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Faculty and
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Lecturers |
Department Staff |
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Tenure Track Faculty
 Nancy
Caine, Ph.D. (1980, University of California, Davis). Dr. Caine joined
CSUSM in the Fall of 1992, and served as the Psychology Program Director from
1992 to 1998. Her area of specialization is comparative psychology. She
completed a postdoctoral traineeship in the Developmental Psychobiology Research
Group at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and was on the
psychology faculty at Bucknell University (Pennsylvania) from 1981- 1991. Her
research projects focus on the behavior and social organization of nonhuman
primates.
Searcy,
Y.M. & Caine, N.G. (2003). Hawk calls elicit defensive reactions in
captive marmosets, Callitrhix geoffroyi. Folia Primatologica, 74,
115-125.
Caine, N. G., Surridge, A. K., Mundy, N.I. (2003). Dichromatic and
trichromatic Callithrix geoffroyi differ in relative foraging
ability for red-green color camouflaged and noncamouflaged food.
International Journal of Primatology. 24(6), 1163-1175.
Office: 312 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-4145
E-Mail: ncaine@csusm.edu
Dustin Calvillo, Ph.D.
(2006,
University
of
California
,
Santa Barbara
). Prior to joining the faculty at CSUSM in Fall of 2007, Dr. Calvillo was
a Visiting Assistant Professor at
Ohio
University
. His area of expertise is Cognitive Psychology. His research interests
include human reasoning, judgment, and decision-making. Dr. Calvillo will
be joining the faculty here at CSUSM in the Fall 2007.
Calvillo, D. P, & Revlin, R.
(2005). The role of similarity in deductive categorical inference. Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, 12 (5), 938-944.
Calvillo, D. P., Deleeuw, K., & Revlin, R. (2006). Deduction with
Euler circles: Diagrams that hurt. In D. Barker-Plummer, R. Cox, &
N. Swoboda
(Eds.) Diagrammatic representation and
inference. (pp.199-203)
Berlin
: Springer.
Maureen J. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. (2001, University of California, Irvine). Dr.
Fitzpatrick, a lifespan developmental psychologist, came to Cal State San Marcos
in the fall of 2000 as a Visiting Faculty Fellow and joined the faculty full
time in fall 2002. Her research focuses on the socioemotional development of
infants and children; effects of non-parental care; and cross-generational
interactions, including parent-child and grandparent-grandchild relationships.
Fitzpatrick, M.
J. (2002, May). Affective match and reported empathy in
preschoolers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.
Fitzpatrick, M.J. (in
progress). Infant temperament and maternal socialization: Contributors to
preschoolers’ emotional competence.
 Gerardo M. Gonzalez,
Ph.D. (1989, California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno). Dr. Gonzalez
joined CSUSM in the Fall of 1991; his area of specialization is clinical
psychology. He completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral clinical training at
the University of California, Berkeley and a clinical-research fellowship at the
University of California, San Francisco. Among his research interests are
multicultural mental health issues (particularly for the Spanish-speaking),
computerized clinical assessment, and the cognitive treatment of depression.
Gonzalez, G. M. (1997). The emergence of Chicanos in the
21st century: Implications for mental health counseling,
research, and policy. Journal of Multicultural Counseling
and Development,25, 94-106.
Gonzalez, G. M., Costello, C., La Tourette, T., Joyce, L.,
& Valenzuela, M. (1997). Bilingual telephone-assisted
computerized speech recognition assessment: Is a
voice-activated computer program a culturally and
linguistically appropriate tool for screening depression in
English and Spanish? Cultural Diversity and Mental
Health,3, 93-111.
Phone: 760-750-4094
E-Mail: ggonz@csusm.edu
Web Page: http://www.csusm.edu/gonzalez/
Elisa J. Grant-Vallone, Ph.D. (1998, Claremont
Graduate University). Dr. Grant-Vallone joined CSUSM in Fall of 1998. Her area
of specialization is organizational psychology and her research focuses on work
and family issues, mentoring, work environments and employee health.
Grant-Vallone, E.J. & Donaldson, S.I.
(2001) Consequences of work-family conflict on employee
well-being over time. Work & Stress, 15, 214
-226.
Ensher, E.A. , Nielson,
T.R. , Grant-Vallone E.J. (2002). Effects of the internet and technology on HR
processes.
Organizational Dynamics, 31, 224-244.
Office: 320 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-8055
E-Mail: evallone@csusm.edu
Web Page: http://www.csusm.edu/vallone/
 Sharon Hamill,
Ph.D. (1990, University of California, Irvine). Dr. Hamill's area of specialty
is developmental psychology. Her current research focuses on multigenerational
family relationships and the development of individual family members.
Byrd, V.,
Grant-Vallone, E. & Hamill, S.B. (2001). Career Counseling for the Sandwich
Generation. Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 17 (2),
42-53.
