Psychology and Child Development

College of Liberal Arts

Faculty & Staff

 

See our Advising Page for PSY or CD Faculty Advisor information. 

Name OFFICE PHONE E-MAIL

FALL 2025 OFFICE HOURS                

Degree/

Discipline

Department Chair/Associate Chair
 

 

 

Carrie Langner

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Department Chair

PSY/CD Academic Advisor

Pronouns: she, her, hers

 

47-24C

 

 

 

805-756-2033

clangner@calpoly.edu

Please see Advising Page 1st:

 

https://psycd.calpoly.edu/undergraduate/academic-advising

 

Drop-in hours:

Mondays 2:30-4pm

Social and Personality Psychology

Jessica Kaczorowski

Associate Chair

PSY/CD Academic Advisor

Internship Coordinator

47-21P 805-756-2077 jkaczoro@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or in person by appointment only:

T, W 12-2pm

 

Clinical

Psychology

Current Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
 

James Antony

Pronouns: he, him, his

47-23N   jwantony@calpoly.edu

 

In person or by appointment:

M, T 12-1pm

Cognitive

Neuroscience

Tessa Bai 47-23F   tbai@calpolu.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

T 2-4pm

Social Psychology
Jennifer Beatty-Wright 47-23Q 805-756-1851

jfbeatty@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or in-person by appointment, or

W 2:30-4:30pm

Social Psychology  

Lucy Bencharit

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-23E 805-756-6159 ybenchar@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

W 1-4pm

Organizational Behavior

Kelly Bennion

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-23A 805-756-2674 kbennion@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

M 4:10-5pm

Cognitive

Neuroscience

Jay Bettergarcia

Pronouns: they, them, theirs

47-21C 805-756-6178 jbetterg@calpoly.edu

Zoom,In person, or by appointment:

T 9:10-10am

Counseling

Psychology

Shawn Burn

Professor Emerita

Pronouns: she, her, hers

    sburn@calpoly.edu

Zoom or by appointment:

T 12pm-1pm

Applied Social Psychology

Laura Cacciamani

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-23M

 

805-756-2703

lcacciam@calpoly.edu

In person, or by appointment:

T, Th 1-2pm

Zoom,

T, Th 1-2pm

Cognitive

Neuroscience

Denise Daniels

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21M

 

805-756-2106

ddaniels@calpoly.edu

Zoom, by appointment:

In person,

T, Th 11-12pm

Developmental Psychology

Natasha Duell

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21D 805-756-2004 nduell@calpoly.edu

 

Developmental Psychology

Aaron Estrada

Pronouns: he, him, his

47-23K MS Program Director aaestrad@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

M 9:30-10:30 & 11:30-12:30

Clinical

Psychology

Laura Freberg

38-211

805-756-2357

lfreberg@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

M-Th 11am-12pm

Behavioral Neuroscience

Julie Bettergarcia

Pronouns: she, her, hers

    jgarci31@calpoly.edu

 

Out of Department:  Associate Dean, CLA

 

Social

Psychology

 

Ivan Hernandez

Pronouns: he, him, his

 

47-23D 805-756-0897 iherna93@calpoly.edu

Zoom:

M 2-4pm

In person, or by appointment:

Th 9-11am

Social

Psychology

Jennifer Jipson

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-23C

 

805-756-2934

jjipson@calpoly.edu

Zoom: Th 10am-11am

In person by appointment:

 

Jasna Jovanovic

Pronouns: she, her, hers

    jjovanov@calpoly.edu

Out of Department:  Director of University Honors Program

Developmental

Psychology

Corinna Klein 47-23L 805-756-1852  

In person,or by appointment:

T, Th,1-2pm

Clinical Psychology

Gary Laver

Professor Emeritus

52-24E

805-756-2033

glaver@calpoly.edu

Zoom or by appointment:

Th 10:00-11:30 am

 

Zoom ID: 932 6792 6964

Cognitive

Psychology

Linda Lee

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21B

805-756-2611

llee10@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

T 9-11am

 

Developmental Psychology

Susana A. López

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21Q 805-756-6131 slopeza@calpoly.edu

Zoom by appointment:

In person, or by appointment:

T 1-2pm

Counseling, Clinical and

School Psychology

J. Kelly Moreno

47-21M 805-756-2805 kmoreno@calpoly.edu  

Counseling

Psychology

Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti

Pronouns: she, her, hers

1-209B 805-756-2359 jpedrott@calpoly.edu

Out of Department

 

CLA Associate Dean for Diversity and Curriculum

Counseling

Psychology

 

Daniel Rodriguez Ramirez

Pronouns: he, they

 

47-21R 805-756-1603 drodr212@calpoly.edu

 

Zoom, and by appointment:

T 9-11am

Social-Community Psychology

Taylor Smith

Pronouns: he, him, his

47-21N

805-756-2854

tsmith82@calpoly.edu

Zoom, in person, or by appointment:

W 9-11am

Clinical Psychology

Lisa Sweatt

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21A

805-756-6123

 

In person, or by appointment:

T 11am-12pm, 3:30pm-4:30pm

Th 11am-12pm

 

Counseling

Psychology

Julie Vaisarova 47-21L 805-756-1853 jvaisaro@calpoly.edu

Zoom by appointment:

In person, or by appointment:

T 4-5pm

Th 9-11am

Developmental Psychology

Current Lecturers
 

Kari Applegate

Pronouns: she, her, hers

38-127 805-756-2220 kapple02@calpoly.edu

In person and by appointment:

W 2pm-3pm

Child Development

Elizabeth Barrett

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21A  

ewbarret@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or in person:

M,W 8am-9:30 am

 

Counseling

Psychology

Sara Bartlett

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-23B

805-756-1641

spbartle@calpoly.edu

Zoom, in person, and by appointment:

