Santa Clara University

DALE G. LARSON

Interim Dean
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Coordinator, Health Psychology Emphasis

Dale Larson did his undergraduate work in psychology at the University of Chicago and received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. A licensed clinical psychologist and marriage and family therapist, Professor Larson’s interest areas bridge counseling and health psychology, including stress management, self-concealment, teaching psychological skills, and a variety of issues in end-of-life care such as theory and research in grief counseling, advanced illness coordinated care, and transdisciplinary team development. He has published extensively in these areas and is the author of the award-winning book The Helper’s Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness. A national leader in end-of-life care and training, Larson chaired the First National Conference on Hospice Volunteerism, and his Hospice Home Page (www.scu.edu/Hospice) received a national Award of Excellence in Educational Achievement from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. In 2001, he was senior editor and a contributing author for Finding Our Way: Living With Dying in America, a 15-article national newspaper series funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that appeared in 170 newspapers, reaching 7 million Americans (www.scu.edu/Fow). Larson has been a summer scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and has lectured and conducted research in Europe as a Fulbright Scholar.

Larson lives in San Jose with his wife, Deborah Kennedy, an environmental artist, and their son, Evan, a student at Bellarmine College Preparatory. His interests include backpacking, travel, and noontime basketball.

CAROL ANN GIANCARLO
Interim Associate Dean,
Associate Professor of Education / Director, Liberal Studies Program

Carol Ann Giancarlo received her Ph.D. in social / personality psychology in 1996 from the University of California, Riverside. She joined the faculty of Santa Clara University in 1996, holding a tenure-track appointment in both Teacher Education and the undergraduate Liberal Studies program. In 2005, she became the associate dean for the School of ECPPM and from 2006-2009 is serving as the program director for the undergraduate Pre-Teaching / Liberal Studies Program.

The central focus of Giancarlo’s research is on the interface of critical thinking, motivation, and academic achievement of adolescents and young adults. She is first-author of the “California Measure of Mental Motivation” (CM3), a critical-thinking disposition assessment instrument for children, adolescents and adults. The validation study of the CM3 appears in the April 2004 issue of the Journal of Educational and Psychological Measurement. She is also co-author of the “Adolescent Reasoning Test” (ART), a mathematical reasoning assessment instrument for middle school students. Giancarlo teaches courses in educational assessment, research methods, instructional technology and curriculum innovation, critical thinking pedagogy, psychological foundations of education, developmental psychology, and community health education. Her consulting activities include working with college administrators, faculty and staff, K-12 educators around the issues of critical thinking, pedagogy and assessment, integrating critical thinking across the curriculum, critical thinking and co-curricular programs, as well as statistics and assessment design for individuals and institutions.

RUTH E. COOK
Interim Chair of Education
Professor of Education
Director of Special Education

Ruth Cook was born in St. Louis, Mo., and grew up in Illinois and the Los Angeles area. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Redlands, a master’s in counseling, a master’s in developmental psychology, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from UCLA. Before coming to Santa Clara in 1982, Cook taught counseling and special education courses at Mount Saint Mary’s College in Los Angeles; where she also directed the Child Development Center. After two years, she joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville in the area of learning disabilities and as director of the Early Childhood Special Education program. She also served as director of the Early Childhood Center, which included children with special needs.

Cook is co-author of Adapting Early Childhood Curricula for Children in Inclusive Settings, now in its seventh edition, and Strategies for Including Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings. She has received numerous grants from the U.S. Office of Education to develop personnel preparation programs in early intervention services and mild/moderate disabilities. She directs a grant program that provides tuition assistance to candidates wishing to earn an early childhood special education credential with an emphasis in autism. In addition, Cook serves on numerous committees and is a consultant to several state and local early intervention service projects.

She lives in Los Gatos with her husband. They have two children, one of whom is a graduate of Santa Clara University.



ELIZABETH BRINKMAN DAY
Lecturer of Education

Elizabeth Day teaches classes on ethics, social foundations, language arts, reading, and classroom management. She is particularly interested in the ethical development of teachers and other human service professionals.

Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, she recently completed an online book-length middle-school curriculum using 20 young adult novels to teach pro-social values, thoughts, and skills. By September 2006, curriculum for an additional 15 novels will be available.

For each novel, Day writes daily 90-minute language arts lesson plans related to character education themes. More than 25 county offices of education in the state of California access the program, as well as a handful of teachers nationwide. The program is compatible with the California Reading/Language Arts standards and California recommended readings and can be found at: www.scu.edu/ethics/character. Day’s efforts extended the work of the already successful high school Character Based Literacy program.

