Experience

The Chicago School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate Professor of Business and Industrial-Organizational Psychology

  • Sep 2011 - Present



California State Prison--Los Angeles County

• Lancaster, CA

• Psychologist, Clinical--Correctional Facility

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2009

  • Conducted individual and group therapy with adult inmates-patients. • Conducted screening assessments and mental health evaluations of inmates-patients, including diagnoses and write-up. • Evaluated inmates-patients for level of suicide risk, and coordinated activities with unit psychiatrist to determine appropriate course of action. • Conducted crisis intervention with and managed inmates-patients at higher levels of suicide risk. • Administered intelligence tests, conducted structured interviews, and synthesized data from multiple sources in assessing adaptive functioning to determine appropriateness of inmates-patients receiving adaptive support services from the Developmental Disabilities Program. Wrote reports and completed other paperwork documenting results of assessments and justification of final designations. • Led weekly workshops with correctional officers about proper and appropriate behavior toward developmentally disabled inmates-patients, ways of providing protection against victimization by other inmates-patients, and ways of helping developmentally disabled inmates-patients to effectively connect with services and programs. • Evaluated inmates-patients for eligibility for specialized mental health programs; evaluated for involvement of mental disorder in rule violations. • Engaged in on-call activities, including responding to Coleman calls to evaluate inmates-patients reporting distress and suicidal ideation. • Represented mental health concerns in weekly Institutional Classification Committee meetings with individual inmates-patients, including developmentally disabled inmates-patients. • Participated on multidisciplinary treatment teams for developing and reviewing individualized treatment plans for inmates-patients, including developmentally disabled inmates-patients. • Participated in training on effective correctional-rehabilitative practice. Show less



Phillips Graduate University

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Core Faculty, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2008

  • Taught graduate level courses in clinical psychology. • Mentored students in the design of doctoral projects, including research methods and data analyses. • Advised students on academic and professional matters. • Engaged in data analyses, synthesis, and preparation, and review and writing of documents, for accreditation purposes. • Co-Chaired, Student Evaluation and Review Committee. This committee was responsible for reviewing and directly addressing matters of serious concern with students, including campus safety issues and evaluating students for risk for future violence. The committee provided recommendations as to appropriate action steps. • Established Institute-wide Institutional Review Board (IRB) for reviewing research proposals for ethical, safety, and other compliance issues as it concerned human participants. This included establishing formal procedures for remedying problematic issues and providing final approval/disapproval of research proposals. Served as initial Chair of IRB, and continued as member after new Director of Research began as Chair. • Chaired and led successful search for Director of Research. • Chaired faculty search committees, and coordinated successful searches. • Headed development and administration of Comprehensive Evaluations. • Served as a faculty assessor in Comprehensive Evaluations and Clinical Competency Examinations oral evaluations of students, including evaluations of clinical competence, feedback, and necessary remediation. • Participated with faculty in Global Assessment and Review of students, including evaluations of professional and clinical competence, feedback, and necessary remediation. • Participated in governance of Institute, committee work, program/curriculum development, quality control, community-building functions, and admissions process. Show less



Alliant International University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

  • Sep 1995 - Sep 2003

  • Taught graduate level courses in clinical psychology.• Mentored students in the design of doctoral projects, including research methods and data analyses.• Advised students on academic and professional matters.• Member, Student Evaluation and Review Committee. This committee was responsible for reviewing and directly addressing matters of serious concern with students, including campus safety issues and evaluating students for risk for future violence. The committee provided recommendations as to appropriate action steps.• Served as a faculty scorer of students’ written responses to research vignettes in evaluating performance on Psy.D. research comprehensive examinations.• Served as a faculty assessor in Psy.D. Clinical Proficiency Assessment oral evaluations of students, including evaluations of clinical competence and feedback.• Served as a faculty assessor in Ph.D. comprehensive oral examinations of students, including evaluations of clinical competence and feedback.• Engaged in community service projects.• Participated in governance of University, committee work, program/curriculum development, accreditation activities, global student reviews and evaluations, quality control, community-building functions, admissions process, and faculty searches. Show less

• Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

  • Sep 1994 - Sep 1995

  Taught graduate level courses in clinical psychology.



Value Behavioral Health

• Irvine, CA

• Clinical Case Manager

  • 1993 - 1994

  • Clinically assessed, diagnosed, and referred adults, adolescents, and children to appropriate therapists or facilities. • Clinically managed psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment of adults, adolescents, and children in outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. • Conducted crisis intervention with and managed persons who were suicidal. • Clinically assessed, diagnosed, and referred adults, adolescents, and children to appropriate therapists or facilities. • Clinically managed psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment of adults, adolescents, and children in outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. • Conducted crisis intervention with and managed persons who were suicidal.



Life Concerns

• Skokie, IL

• Psychologist

  • 1991 - 1993

  • Conducted outpatient and inpatient individual, couples, group, and family therapy with adults, adolescents, and children. • Evaluated persons for suitability for discharge from locked inpatient units to the community, including risk for future violence. • Supervised graduate students in conducting outpatient and inpatient individual, couples, and family therapy with adults, adolescents, and children. • Administered and coordinated outpatient program for treating panic and anxiety disorders. • Performed assessments of couples and families for treatment planning. Show less



Forest Hospital

• Des Plaines, IL

• Postdoctoral Psychology Intern

  • 1989 - 1991

  • Outpatient: Conducted individual, couples, and family therapy with adults, adolescents, and children. • Inpatient: Conducted individual, couples, group, and family therapy with adults, adolescents, and children on locked inpatient units. • Residential: Conducted individual and family therapy with adolescents at a locked residential facility. • Designed and implemented milieu treatments for adolescents on locked inpatient units and at a locked residential facility. • Taught graduate level courses in marital and family therapy and in community consultation. • Supervised predoctoral psychology interns and professionals from the hospital and community in conducting outpatient and inpatient individual, couples, and family therapy with adults, adolescents, and children. Show less



Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (New York State Hospital)

• Wingdale, NY

• Psychologist

  • 1988 - 1989

  • Headed multidisciplinary team on a locked inpatient unit for developing and coordinating therapy programming for adults with schizophrenia and adults with mood, personality, and substance use disorders. • Evaluated adults for suitability for discharge from a locked inpatient unit to the community, including risk for future violence. • Developed and implemented structured programming within a locked inpatient unit to substantially increase adults’ social skills and appropriate expression of affect, and substantially decrease incidences of violence on the unit. • Supervised predoctoral psychology interns in conducting outpatient couples and family therapy with adults with schizophrenia and adults with mood, personality, and substance use disorders. • Participated in developing “live team” methods for supervising interns in conducting outpatient couples and family therapy. • Conducted inpatient individual, couples, group, and family therapy with adults with schizophrenia and adults with mood, personality, and substance use disorders. Show less



Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center (New York State Hospital, and Outpatient Programs)

• Predoctoral Psychology Intern

  • 1987 - 1988

  • Conducted outpatient and inpatient individual, couples, group, and family therapy. General model involved coordinating outpatient and inpatient services along a continuum of care and integrating clients into community. Populations served included adults with schizophrenia and adults with mood, personality, and substance use disorders. • Participated on multidisciplinary team for developing therapeutic community for older adults with schizophrenia on a locked inpatient unit. • Performed psychological assessments and assessments of couples and families for treatment/discharge planning. APA accredited internship (more recently known as Hudson River Regional Psychology Internship Program) Show less