Public Affairs California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0125
Tel: 530-898-4143
Fax: 530-898-4491
E-mail: publicaffairs@csuchico.edu
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E-mail: jwills@csuchico.edu


Psychology

College of Behavioral and Social Science
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-6171)

Psychology
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5147)

David Bauer, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
organizational psychology (organizational processes), psychosocial dynamics of education, personality development (individual differences in temperament and decision making style), distance learning
530-898-6366
DBauer@csuchico.edu

Margaret Bierly, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Stanford University
developmental psychology, adult attachment, interpersonal relationship quality and personality variables
530-898-5377
MBierly@csuchico.edu

Diane Chatlosh, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Iowa
human judgments and decision making, causality, animal cognition, comparative psychology, psychology and the law
530-898-6486
DChatlosh@csuchico.edu

Katherine Cushing, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Arizona
assessment of student learning, K-12 education/teaching, expertise/expert-novice differences, leadership development, mentoring/induction program, qualitative data analysis
530-898-5281
KCushing@csuchico.edu

Lawrence Herringer, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Riverside
personality structure and assessment, self-concept and personal identity, quantitative methods/applications, psychology and religion
530-898-4803
LHerringer@csuchico.edu

Leesa Huang
PhD, University of Northern Colorado
School psychology, assessment for intervention, legal and ethical issues for psychologists, crisis intervention
530-898-4963
LVHuangr@csuchico.edu

Linda Kline, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, Colorado State University
social and environmental psychology, human-animal bond, women's issues, exercise and sports psychology
530-898-6263
LKline@csuchico.edu

Penelope Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Georgetown University
central nervous system regeneration and plasticity, growth factors, spinal cord injury, oligodendrocyte response to injury, mouse models of central nervous system disease
530-898-6750
PKuhn@csuchico.edu

Peter Lopez, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of New York, Buffalo
sexual behavior, aggression, technology (especially the Web) as a teaching/research tool, individual, group and family therapy, child therapy, family systems, process issues in counseling, multicultural issues including gender and sexual orientation
530-898-5292
PLopez@csuchico.edu

Sandra Machida, Professor, Psychology, Coordinator of Child Development Program
PhD, Stanford University
developmental psychology with a focus on variations in socialization contexts including parenting styles, cross-cultural variations, intervention programs, poverty and early childhood development, school readiness
530-898-4912
SMachida@csuchico.edu

Marvin Megibow, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Maryland
prejudice/racism, hate and violence, professional, ethical and legal issues in psychology, family therapy, anxiety, depression, burnout/stress, health psychology and wellness issues
530-898-6366
MMegibow@csuchico.edu

Joyce Norman, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Riverside
biological psychology, health psychology, shyness and vagal tone
530-898-5158
JNorman@csuchico.edu

Brian Oppy, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Davis
reading, pedagogy, technology and learning, cognition, human memory, perception, applied research
530-898-4609
BOppy@csuchico.edu

Joseph Russo, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Utah
counseling process and outcome issues and intervention modalities, counselor training and supervision issues and processes, couple's communication and intimacy issues, competition and collaboration research, anxiety and depression research, multicultural issues including gender and sexual identity issues, psychopharmacology research, research related to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, self-esteem models and research
530-898-5368
JRusso@csuchico.edu

Jane Rysberg, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Arizona State University
developmental psychology, successful aging, parent-child relations, fathering/step-fathering, sibling relationships
530-898-5178
JRysberg@csuchico.edu

Art Sanchez, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
family therapy, multicultural counseling, group counseling, individual counseling
530-898-6760
ASanchez@csuchico.edu

Neil Schwartz, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Arizona State University
learning, cognition and instruction broadly defined. Current research focus areas are: learning and problem solving in Web-based environments, development of Web-based instructional systems in science, metaphorical graphics in instruction, theoretical study of configurational knowledge and metacognition in Web-based learning
530-898-4968
NSchwartz@csuchico.edu

Theodore Singelis, Associate Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Hawaii
cultural influences on, and differences in, social behavior, self-conceptions and health behaviors across the life span, embarrassment and its communication, social beliefs across cultures and across the life span
530-898-4009
TSingelis@csuchico.edu

Paul Spear, Professor and Chair, Psychology
PhD, University of Denver
developmental--cognitive and social, parenting styles, parenting and sexual orientation, attachment, divorce, remarriage, gender issues, effects of television
530-898-5147
PSpear@csuchico.edu

Daniel Stuempfig, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Illinois
learning in the schools, academic motivation, prejudice and discrimination
530-898-5158
DStuempfig@csuchico.edu

Edward Vela, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Texas A&M University
memory and concept formation in children and adults, problem solving, creativity, motion perception, theories of consciousness, artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind
530-898-6262
EVela@csuchico.edu

David Winzenz, Professor, Psychology
PhD, Stanford University
human learning
530-898-5264
DWinzenz@csuchico.edu

James Wolfe, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Georgia
school psychology, cognitive assessment, socio-emotional assessment, neuropsychology
530-898-4093
JWolfe@csuchico.edu

Denise Worth, Professor, Psychology
PhD, University of Tennessee
school psychology (particularly academic motivation and inclusion issues), child counseling
530-898-5164
DWorth@csuchico.edu

Daniel Worthen, Assistant Professor, Psychology
PhD, Colorado State University
animal learning, cognition and behavior, behavioral neuroscience, neural network modeling, animal welfare issues, philosophical issues in behavioral and neural sciences
530-898-5363
DWorthen@csuchico.edu


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