Meet Us
Staff
Rebecca Cameron, Ph.D.
Department Chair

- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
- Website
Pat Hughes
Lead Office Coordinator

- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- pathughes@csus.edu
Gabryella Pinto
Student Assistant

- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
Faculty/Major Advisors
Phillip Akutsu, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 351D
- Phone: (916) 278-6364
- akutsu@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Rachel August, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 364A
- Phone: (916) 278-6814
- raugust@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Lee Berrigan, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 551A
- Phone: (916) 278-7364
- berrigan@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Lisa Bohon, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 361D
- Phone: (916) 278-6240
- bohonlm@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Denys Brand, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 361C
- Phone: (916) 278-5476
- denys.brand@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jeffrey Calton, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 363B
- Phone: (916) 278-5607
- calton@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience
Melikşah Demir, Ph.D.

- Location: AMD 351C
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- demir@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Erin Rose Ellison, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 555C
- Phone: (916) 278-7591
- ellison@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Community Psychology
Sharon Flicker, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 353B
- Phone: (916) 278-5605
- flicker@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Sharon Furtak, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 357A
- Phone: (916) 278-6666
- furtak@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience
David Giguere, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 353D
- Phone: (916) 278-8447
- giguere@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lisa Harrison, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 361B
- Phone: (916) 278-6815
- laharrison@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: On sabbatical Spring 2022.
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Megan Heinicke, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 357D
- Phone: (916) 278-7592
- megan.heinicke@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Gregory Hurtz, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 364B
- Phone: (916) 278-7593
- ghurtz@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Gregory Kim-Ju, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 351A
- Phone: (916) 278-6738
- kimju@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
Casey Knifsend, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 555A
- Phone: (916) 278-6191
- casey.knifsend@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Caio Miguel, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 364D
- Phone: (916) 278-6813
- miguelc@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Alexandra Morrison, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 353C
- Phone: (916) 278-6892
- alexandra.morrison@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: On leave Spring 2022.
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Becky Penrod, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 361A
- Phone: (916) 278-6457
- penrodb@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jianjian (J.J.) Qin, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 357B
- Phone: (916) 278-5606
- qinj@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Zach Schudson, Ph.D.

- Location: AMD 353A
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- schudson@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Oriel Strickland, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 555D
- Phone: (916) 278-5609
- ojstrick@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Emily Wickelgren, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 363D
- Phone: (916) 278-6871
- wickelgr@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Sensation/Perception
Brittany Young, Ph.D.

- Location: Amador Hall 357C
- Phone: (916) 278-2240
- b.young@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lecturers
Jessica Burris, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1018
- jessica.burris@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Zoom
Marcus Cappiello, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1020
- marcus.cappiello@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 3 - 4 p.m. Zoom
Kathryn Clifford, M.A.

- Location: AMD 363A
- kathryn.clifford@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon. noon - 3 p.m. Zoom
De-Laine Cyrenne, Ph.D.

- Location: AMD 363C
- de-laine.cyrenne@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Wed. 9:30 - 11 a.m. Zoom
Manveen Dhindsa, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1018
- m.dhindsa@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wed./Fri. 1 - 2:30 p.m. Zoom
Tim Gaffney, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1016
- tim.gaffney@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 11:50 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Sam Houston
Teaching Associate

- Location: AMD 351B
- samanthahouston@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs. noon - 1 p.m. Zoom
Shannon Hurtz, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1014
- shannon.hurtz@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Weds. 11 - 11:50 a.m.
Milena Kren
Teaching Associate

- Location: AMD 351B
- milenakren@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Zoom
Emily Krmpotich
Teaching Associate

- Location: AMD 351B
- ekrmpotich@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Weds. 1 - 2 p.m.
Nathaniel Mills, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1018
- nmills@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues. 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Zoom
Blaise Parker, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1016
- blaise.parker@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 4 - 5 p.m.
Thurs. 3 - 4 p.m.
Fri. 10 - 11 a.m.
John Pugliese, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1020
- john.pugliese@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues./Thurs. 5 - 5:30 p.m. Zoom
Donald Rickgauer, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1004
- rickgauer@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon./Wed. noon - 12:30 p.m. Zoom
Tues./Thurs. 11 - 11:30 a.m. Zoom
Tues./Thurs. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Kim Roberts, Ph.D.

- Location: AMD 355
- sac52786@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 11 a.m. - noon
Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sydney Salgueiro
Teaching Associate

- Location: AMD 351B
- ssalgueiro@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Zoom
Teri Tanaka, Ph.D.

- Location: BNC 1004
- teri.tanaka@csus.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon. 9 - 10 a.m. Zoom
Tues./Thurs. noon - 1 p.m.
Josh Uhalt, Ph.D.

- Location: AMD 356
- josh.uhalt@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mon./Wed./Fri. 8 - 9:30 a.m. Zoom
Cristian Valencia
Teaching Associate

- Location: AMD 351B
- cvalencia3@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs. 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Zoom