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

  • Phone: (626) 857-2415

  • Office Location: Murrieta Regional Campus

• 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