Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Matthew Heller, PhD
Chair of Department of Undergraduate Psychology; Program Director of MS in Research Psychology; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: mheller@apu.edu
Alan Oda, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology
Program Director
Robert Linsalato, MA
Assistant Professor and Director, Professional Undergraduate Online Psychology, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: rlinsalato@apu.edu
Professor
Rachel Castaneda, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2744
Email: rcastaneda@apu.edu
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
Holly Holloway-Friesen, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Higher Education
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2729
Email: hfriesen@apu.edu
Stephen Lambert, PsyD
Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2743
Email: slambert@apu.edu
Associate Professor
William Whitney, PhD, MFT
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2420
Email: wwhitney@apu.edu
Senior Adjunct Professor
Priscila Castaneda, PhD
Senior 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
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (760) 964-1884
Email: mclair@apu.edu
Karen Gwaltney, MA
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Email: kgwaltney@apu.edu
Office Location: East Campus, East, Wynn
Marc Kinon, PhD
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology (High Desert Regional Campus)
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: mkinon@apu.edu
Curtis Lehmann, PhD
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: clehmann@apu.edu
Misti Lindquist, MS, CCLS
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Email: mlindquist@apu.edu
Charity Plaxton-Hennings, PhD
Senior Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Email: cplaxtonhenni@apu.edu
Office Location: East Campus, Also: West Campus,Inland Empire Regional Campus
Monrovia Regional Site
Adjunct Professor
Jonathan Doctorian, PhD (Cand)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Email: jdoctorian@apu.edu
Alissa Melendez, PsyD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Phone: (626) 815-2109
Email: amelendez@apu.edu
Professor Emerita
Professor Emeritus
