Psychology Department Chair:
Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Ph.D.
Clinical anger problems, therapeutic alliance in adolescents;
rational-emotive behavioral therapies.
Program Director:
Mark D. Terjesen, Ph.D.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy with children and adolescents,
preschool assessment and intervention.
Other Core Faculty
Tamara Del Vecchio, Ph.D.
Development and maintenance of early child aggression,
interventions for parents of difficult children.
Dawn P. Flanagan, Ph.D.
Cognitive Assessment; CHC Cross-Battery Approach (XBA);
Diagnosis and treatment of SLD
Robyn Kurasaki, PsyD.
Ethical issues in school psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy,
factors influencing academic success.
Samuel O. Ortiz, Ph.D.
Multicultural evaluation and nondiscriminatory assessment; CHC
Cross-Battery Approach (XBA).
Marlene Sotelo-Dynega, Psy.D.
Nondiscriminatory assessment, assessment and remediation of
learning disabilities.
Zheng Zhou, Ph.D.
Cross-cultural comparisons on mathematical reasoning, basic
relational concept acquisition and Chinese-American children’s
school adjustment.