Meet the Faculty

Department Chair

• Samuel Girguis, PsyD

  Director, PsyD Program, and Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5552
  • Email: sgirguis@apu.edu

Clinical Training Directors

• Ted Scott Bledsoe, PsyD

  Director of Clinical Training (Internship) and Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5514
  • Email: tsbledsoe@apu.edu
• Leah Fortson, PhD, MDiv

  Director of Clinical Training (Practicum) and Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5508
  • Email: lfortson@apu.edu

Professors

• David Brokaw, Ph.D., ABPP

  Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5511
  • Email: dbrokaw@apu.edu
• Rachel Castaneda, PhD, MPH

  Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2744
  • Email: rcastaneda@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
• Stephen Cheung, PsyD

  Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5206
  • Email: scheung@apu.edu
• Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD, PsyD

  Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5205
  • Email: tctisdale@apu.edu

Associate Professor

• Charles Chege, PsyD

  Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5999
  • Email: cchege@apu.edu

Assistant Professor

• Andrew Shelton, PhD

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Clinical Psychology; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2750
  • Email: ashelton@apu.edu

Senior Adjunct Professor

• Frank Berry, PhD

  Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, School of Nursing; Associate Professor/Curriculum Specialist, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-5008
  • Email: fberry@apu.edu

Adjunct Professors

• Shalom Alaichamy, PsyD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Email: salaichamy@apu.edu
• Tonneka Caddell, PsyD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: tcaddell@apu.edu
  • Office Location: West Campus
• Priscila Castaneda, PhD

  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
• John W. Johnson, PhD, MSCP

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Email: johnjohnson@apu.edu

Professor Emerita

• Sheryn T. Scott, Ph.D.

  Professor Emerita, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5516
  • Email: sscott@apu.edu

Professor Emeritus

• Marv Erisman, Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5508
  • Email: merisman@apu.edu