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Areas of Emphasis

Child & Family
Diversity & Community MH
Early Intervention Clinic
Evidence-based Treatment for SMI
Forensic Psychology
Health Psychology
Joint M.B.A./PH.D. PROGRAM
LGBTQ Psychology
Meditation & Psychology
Neuropsychology
Psychology and the Law

Ph.D. Program Research Groups (2008-2009)

All students in the Ph.D. Program are required to participate in faculty-led research groups during their second and third years in the program.

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Depression - Rowena Gomez, Ph.D.

Alcoholism and Addictions - Theodore Jacob, Ph.D.

An Attachment Theory Based Perspective on Loss and Trauma - Nigel Field, Ph.D.

Child Trauma and Child Diversity - Allison Briscoe-Smith, Ph.D.

Stress in Middle-Aged and Older Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Adults: Dementia Family Caregiving as a Model of Chronic Stress and Coping - Dolores Gallagher- Thompson, Ph.D.

Clinical Crises and Emergencies: Emergency and Disaster Psychology; the Psychology of Courage – Bruce Bongar, Ph.D.

Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychological Assessment - James Moses, Ph.D.

Communication Competence and Psychopathology:Discourse Processes in Everyday Life and Treatment - Robert Russell, Ph.D.

Couples and Children - Sandra Macias, Ph.D.

Disaster and Terrorism - Larry Beutler, Ph.D.

Early Intervention Clinic - Matthew Cordova, Ph.D. & Josef Ruzek, Ph.D.

Ethnic Minority Mental Health – Joyce Chu, Ph.D.

Evidence based Treatment of Serious Mental Disorders and Evaluating Dissemination, Training and Clinical Outcomes of Supervision - Robert Reiser, Ph.D.

Forensic - Rebecca Jackson, Ph.D.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Research Group - Peter Goldblum, Ph.D., MPH

Meditation and Psychotherapy - Lynn Waelde, Ph.D.

Neuropsychology - Amy Wisniewski, Ph.D.

Pediatric Psychology - Wendy Packman, J.D., Ph.D.

Psychology and Law - Wendy Packman, J.D., Ph.D.

Psychotherapy - Larry Beutler, Ph.D.

Substance Use Disorders Treatment - Lou Moffett, Ph,D.

Trauma, Dissociation and PTSD - Lynn Waelde, Ph,D.