Biographical Sketch

Steven R. Lopez, Ph.D.

I am a professor of psychology at USC. I was born in Tucson, Arizona where my family has lived since 1830. In 1971 I began my undergraduate studies at Claremont McKenna College where culture and ethnicity were my major interests. After graduating in 1975 with a BA in psychology I returned to Tucson to work as a Rural Community Mental Health Worker at La Frontera Community Mental Health Center. Two years later I entered the doctoral program in clinical psychology at UCLA where I furthered my interests in improving services for Latinos. Following my graduate education, I have been a professor of psychology at USC for 12 years and at UCLA for 16 year, and in 2008 I rejoined the USC psychology faculty. I have several lines of research that focus on culture, serious mental illness, families, and intervention. I maintain an active collaboration with researchers in Mexico. For many years, I had a small but active clinical practice. I was one of the five science editors for the Surgeon General'sReport on Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity. I am most proud of my family. I have been married 33 years, have 4 daughters ages 21 to 32, and three nietos.