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Faculty Profiles



Full-time Faculty

Tel:(415) 422-2140
avisj@usfca.edu

Joan Avis

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Counseling psychology; adult development, life transitions counseling; life planning and consultation; personality; psychology of women.

Tel:(415) 422-5854
bussolari@usfca.edu

Cori Bussolari

Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Pediatric health psychology; bereavement; the relationship between chronic/terminal illness and family coping; the human-animal bond; complexity science as a framework for counseling.

Tel:(415) 422-6901
florese@usfca.edu

Elena Flores

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Latino adolescent sexuality; family functioning and adolescent health risk behaviors; racial/ethnic discrimination and minority status stress, obesity prevention and intervention among Latinos.

Tel:(415) 422-2137
gerrardb@usfca.edu

Brian Gerrard

Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Marital and family therapy; school-based family counseling; cognitive-behavioral therapy; research methods; psychological type; grief counseling; health psychology.

Tel:(415) 422-2826
goodell@usfca.edu

Judith Goodell

Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Adult development; life transitions and how people adapt to change; aging and eldership; the relationship between positive psychology and counseling/therapy; spiritual development across the life span; the application of indigenous wisdoms and cross-cultural methods to modern mental health and personal growth.

Tel:(415) 422-2124
pattersont@usfca.edu

Terence Patterson

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Family psychology, ethical issues, and theoretical orientation in psychotherapy.

Tel:(415) 422-2456
lperezgualdron@usfca.edu

Leyla Pérez-Gualdrón

Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Social justice orientation and academic/civic engagement in urban youth; school relational and language climate; bilingualism; racial identity.

Tel:(415) 422-2347
cjyeh@usfca.edu

Christine Yeh

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Poverty, racism, and mental health in urban schools and communities; Immigrant youth cultural adjustment and negotiations; Asian Pacific Islander cultural conceptualizations of self, collectivistic coping, and mental health; multicultural school counseling, indigenous healing methods and perspectives; obesity prevention.

Tel:(415) 422-2138
zlutnicks@usfca.edu

Steven Zlutnick

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Behavioral therapy and behavioral health/medicine; single subject experimental research; accountable mental health systems; iatrogenic issues in education, psychology and medicine.

Adjunct Faculty

Tel:n/a
adams1@vom.com

Maureen Adams

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
The human-animal bond from the perspective of attachment theory; lifespan development; research and writing as means of self discovery

Tel:not available
beecher@usfca.edu

Deborah Beecher

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Work with English language learners.

Tel:
bergeronmft@comcast.net

Sharon Bergeron

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Trauma; abuse and neglect; chemical dependency; family dysfunction; foster family issues.

Tel:not available
jeanmariecahill@yahoo.com

Jeanmarie Cahill

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Issues facing teens, young adults and families; anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, general relationship issues.

Tel:n/a
eccalloway@usfca.edu

Eric C. Calloway

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise: Teaching, counseling, support of multicultural and underrepresented students in educational systems and society.

Tel:not available
cohenes@aol.com

Ester A. Cohen

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Children's peer relations and social skills; children's social-cognitive development; family interactions; race relations in children; role of empathy in childhood disorders.

Tel:
mmcoombs@usfca.edu

Mary Coombs

Adjunct Faculty

Tel:not available
pcowick@comcast.net

Patricia G. Cowick

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Group counseling; theory and practice; parent and child therapy; psychopathology; life transitions; cross cultural counseling.

Tel:not available
yashicad@hotmail.com

Yashica J. Crawford

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Social context in education; self-construal, level of voice, self-esteem; motivation of students at risk academically.

Tel:not available
dunn@usfca.edu

William A. Dunn

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Bridging the theoretical aspects of educational psychology with the day-to-day practices and expectations in school counseling centers.

Tel:
nmfeehan@usfca.edu

Nancy Feehan

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Cross cultural healing and wisdom.

Tel:
ptrgeiger@aol.com

Peter Geiger

Adjunct Faculty

Tel:not available
nlgibbons415@gmail.com

Niki Gibbons

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Organizing and working with community groups; community based organizations.

Tel:n/a
jmgumina@usfca.edu

Joseph Gumina

Adjunct Faculty

Tel:not available
cthanrahan@usfca.edu

Catherine Hanrahan

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Mentoring new counselors; National Counseling Standards.

Tel:
kaiser@usfca.edu

Kim Kaiser

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Marriage and Family Therapy

Tel:
otis@usfca.edu

Faith Otis

Adjunct Faculty

Tel:not available
kkarolyn@comcast.net

Karolyn K. Palmer

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Adoption/foster care; parenting education; trauma; educational issues.

Tel:
b.peltier@sbcglobal.net

Bruce Peltier

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Peltier is Professor of Psychology and Ethics at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific and is a regular lecturer in the Counseling Psychology department at USF.

Tel:not available
nsrosenbledt@usfca.edu

Nancy Rosenbledt

Adjunct Faculty

Research interests and areas of expertise:
Girls' development and gender-specific programming.

Tel:
pwood@jps.net

Patricia Wood

Adjunct Faculty