Hamill, S. B.,
& Grant-Vallone, E. (2002). Caregiver’s handbook: A guide and
resource for the Sandwich generation. San Diego, CA : Work-Life
Coalition of San Diego and Aging and Independence Services, County of
San Diego.
Office: 304 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-8029
E-Mail: shamill@csusm.edu
Web page: http://www.csusm.edu/shamill
Russell Jackson,
Ph.D.
(2007,
University of Texas, Austin). Dr. Jackson's areas of expertise are
evolution, cognition, and perception. His research focuses on the
evolution of spatial perception and navigation, and currently includes
studies in height perception, aquatic and terrestrial distance
perception, and virtual reality.
Jackson,
R. E., & Cormack, L. K. (in press). Evolved navigation theory and the
descent illustion. Perception and Psychophysics, 69(3), 353-362.
Jackson, R. E. (2004).
Evolutionary psychology. In The conside Corsini encyclopedia of
psychology and neuroscience, 3rd ed. (pp. 341-343). New York: Wiley.
Office: 326 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-8568
E-Mail: rjackson@csusm.edu
Heike I. M. Mahler, Ph.D. (1986,
University of California, San Diego). Previously Dr. Mahler was a Visiting
Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach and
a Research Psychologist at the University of California, San Diego. She joined
CSUSM in the Fall of 1990. Her areas of specialization are health psychology and
social psychology. Dr. Mahler's current program of research focuses on how
various psychosocial factors (e.g., perceived personal control, coping style,
social support) may affect recovery from major surgery.
Mahler,
H.I.M., & Kulik, J.A. (2002). Effects of a videotape information
intervention for spouses on spouse distress and patient recovery from
surgery. Health Psychology, 21, 427-437.
Mahler, H.I.M., Kulik, J.A.,
Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., & Harrell, J. (2003). Effects of
appearance-based intervention on sun protection intentions and self-reported
behaviors. Health
Psychology, 22,
199-209.
Office: 316 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-4096
E-Mail: hmahler@csusm.edu
Spencer McWilliams, Ph.D. (1971,
University of Rochester) Dr. McWilliams interests are in constructivist approaches to personality and self,
personal construct
psychology, and buddhist psychology
McWilliams, S. A. (2003).
Belief, attachment, and awareness. In F. Fransella
(Ed.) International handbook of personal construct psychology (pp. 75-82).
London: Wiley.
McWilliams, S. A. (2004). Constructive alternativism and self. In J.D. Raskin
& S.K. Bridges (Eds.). Studies in meaning 2: Bridging the personal and social in
constructivist psychology (pp. 291-309). New York: Pace University Press.
Office: 328 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-3065
E-Mail: smcwilli@csusm.edu
Web page: http://www.csusm.edu/mcwilliams
 Sonia Y. Ruiz,
Ph.D. (2000 Arizona State University). Dr. Ruiz received her doctoral degrees in clinical psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral
clinical psychology internship at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
Sepulveda. Her interests include, ethnic minority mental health; cross-cultural
psychology; family socialization; role theory and women studies.
Ruiz, S. Y.,
Pepper, A. C., & Wilfley, D.E. (2003). Obesity and body image among
ethnically diverse children and adolescents. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.),
Handbook of eating disorders and obesity. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Ruiz,
S. Y. & Barrera, M. (in progress). Maternal Depression:
An examination of the influence of multiple
roles.
 P. Wesley Schultz,
Ph.D. (1995, Claremont Graduate University). Dr. Schultz came to CSUSM in 1997
after two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence University.
His areas of expertise are social psychology and statistics. His current
research interests are in the application of social psychology to help
understand and solve social problems. Recent projects include studies of
prejudice and stereotypes about Hispanic-Americans, cross-cultural research on
environmental attitudes, community interventions to improve curbside recycling,
and evaluations of environmental education programs at the San Diego Wild Animal
Park.
Schultz, P. W.,
Shriver, C., Tabanico, J., & Khazian, A. (2004). Implicit connections with
nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 31-42.
Schultz, P. W., Gouveia, V.,
Cameron, L., Tankha, G., Schmuck, P., & Franek, M. (2005). Values and their
relationship to environmental concern and conservation behavior. Journal
of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 457-475.
Office: 314 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-8045
E-Mail: psch@csusm.edu
Web Page: http://www.csusm.edu/schultz/
 Miriam W. Schustack, Ph.D. (1981, Carnegie-
Mellon University). Prior to joining CSUSM in the Fall of 1991, Dr.
Schustack was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and a
research scientist for the U.S. government. Her area of specialization is
cognitive psychology. Among Dr. Schustack's research interests are skilled
reading and the development of literacy, reasoning and problem solving,
language, and human-computer interaction. Much of this research takes place at
The Fifth Dimension Project, part of a large research consortium involving
scientists and children throughout the world. For more information about
this project, please visit http://manual.uclinks5thd.org/.
