article won the Walter Klopfer award for distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment).
  • Viglione, D.J., Exner, J.E. (1983). "The effects of state-anxiety and limited social-evaluative stress on the Rorschach." Journal of Personality Assessment, 47, 150-154.

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