Born in Minneapolis, Day joined the faculty of the School of Education in the fall of 2002. She completed her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior, she attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in honors English and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction.

Day has taught secondary English and social studies in Colorado as well as pre-service teachers within the University of Wisconsin’s teacher credential program. She has served as a professional development consultant and trainer to school districts, county offices of education, corporations, police officers and firefighters, elected officials, social service agencies, and textbook publishers. She has received several awards for outstanding teaching at both the secondary and university levels.

Day lives with her family in Santa Clara. She enjoys reading, camping in the backcountry, trail running, and swimming.

PATRICIA DEMARLO
Lecturer of Education
Director, Educational Administration Program
Director, Tier II Adminstrative Services Program
Coordinator, Teacher Credential Program

Pat DeMarlo received her bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in elementary education and her master’s in educational administration from Santa Clara University. She was an elementary school teacher for grades 3-6, an elementary school principal, a director of human resources for an elementary school district, and an assistant superintendent of human resources for an elementary school district. Prior to becoming director of two programs at Santa Clara University, she was an adjunct instructor in the program. She has served on numerous advisory boards, task forces, and committees in the educational and academic fields.


SARA SOLEDAD GARCIA
Associate Professor of Education
Director, Environmental Literacy and Ethics

Sara Garcia grew up in Santa Paula, Calif. She received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature from San Jose State University. She taught at Channel Islands High School in Oxnard, Calif. In 1976, she accepted a position at California State University, Fullerton, teaching in the School of Education. In 1980, Garcia completed graduate studies at UCLA, receiving a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and applied linguistics from the English department and a master’s degree with a teaching of reading specialization from the Department of Education. At UCLA, she also worked as a research associate with the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and coordinated the Bilingual Credential Program for the Teacher Education Lab. While completing her Ph.D. in educational psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she also supervised teacher credential candidates and held the position of lecturer in the Department of Chicano Studies.

Garcia has worked with the California State Department of Education in linguistic assessment and is co-author of the Glossary of Bilingual Education Terms. She is the author of numerous articles on teacher development and self-narrative inquiry and has a special interest in learning theory with a focus on narrative analysis and interdisciplinary action research. As a Fulbright Scholar professor, Garcia conducted an environmental education project with scientists and schoolteachers. She has edited a book on ecological literacy and collaborative action research published in 2005 through the Instituto de Ecologia A.C. in Jalapa, Mexico. This book chronicles the interdisciplinary work of various groups concerned with drought as a symbolic context.

Garcia is a member of the International Ballad Commission. She conducts narrative interpretation of symbolic language in Mexican ballads and has presented professional papers in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Hungary.

LESTER F. GOODCHILD
Professor of Education
Director, Higher Education

Lester F. Goodchild is dean of the School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries and professor of education at Santa Clara University. He was born in Lackawanna, N.Y., (a suburb of Buffalo) and grew up in Detroit. After attending Catholic schools, he studied for the diocesan priesthood, earning his bachelor’s degree in sociology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., a master’s degree in religious studies from Indiana University, and a master’s in divinity from St. Meinrad School of Theology in Southern Indiana. He was ordained to the diaconate for the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., and served in two parishes. Interested in advanced study, he then completed a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago with a specialization in the study of higher education. His dissertation explored the rise of American Catholic universities and their respective Catholic characters from 1842 to 1980 through a comparative case study of the University of Notre Dame, Loyola University Chicago, and DePaul University. Prior to joining SCU, Professor Goodchild was dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and professor of higher education and earlier interim dean of the College of Education and associate professor at the University of Denver.

Specializing in higher education with expertise in its history, public policy, administration, and professional ethics, he has co-edited four books: The History of Higher Education (second edition, 1997); Public Policy and Higher Education (1997); Rethinking the Dissertation Process: Tackling Personal and Institutional Obstacles (1997); and Administration as a Profession (1991). Forty-three other publications include refereed articles, book chapters, book reviews, and professional publications focus on the history of American higher education, education, and higher education as fields of study, and Catholic higher education.

Goodchild’s wife, Wynn, works in the financial services industry. His hobbies include tennis, hiking, and skiing.

PEDRO HERNÁNDEZ-RAMOS
Assistant Professor of Education
Program Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Pedro Hernández-Ramos joined Santa Clara University in 2001, with a joint appointment in the Department of Education and at the Center for Science, Technology, and Society. His major area of research and teaching is educational technology, with specific interests in teacher preparation, teacher professional development, learning with technology, constructivist theory, and online environments for communication and collaboration.