M,W 12:15pm-1:45p

Gerontology

Marta Block

Pronouns: she, her, hers

52-E24   mbblock@calpoly.edu

Zoom, by appointment:

M, F

 

In-person 

T,Th 11-12pm

Psychology
Patty Clarkson 38-125

805-756-2220

pkclarks@calpoly.edu

In-person or by appointment:

T 11am-12pm

Educational Leadership

Henry Danielson

Pronouns: he, him, his

38-127   hdaniels@calpoly.edu

In person by appointment:

T, Th 3pm-4pm

Educational

Technology

Mari Garcia     mgarc533@calpoly.edu 

Virtual or by appointment:

T, T 6-7pm

 

 

Eric Goodman

47-21L 805-756-2805    

 

 

James Elliott

Pronouns: he, him, his

52-E24-E   jellio06@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment: 

T 10am-10:50am

Th 1pm-1:50pm

 

Cognitive

Neuroscience

Brenna Giordano

 

47-23Q

805-756-2914

blgiorda@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment: 

Th 9-10am

Clinical Psychology

 

Marc Halusic     mhalusic@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

W 2-4pm

Th 4-5pm

Social Psychology

Amarilis Iscold

Pronouns: she, her, hers

52   aiscold@calpoly.edu

In person or by appointment:

T, Th 11am-12pm

Pediatrics,

Human Development

 

 

Kristin Makena

 

 

Dexter 34 - 237

 

kmakena@calpoly.edu

 

Zoom by appointment only:

M, W

 

In person or by appointment:

M, W 3-4pm

 

 

Matthew Melendrez

 

34-234 805-756-6151      
Courtney Moore 34-234 805-756-5138 cmoore90@calpoly.edu

Zoom, in person, and by appointment:

Th 2-4pm

 
Jens Omli   805-756-2091 jomli@calpoly.edu

Zoom, and by appointment:

M 4:10pm- 6pm

T 10:10-12pm

 
Codie Place     coplace@calpoly.edu

In person or by appointment:

M 1pm-2pm

W 12pm-2pm

Criminal Psychology and Criminology

Roxanne Rassti

Pronouns: she, her, hers

34-237 805-756-6136 rrassti@calpoly.edu

In person or by appointment:

M 5-6pm

Counseling Psychology (Forensic Concentration)

Hannah Roberts

Pronouns: she, her, hers

34-234   hrober02@calpoly.edu

In Person/Zoom: Th 12pm-2pm

Clinical

Psychology

Kara Samaniego  52-E24   kasamani@calpoly.edu

In person or by appointment, 

W 12:30-2:30pm

 

Dara Sheik 47-21L   dsheik@calpoly.edu

Virtual, in-person, or by appointment:

T 4-5pm

 

Jodie Steele

Pronouns: she, her, hers

46T-104   jsteel01@calpoly.edu

Zoom, or by appointment:

T 11:30-12:30pm

 

In person, or by appointment:

M 2-3pm

Social

Psychology

Thomas Steffora

Pronouns: he, him, his

 

52-E24-B   tsteffor@calpoly.edu

Zoom

M, W 10am-11am

In person, or by appointment

T, Th 11am-12pm

 

Counseling Psychology

Leah Thomas 47-21M   lrthomas@calpoly.edu

Zoom by appointment. 

 

In person or by appointment:

W 4:30-5:30pm

Th 2:30-3:30pm

 

Kristianne Toledo

 

47-23B

805-756-0697

krtoledo@calpoly.edu

In person in 38-127:

Th 11am-11:40

F 12pm-12:40

Psychology/

Neuroscience Behavior

Debra Valencia-Laver

Pronouns: she, her, hers

52-E24-A

805-756-2811

dlvalenc@calpoly.edu

In person, or by appointment:

M,W 2:15pm-3:30pm

Th 2:30pm-3:30pm (graduate students only)

Cognitive

Psychology

Sara Valverde

 

 

47-21L 805-756-2805

sschewe@calpoly.edu

Teaches Winter Quarter MS Program

Kendra Williams

Pronouns: she, her, hers

47-21A 805-756-6151 knwillia@calpoly.edu

In person, or Zoom by appointment:

M, W 10am-12pm

Clinical Psychology

Professors Emeriti

 

Doug Epperson          
Gary Laver          
Linden Nelson          
Ned Schultz          
Chuck Slem          

Preschool Learning Lab Staff
 

Patricia Clarkson
Preschool Learning Lab Director

Pronouns: she, her, hers

38-125 805-756-2220 pkclarks@calpoly.edu

In person, or by appointment:

T 1-2pm

 

Kari Applegate
Early Childhood Master Teacher

Pronouns: she, her, hers

38-127

805-756-2220

kapple02@calpoly.edu

In person and by appointment:

W 2pm-3pm

 

Laura Deichen

Early Childhood Teacher

Pronouns: she, her, hers

38-125 805-756-2220 ldeichen@calpoly.edu    

Carol Trautman

Early Childhood Teacher

38-125 805-756-2220    

Department Office Staff
 

Christine Brizzolara
Administrative Support Coordinator II
47-24D 805-756-2456 cbrizzol@calpoly.edu

In-Office: M-TH 7:30am-4:30pm

 

Zoom by appointment F 7:30am-4:30pm

 

Beatriz Peralta

Administrative Support Coordinator I

47-24 805-756-2034 bperal01@calpoly.edu

In Office: M-W,F

9am-5:30pm

 

Zoom by appointment Th

8:30am-5:00pm

 

Emilia Datuin

Administrative Support Assistant II

47-24 805-756-2033 edatuin@calpoly.edu In Office: M-Th 8:30am-2pm  

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