Previous Students

Katrina Vickerman, Ph.D., 2010, Undergrad: University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: Spouse Aggression, Mental and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Examination
Current position:  Free and Clear, Program Evaluator

Sarah Duman Serrano, Ph.D., 2010, Undergrad: Yale University
Dissertation Title: Parental Attunement and Its Relation to Marital Conflict and Youth Outcomes
Current position: VA Sepulveda – Women’s Health Care Center Director

Deborah Chien, Ph.D., 2006, Undergrad: University of Michigan
Dissertation Title: Linkages between marital aggression and sibling conflict: Moderating roles of marital conflict resolution and children’s attitudes condoning aggression
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,University of California, Irvine, Student Counseling Center

Angéle Fauchier, Ph.D., 2006, Undergrad: Haverford College
Dissertation Title: Marital conflict and parenting: Moderating effects of ethnicity and parent sex
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of New Hampshire Family Research Laboratory

Michelle Ramos, Ph.D., 2006, Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Dissertation Title: Daily marital conflict and children’s daily mood and behavior: The moderating roles of marital violence exposure and children’s psychological distress
Current Position: Post-doc, USC

Martha Rios, Ph.D., 2005, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: Hostile family environments and children's perceptions of social support
Current Position: Licensed Psychologist, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, TIES for Adoption

Laura Proctor, Ph.D., 2004, Undergrad: UC San Diego
Dissertation Title: Children’s and parents’ exposure to community violence: Links with neighborhood disadvantage and parenting
Current Position: Kaplan Post-doctoral Fellow at San Diego State University Psychology Department and the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center

Catherine Haudek Delsol, Ph.D., 2003, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: Emotion regulation as a mediator between family-of-origin aggression and marital aggression
Current Position: Occupational Psychologist, Medical Services Division-Personnel Department, Psychology Section, City of Los Angeles

Anna Marie Medina, Ph.D., 2002, Undergrad: Stanford University
Dissertation Title: The influence of family context on intrachild variables: Examining linkages among interparental conflict, supportive parent-child relationships, and children’s appraisals, coping and attention regulation
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University

Pamella Oliver, Ph.D., 2001; Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: Parental psychological distress and child temperament as moderators of the effects of daily job stress on parent-child Interactions
Current Position: Associate Professor, California State University, Fullerton.

Mark Laumakis, Ph.D., 2000; Undergrad: Duke U
Dissertation Title: The effects of family environment variables on young children’s school behavior and peer interaction
Current Position: Adjunct Faculty, University of San Diego and San Diego State University
Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/faculty/laumakis.html

Holly Garcia O’Hearn, Ph.D., 1999; Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Dissertation Title: Daily patterns of anger and withdrawal in violent and nonviolent Couples
Current Position: Independent Practice, Santa Barbara, CA
Website: http://www.sbpsychologists.org/o'hearnh.html

Norine Smiley, Ph.D., 1999, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: A behavioral-analytic model for assessing social competence in male batterers
Current Position: Independent Practice, Scottsdale, AZ

Elana B. Gordis, Ph.D.1998; Undergrad: Yale
Dissertation Title: Observed Dyadic Marital and Triadic Family Conflict and Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems
Current Position: Assistant Professor, The University of Albany, SUNY

Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Ph.D., 1998; Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Dissertation Title: Testing the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component program: Including parent-training, child competencies training, and tutoring
Current Position: Co-Investigator, Child Trauma Research Project, University of California, San Francisco

Louise Foo, Ph.D. , 1996; Undergrad: UC Berkeley
Dissertation Title: Physical and psychological aggression in marriage: An analysis of risk factors
Current Position: Associate Director of Clinical Services, Conard House, San Francisco

Diana Doumas, Ph.D., 1995, Undergrad: Stanford University
Dissertation Title: The relationship between daily marital interaction and interference processes and health behavior
Current Position: Associate Professor, Boise State University
Website: Diana Doumas, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Halloran, Ph.D., 1994; Undergrad: Princeton University
Dissertation Title: The impact of marital conflict on children
Current Position: Assistant Professor, The Medical College of Ohio.
Website: Elizabeth Halloran, Ph.D.

Osnat Erel, Ph.D., 1993; Undergrad: Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Dissertation Title: Marital discord and background anger: Links with child behavior
Current Position: Lecturer, Hebrew University
Website: Osnat Erel, Ph.D.

Mary O’Brien, Ph.D. 1992, Undergrad: Boston College
Dissertation: The influence of child coping and parent-child relationship factors on the association between marital conflict and child adjustment
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles.

Cheryl-Jean Chan, Ph.D., 1991, Undergrad: USC
Dissertation Title: The relationship between dual-earner couples’ daily work mood and their daily marital satisfaction and home affect

Bonnie Burman, Ph.D., 1989, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: The relationship between marital interaction patterns and marital conflict styles: An analysis of home observational data.
Current Position: Fellow, Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology, The University of Akron

Lisa Gleberman, Ph.D., 1988, Undergrad: UCSB
Dissertation Title: Family interaction in maritally violent families

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D., 1988, Undergrad: U of Denver
Dissertation Title: Observational bias in spouse observation integrating cognitive and behavioral approaches to marital distress
Current Position: Talk show host and founder of Lessons for Success, a training, consulting and keynote presentation company
Website: http://www.lessonsforsuccess.com/

Lisa Krueger, Ph.D., 1988, Undergrad: University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: Marital conflict and children’s cognitive and emotional processes.
Current Position: Clinical practice, Pasadena, CA

Patricia Baltazar, Ph.D., 1987, Undergrad: Stanford U
Dissertation Title: Valence of marital self-disclosure as related to relationship satisfaction
Current Position: Clinical practice, El Segundo, CA

Linda Gorin-Sibner, Ph.D., 1986, Undergrad: Stanford U
Dissertation Title: Marital satisfaction as related to type A behavior in wives and husbands
Current Position: Clinical practice, Torrance, CA

Vivian Fernandez Credidio, Ph.D., 1985, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation: Relative resources of spouses and the relationship to conflict tactic and marital satisfaction
Current Position: Clinical Associate, USC; Independent Practice

Monica Ramirez Basco, Ph.D. 1986, Undergrad: USC
Dissertation Title: The conflict management styles of married couples displaying potentially problematic personality characteristics
Current Position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

Charles Weinstein, Ph.D., 1983, Undergrad: Brown U
Dissertation Title: Therapist and client session behaviors and their relationship to client between session behaviors in marital and family therapy: A microlevel analysis
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, USC; Private practice, Sherman Oaks, CA

David Hattem, Ph.D., 1983, Undergrad: UCLA
Dissertation Title: The search for structure: A comparison of systems and social learning theory models of family interaction
Current Position: Training Director, Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, NC

Jana Kahn, Ph.D., 1982, Undergrad: Boston U
Dissertation Title: Depression in the marital context
Current Position: Member & Faculty, SFPI&S; Private Practice, Los Altos