Meet the Faculty

Program Director

• Danielle Lascano, EdD, LMFT, RPT

  Chair, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy; Director, MS in Counseling Psychology; and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: dlascano@apu.edu

Professors

• 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
• Kathryn Ecklund, PhD

  Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2740
  • Email: kecklund@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center
• Alan Oda, PhD

  Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2746
  • Email: aoda@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center

Associate Professor

• William Whitney, PhD, MFT

  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2420
  • Email: wwhitney@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Carl E. Wynn Academic Center

Assistant Professors

• Carissa Howard, M.S., CCLS

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: cjhoward@apu.edu
• Hannah Knott, PhD, CCLS

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Email: hknott@apu.edu
• Charity Vasquez, PhD, CCLS

  Assistant Professor, Director of M.S. in Child Life Program, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 857-2237
  • Email: cvasquez@apu.edu
• Kristen Watkins, MFT

  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: kewatkins@apu.edu