Meet the Faculty
Program Directors
Danielle Lascano, EdD, LMFT, RPT
Interim Chair, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy; Director, MS in Counseling Psychology; and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: dlascano@apu.edu
Robert Linsalato, MA
Assistant Professor and Director, Professional Undergraduate Online Psychology, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: rlinsalato@apu.edu
Charity Vasquez, PhD, CCLS
Assistant Professor, Director of M.S. in Child Life Program, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 857-2237
- Email: cvasquez@apu.edu
Professors
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
Kathryn Ecklund, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2740
- Email: kecklund@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Stephen Lambert, PsyD
Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2743
- Email: slambert@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Alan Oda, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2746
- Email: aoda@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Associate Professors
Brian Collisson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: bcollisson@apu.edu
Matthew Heller, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: mheller@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Holly Holloway-Friesen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2729
- Email: hfriesen@apu.edu
William Whitney, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2420
- Email: wwhitney@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Assistant Professors
Carissa Howard, M.S., CCLS
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: cjhoward@apu.edu
Hannah Knott, MS, CCLS
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: hknott@apu.edu
Alessandra Macbeth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: amacbeth@apu.edu
Andrew Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2750
- Email: ashelton@apu.edu
Kristen Watkins, MFT
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: kewatkins@apu.edu
Adjunct Professors
Linda Abdelsayed, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: labdelsayed@apu.edu
David Balch, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
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Phone: (626) 857-2415
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Office Location: Murrieta Regional Campus
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Priscila Castaneda, PhD
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
Mark Alan Clair, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (760) 964-1884
- Email: mclair@apu.edu
Megan Collins, MA, LMFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: mcollins@apu.edu
Jonathan Doctorian, PhD (Cand)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: jdoctorian@apu.edu
Brian Eck, PhD
Chair Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2416
- Email: beck@apu.edu
- Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
Derrin Ford, MEd
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: dford@apu.edu
Leah Freeman, MFT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: lfreeman@apu.edu
Amelia Howard, MS, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: aehoward@apu.edu
Marc Kinon, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology (High Desert Regional Campus)
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: mkinon@apu.edu
Elena Le, MS, CCLS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: eryersonle@apu.edu
Misti Lindquist, MS, CCLS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: mlindquist@apu.edu
Alissa Melendez, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Phone: (626) 815-2109
- Email: amelendez@apu.edu
Christopher Nahumck, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: cnahumck@apu.edu
Allana Robinson, PsyD (Cand)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
- Email: agrobinson@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2022-23 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.