Meet Us
Staff
Sharon Furtak, Ph.D.
Interim Department Chair
- Location: AMD 350A
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
Pat Hughes
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- pathughes@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Saba Kbrom
Administrative Support Coordinator I
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-7595
- stk28@csus.edu
Logan Wonderly
Administrative Support Coordinator I
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-7597
- wonderly@csus.edu
Annalisa Magaña
Student Assistant
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
Faculty/Major Advisors
Itzel Aceves-Azuara, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 351B
- Phone: (916) 278-6944
- itzel.aceves-azuara@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers/ella
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
Phillip Akutsu, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 351D
- Phone: (916) 278-6364
- akutsup@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Rachel August, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 364A
- Phone: (916) 278-6814
- raugust@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Office Hours: On sabbatical Fall 2024.
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Lisa Bohon, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 361D
- Phone: (916) 278-6240
- bohonlm@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Evolutionary Psychology, Life History, and Risk
Denys Brand, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 361C
- Phone: (916) 278-5476
- denys.brand@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jeffrey Calton, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 363B
- Phone: (916) 278-5607
- calton@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience
Rebecca Cameron, Ph.D.
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- cameron@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Office Hours: Not available Fall 2024.
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Melikşah Demir, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 351C
- Phone: (916) 278-4581
- demir@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Specialty & Interests: Rekhi Singh Endowed Professor in Happiness, Developmental Psychology
Erin Rose Ellison, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 555C
- Phone: (916) 278-7591
- ellison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/they/them
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Community Psychology
Sharon Flicker, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 353B
- Phone: (916) 278-5605
- flicker@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Paulette Garcia Peraza, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 363A
- Phone: (916) 278-6365
- garciaperaza@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/ella
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
David Giguere, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 353D
- Phone: (916) 278-8447
- giguere@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lisa Harrison, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 361B
- Phone: (916) 278-6815
- laharrison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Megan Heinicke, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 364C
- Phone: (916) 278-7592
- megan.heinicke@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Gregory Hurtz, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 555B
- Phone: (916) 278-7593
- ghurtz@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Gregory Kim-Ju, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 351A
- Phone: (916) 278-6738
- kimju@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
Casey Knifsend, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 555A
- Phone: (916) 278-6191
- casey.knifsend@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Ciobha McKeown, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 363C
- Phone: (916) 278-6552
- ciobha.mckeown@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Caio Miguel, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 364D
- Phone: (916) 278-6813
- miguelc@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Alexandra Morrison, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator
- Location: AMD 353C
- Phone: (916) 278-6892
- alexandra.morrison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Becky Penrod, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 361A
- Phone: (916) 278-6457
- penrodb@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jianjian (J.J.) Qin, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 357B
- Phone: (916) 278-5606
- qinj@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Zach Schudson, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 353A
- Phone: (916) 278-5714
- schudson@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/they
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Kehan Shen, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 357D
- Phone: (916) 278-1160
- k.shen@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Specialty & Interests: Counseling Psychology
Oriel Strickland, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 555D
- Phone: (916) 278-5609
- ojstrick@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Catherine Warren, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 364B
- Phone: (916) 278-4613
- catherine.warren@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Emily Wickelgren, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 363D
- Phone: (916) 278-6871
- wickelgr@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Specialty & Interests: Sensation/Perception
Brittany Young, Ph.D.
- Location: AMD 357C
- Phone: (916) 278-2240
- b.young@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lecturers
Victoria Bovard, M.A.
- Location: AMD 355
- Phone: (916) 278-6856
- toriac@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Shannon Hurtz, Ph.D.
- Location: BNC 1004
- Phone: (916) 278-4593
- shannon.hurtz@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
Shannon Luoma, M.A.
- Location: BNC 1004
- Phone: (916) 278-4593
- shannonluoma@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
