Meet Us
Staff
Sharon Furtak, Ph.D.
Interim Department Chair
![Photo of Sharon Furtak, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/furtak-sharon2.png)
- Location: AMD 350A
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience
Pat Hughes
Administrative Support Coordinator II
![Photo of Pat Hughes](_internal/photos/hughes.png)
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- pathughes@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
Saba Kbrom
Administrative Support Coordinator I
![Photo of Saba Kbrom](_internal/photos/kbrom.png)
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-7595
- stk28@csus.edu
David Tejeda Gallegos
Administrative Support Assistant II
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- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-7597
- psychology@csus.edu
Annalisa Magaña
Student Assistant
![Photo of Annalisa Magaña](_internal/photos/annalisa.png)
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
Faculty/Major Advisors
Itzel Aceves-Azuara, Ph.D.
![Photo of Itzel Aceves-Azuara, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/aceves--azuara-itzel.jpg)
- 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.
![Photo of Phillip Akutsu, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/akutsu-phillip.jpg)
- Location: AMD 351D
- Phone: (916) 278-6364
- akutsup@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (he/him/his)
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Rachel August, Ph.D.
![Photo of Rachel August, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/august.jpg)
- Location: AMD 364A
- Phone: (916) 278-6814
- raugust@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Lisa Bohon, Ph.D.
![Photo of Lisa Bohon, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/bohon.jpg)
- Location: AMD 361D
- Phone: (916) 278-6240
- bohonlm@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Denys Brand, Ph.D.
![Photo of Denys Brand, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/brand-denys.jpg)
- Location: AMD 361C
- Phone: (916) 278-5476
- denys.brand@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jeffrey Calton, Ph.D.
![Photo of Jeffrey Calton, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/calton-jeff.jpg)
- Location: AMD 363B
- Phone: (916) 278-5607
- calton@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience
Rebecca Cameron, Ph.D.
![Photo of Rebecca Cameron, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/cameron-rebecca.jpg)
- Location: Amador Hall 350
- Phone: (916) 278-6254
- psychology@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Office Hours: Not available Spring 2024.
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Melikşah Demir, Ph.D.
![Photo of Melikşah Demir, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/demir.png)
- 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.
![Photo of Erin Rose Ellison, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/ellison-erin.jpg)
- Location: AMD 555C
- Phone: (916) 278-7591
- ellison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/they/them)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Community Psychology
Sharon Flicker, Ph.D.
![Photo of Sharon Flicker, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/flicker-sharon2.jpg)
- Location: AMD 353B
- Phone: (916) 278-5605
- flicker@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Clinical Psychology
Paulette Garcia Peraza, Ph.D.
![Photo of Paulette Garcia Peraza, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/garcia-peraza.jpeg)
- Location: AMD 363A
- Phone: (916) 278-6365
- garciaperaza@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/ella)
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
David Giguere, Ph.D.
![Photo of David Giguere, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/giguere.png)
- Location: AMD 353D
- Phone: (916) 278-8447
- giguere@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (he/him/his)
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lisa Harrison, Ph.D.
![Photo of Lisa Harrison, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/harrison-lisa.jpg)
- Location: AMD 361B
- Phone: (916) 278-6815
- laharrison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Megan Heinicke, Ph.D.
![Photo of Megan Heinicke, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/heinicke-megan.jpg)
- Location: AMD 357D
- Phone: (916) 278-7592
- megan.heinicke@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Gregory Hurtz, Ph.D.
![Photo of Gregory Hurtz, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/greg-2.jpg)
- Location: AMD 555B
- Phone: (916) 278-7593
- ghurtz@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Gregory Kim-Ju, Ph.D.
![Photo of Gregory Kim-Ju, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/kimju2.jpg)
- Location: AMD 351A
- Phone: (916) 278-6738
- kimju@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (he/him/his)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cultural Psychology
Casey Knifsend, Ph.D.
![Photo of Casey Knifsend, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/casey-knifsend-1.jpg)
- Location: AMD 555A
- Phone: (916) 278-6191
- casey.knifsend@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Ciobha McKeown, Ph.D.
![Photo of Ciobha McKeown, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/mckeown.jpg)
- 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.
![Photo of Caio Miguel, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/miguel-2.jpg)
- 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
![Photo of Alexandra Morrison, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/alexm2.jpg)
- Location: AMD 353C
- Phone: (916) 278-6892
- alexandra.morrison@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Becky Penrod, Ph.D.
![Photo of Becky Penrod, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/penrod-2.jpg)
- Location: AMD 361A
- Phone: (916) 278-6457
- penrodb@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Behavior Analysis
Jianjian (J.J.) Qin, Ph.D.
![Photo of Jianjian (J.J.) Qin, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/qin-jj.jpg)
- Location: AMD 357B
- Phone: (916) 278-5606
- qinj@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Cognitive Psychology
Zach Schudson, Ph.D.
![Photo of Zach Schudson, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/schudson.jpg)
- Location: AMD 353A
- Phone: (916) 278-5714
- schudson@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (he/they)
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Social Psychology
Oriel Strickland, Ph.D.
![Photo of Oriel Strickland, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/strickland-1.jpg)
- Location: AMD 555D
- Phone: (916) 278-5609
- ojstrick@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Catherine Warren, Ph.D.
![Photo of Catherine Warren, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/warren.jpg)
- Location: AMD 364B
- Phone: (916) 278-4613
- catherine.warren@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Specialty & Interests: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Emily Wickelgren, Ph.D.
![Photo of Emily Wickelgren, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/wickelgren.jpg)
- Location: AMD 363D
- Phone: (916) 278-6871
- wickelgr@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
- Specialty & Interests: Sensation/Perception
Brittany Young, Ph.D.
![Photo of Brittany Young, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/young-brittany.png)
- Location: AMD 357C
- Phone: (916) 278-2240
- b.young@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Developmental Psychology
Lecturers
Victoria Bovard, M.A.
![Photo of Victoria Bovard, M.A.](_internal/photos/bovard.jpeg)
- Location: AMD 355
- Phone: (916) 278-6856
- toriac@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
Shannon Hurtz, Ph.D.
![Photo of Shannon Hurtz, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/hurtz-shannon.jpg)
- Location: BNC 1004
- Phone: (916) 278-4593
- shannon.hurtz@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her)
Shannon Luoma, M.A.
![Photo of Shannon Luoma, M.A.](_internal/photos/luoma.jpg)
- Location: BNC 1004
- Phone: (916) 278-4593
- shannonluoma@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)
Nathaniel Mills, Ph.D.
![Photo of Nathaniel Mills, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/mills-nathaniel.jpg)
- Location: AMD 356
- Phone: (916) 278-6962
- nmills@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (he/him/his)
Sarah Strand, Ph.D.
![Photo of Sarah Strand, Ph.D.](_internal/photos/strand-sarah.jpg)
- Location: AMD 356
- Phone: (916) 278-6962
- sstrand@csus.edu
- Pronouns: (she/her/hers)