Schustack, M. W. & Friedman, H.
S. (2005). Psychological Testing, Overview. In The Encyclopedia of
Social Measurement, Volume 3, 185-192. San Diego: Academic
Press.
Schustack,
M. W., Mayer, R. E., & Blanton, W. E. (In press). Effects of
Participation in the Fifth Dimension on Children’s Cognitive and Academic
Skills. In M. Cole & W. E. Blanton (Eds.), Learning outside of school: The Fifth
Dimension Program. New York: Russell Sage.
Office: 308 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-4095
E-Mail: mschusta@csusm.edu
 Marie Thomas,
Ph.D. (1981, Fordham University). Dr. Thomas was on the faculty at the College
of Mount St. Vincent (New York) and had worked as a Personnel Research
Psychologist at the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego.
Her areas of expertise are psychological testing, methodology, and statistics.
Her current research focuses ways to improve survey data quality. In addition,
she is beginning a research program that will study college student attitudes
towards money and credit. She is also interested in cognitive ability,
personality measurement, gender issues and the scholarship of teaching.
Thomas, M. D., & Thomas, P. J. (2001). Contraceptive
use and attitudes toward family planning in Navy enlisted
women and men. Military Medicine, 166, 550-556.
Thomas, M. D., & Thomas, P. J. (1998). Navy women in
the Antarctic. In E. D. Rothblum, J. S. Weinstock, & J.
F. Morris (Eds.), Women in the Antarctic. Haworth
Press.
Office: 310 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-4157
E-Mail: mthomas@csusm.edu
 Keith Trujillo,
Ph.D. (1985, University of California, Irvine). Dr. Trujillo came to CSUSM in
the Fall of 1994 after eight years at The University of Michigan as a
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Investigator and Psychology Instructor. His areas
of specialization are psychopharmacology and neuroscience. His current research
focuses on behavioral and neural effects of psychoactive drugs, including drugs
of abuse (such as opiates, amphetamine and cocaine) and psychotherapeutic drugs
(such as antidepressants and antipsychotics).
Trujillo, K.A. (2003). The role of NMDA receptors in
opiate-induced neural and behavioral plasticity: A review of
preclinical studies, a cellular model, and clinical
implications. In: B.H. Herman, J. Frankenheim, R. Litten,
P.H. Sheridan, F.F. Weight and S.R. Zukin (Eds.), Glutamate
and Addiction, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press.
Trujillo, K.A. (2002). The neurobiology of opiate
tolerance, dependence and sensitization: Mechanisms of NMDA
receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity. Neurotoxicity
Research, 4, 373-391.
Office: 318 University Hall
Phone: 760-750-4183
E-Mail: keith@csusm.edu
Lecturers:
Jahna Ashlyn, Ph.D. (1990, University of
California, San Diego). Dr. Ashlyn is a social psychologist and has taught
at CSUSM since 1994. She has taught Introductory Statistics, Social
Psychology, and Social Psychology
Lab.
Kathleen Boyle, Ph.D.
(1992,
University
of
California
,
Los Angeles
). Dr. Boyle joined CSUSM in
Spring 2005, coming from
California
State
University
, Northridge. Previously, she
was a Research Psychologist at UCLA, working in the area of drug abuse.
Her research focus included antecedents and consequences of
prolonged drug use, and factors that predicted drug users’ adherence to
HIV prevention guidelines.
Michael Diehr,
Ph.D. (1999, SDSU/UCSD Joint Program in Clinical Psychology). Dr.
Diehr has a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a Ph.D. in Clinical
Neuropsychology. His research focus includes neurocognitive sequelae
seen in disease (such as HIV) and psychoactive substance use, as well as
development of assessment tools and software use in research. He
teaches in the psychology department (Cognition), and on occasion in the
College of Business Administrations (Databases). In addition to
teaching, he manages a small company providing consulting services to
non-profit and healthcare organizations, and tries to spend as much time at
the beach and in the mountains as possible.
Karen Eso, bio in progress....
 Mica Estrada-Hollenbeck,
Ph.D. (1997, Harvard University). Dr. Estrada-Hollenbeck is a social
psychologist whose research interests include the study of forgiveness,
intergroup relations, and conflict resolution processes such as negotiations,
mediation, and problem-solving. For several years, she has been teaching courses
at universities in the San Diego area, raising three young boys and writing. She
recently launched Civic Light Projects and in collaboration with others in the
North San Diego County, hopes to make this nonprofit a positive force in our
community.
