Meet the Faculty

Department Chair

• Alan Oda, PhD

  Department Chair; Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2746
  • Email: aoda@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center

Program Directors

• Matthew Heller, PhD

  Program Director of MS in Research Psychology; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: mheller@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
• 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 MS 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
• Brian Collisson, PhD

  Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: bcollisson@apu.edu
• 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

Associate Professors

• 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
• Hannah Knott, PhD, CCLS

  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: hknott@apu.edu
• William Whitney, PhD, MFT

  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2420
  • Email: wwhitney@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center

Assistant Professor

• Carissa Howard, M.S., CCLS

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: cjhoward@apu.edu