Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Samuel Girguis, PsyD
Director, PsyD Program, and Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5552
- Email: sgirguis@apu.edu
Clinical Training Directors
Ted Scott Bledsoe, PsyD
Director of Clinical Training (Internship) and Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5514
- Email: tsbledsoe@apu.edu
Leah Fortson, PhD, MDiv
Director of Clinical Training (Practicum) and Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5508
- Email: lfortson@apu.edu
Professors
David Brokaw, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5511
- Email: dbrokaw@apu.edu
Rachel Castaneda, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2744
- Email: rcastaneda@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Stephen Cheung, PsyD
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5206
- Email: scheung@apu.edu
Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD, PsyD
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5204
- Email: tctisdale@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill #2256
Associate Professor
Charles Chege, PsyD
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5999
- Email: cchege@apu.edu
Senior Adjunct Professors
Frank Berry, PhD
Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-5008
- Email: fberry@apu.edu
Priscila Castaneda, PhD
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2415
- Email: pcastaneda@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center, Wynn 118
Adjunct Professors
Shalom Alaichamy, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Email: salaichamy@apu.edu
Tonneka Caddell, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: tcaddell@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus
Brooke Herd, PsyD
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (661) 313-7073
- Email: bherd@apu.edu
- Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill
Adrienne Hilliard, PsyD
Adjunct Professor
- Phone: (626) 869-8569
- Email: ahilliard@apu.edu
- Office Location: East Campus
John W. Johnson, PhD, MSCP
Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology
- Email: johnjohnson@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.