 Jacki Leak, Psy.D. (2003,
CSPP/Alliant
International University). Dr. Leak has a doctorate
in the Psychology of Culture and Human Behavior; she lectures at SDSU in the
Women’s Studies Department and in the Psychology Department at CSUSM. Her
research interests include the psychology of women, cultural diversity, and the
African Americans in the intersection of culture, race, ethnicity and gender in
organizational and educational settings.
Peter Ator
Metofe, Ed.D. (2001,
Texas
Southern University).
Dr. Metofe joined CSUSM in the Spring of 2007; his area of
specialization is industrial/organizational psychology and his research
focuses on the application of statistical and psychometric methods to
practical problems in organizational and educational settings.
Courses he has taught at the university level include introductory
statistics in psychology, advanced statistics (multivariate statistics),
introduction to psychology, psychological testing, and
industrial/organizational psychology.
Roger Morrisette, Ph.D. (1997,
UCLA/Stanford University). Dr. Morrissette is a neuroscientist with special
interests in cellular aspects of learning and memory and sleep physiology. He is
a tenured faculty in Behavioral Science at Palomar College where he teaches
Physiological Psychology and Statistics. He has taught Research Methods (Psyc
230) for the Psychology Department at CSUSM since the Fall of 2004.
 Colleen Moss, Ph.D. (1991, Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale). Dr. Moss joined CSUSM in the Fall of
1997. She is an educational psychologist with
special interests in cognitive development and the impact of self-efficacy on
learning. Dr. Moss was previously a child and adolescent mental health counselor
in Illinois for eight years. She has taught a wide variety of psychology courses
at several colleges and universities in Illinois and Ohio before moving to the
San Diego area. At CSUSM, she has taught courses in Critical Thinking (Psyc
110), Developmental Psychology (Psyc 330), Developemental Psychology Lab (Psyc
395), Abnormal Psychology (Psyc 336), and Educational Psychology (Psyc 354).
Joanne M. Pedersen, Ph.D. (1990, University of
California, Berkeley). Dr. Pedersen is a biological psychologist with interests
in sensory systems, animal behavior/physiology, human sexuality and preventative
health care. She has taught at CSUSM since 1991 and will teach a fullload of
courses at CSUSM for the next year. As the Health Professions Advisor for the
College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Pedersen provides career and academic advice
for students interested in health careers (including mental health). Visit the
Health Professions Advising Office webpage for further information: http://www.csusm.edu/pre-health-advising/.
Judith Phillips, Ph.D.
(2003, University of South Australia). Dr. Phillips has taught
internationally and for the past several years has been teaching at
community colleges in the San Diego area. She has taught at CSUSM since
Fall 2006. Her research interests include pre-departure preparation,
in-country support, and repatriation of expatriate employees and their
families on global assignments; social support networks, stress and
cross-cultural adjustment of accompanying spouses on global assignments;
and social-cognitive development of children.
Kim Pulvers, PhD, MPH (2006, University of
Kansas). Dr. Pulvers is a clinical psychologist specializing in health
behavior change. Her research interests include disease prevention and
health promotion; addiction and relapse prevention, particularly smoking
cessation and weight management; positive psychology, particularly the
study of hope; assessment and scale development; and teaching and
learning.
Jessica Robinson
 Vince
Trofimoff, Ph.D. (1992, University of California, Riverside). Dr.
Trofimoff is a social-personality psychologist with interests in intergroup
relations, the self-concept, cross-cultural psychology, and personality. His
current research focuses on the interactive effects of personal self-esteem and
collective self-esteem on in-group loyalty and the perceived legitimacy of
intergroup status differences. He has taught a wide variety of courses at CSUSM
since 1994 although he most frequently teaches Research Methods (Psyc 230) and
Computer Applications (Psyc 300).
Professor
Emeritus
Cherie G. O'Boyle, Ph.D. (1991, University
of Oregon). Dr. O'Boyle is Professor Emeritus at CSUSM. Her research
interests are in the history and philosophy of psychology, emotional and
social development in infancy, and attachment and friendship between women
across the lifespan.
O’Boyle, C. G. (2006). History of psychology: A cultural perspective.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Asso.
O'Boyle, C. G., Thomas, M. D. (1996). Friendships between lesbian and
heterosexual women. In J. Weinstock & E. Rothblum (Eds.), Lesbian
friendships: For ourselves and each other. New York University Press.
O'Boyle, C. G., Rothbart, M. K. (1996). Assessment of distress to sensory
stimulation in early infancy through parent report. Journal of
Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 14, 121-132.
E-Mail: c.oboyle@yahoo.com
Department Staff
Soheyla
Mohseni, Administrative Coordinator
Office: University
Hall 322
Phone: (760)
750-4102
E-Mail: smohseni@csusm.edu
Karen
Harris, Administrative Assistant
Office: University
Hall 331D
Phone: (760)
750-8066
E-Mail: kaharris@csusm.edu
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