In Education, Hernández-Ramos (Ph.D., Stanford 1985) teaches in the teacher preparation program and directs the master’s degree emphasis in teaching and learning with technology, where he also leads graduate courses. His publications since coming to Santa Clara include articles on situated teacher learning (Hernández-Ramos & Giancarlo, 2003), multimedia and math education for students with special needs (De La Paz, Hernández-Ramos, & Barron, 2004), issues of student academic honesty when using the Internet (Conradson & Hernández-Ramos, 2004), the use of blogs and online discussions for teacher preparation (Hernández-Ramos, 2004), technology integration by Silicon Valley K-12 teachers (Hernández-Ramos, 2005), the design of an online collaboratory for the Global Social Benefit Incubator program (Hernández-Ramos et al., in press), and educational technology innovations selected by the Technology Benefiting Humanity Awards (Hernández-Ramos, under review).

Prior to SCU, Hernández-Ramos had a long career in the computer industry, working for Cisco Systems, Acer America, the nonprofit IMS Global Learning Consortium, and Apple Computer. At Apple he served as the research manager for the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow program. He is married and has a son. His hobbies include reading, listening to music (jazz, classical, salsa, etc.), running, hiking, bike riding, tennis, traveling, and working in the garden.

HAROLD JULES HOYLE
Lecturer of Education

A child of teachers, Harold Hoyle was raised in San Diego. After attending public school K-12, he earned his bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Westmont College where he directed off-campus ministries. He then proceeded to San Diego State University where he earned his master’s degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in multicultural counseling. During this time, Hoyle also worked with and served as the director of the non-governmental organization, Central American Mission Partners (CAMP). CAMP was dedicated to economic development and human rights in Latin America.

After receiving his Pupil Personnel Service and Multiple Subjects teaching credential, Hoyle began working as a teacher and counselor in the correctional and alternative schools. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Professional School of Psychology in San Francisco, where he specialized in drug and alcohol assessment and treatment.

Hoyle began teaching at SCU as an adjunct in 1995 and is presently a lecturer in the graduate School of Counseling Psychology, Education, and Pastoral Ministries. During the late ‘90s he designed and launched the first virtual classroom with alternative schools in the nation, garnering praise from television and print media including the New York Times. He presently teaches courses in the Education, Special Education, and Counseling Psychology programs.

He is a sought-after speaker and consultant in the areas of character education, assessment, special education, and correctional and alternative schools. He directs the Elementary Character Based Literacy project at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU. His research and publication interests include special education in the correctional schools, character-based literacy, and faith-based educational initiatives working through the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. He recently was invited to be on the advisory board for the third revision of the WIAT.

Hoyle lives in Moraga with his wife, Angela, daughter Katherine, and son Luke. He enjoys surfing, cycling, and spending time watching his children play volleyball and basketball.

STEPHEN JOHNSON
Senior Lecturer, Education

Steve Johnson was born in Victorville and grew up in Arizona, California, and Kentucky. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, after studying criminology and child development, and a master’s degree in special education from Santa Clara University. He also studied theology at the University of Dayton and began doctoral studies in correctional and special education at the University of Kentucky.

He has been an elementary school teacher, middle and high school special education teacher and coordinator, and high school principal in Los Angeles inner-city and San Jose suburban schools. His primary interests are in behavioral disorders, correctional education, gang intervention, and social skills development. He teaches courses that deal with behavior management, special education concepts and interventions, correctional education, educational administration, and justice issues in education.

Johnson coordinates several community projects, mainly training professionals who work with delinquent and troubled youth and developing gang intervention programs. He also directs the division’s certificate program in alternative and correctional education.

CHERYL MCELVAIN
Lecturer, of Education

Cheryl McElvain has taught K-8th-grade multilingual populations in Santa Clara County public schools for 30 years. She has also worked as an educational consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area and provided district-wide English language development staff trainings. She earned an Ed.D. in international and multicultural education with an emphasis in second language acquisition from the University of San Francisco in 2005, a master’s degree in elementary education with an emphasis in language and literacy from San Jose State University in 2001, and a bachelor’s degree in social science from San Jose State University in 1975. She is collaborating with literacy delegations from the People to People Ambassador Program to present second language reading reform initiatives to both the South African and South Vietnamese governments. In the summer of 2007, she will present the importance of developing transactional learning communities among at-risk English Learners at the annual Round Table Forum in Oxford, England.

The major focus of her research is in the areas of literacy instruction for mainstreamed at-risk English learners, and developing transactional learning communities for second-generation immigrants. McElvain is currently partnering with the South County Housing Non-profit Corporation to provide after-school tutorial programs for at-risk preschool through high school English learners and their families.

McElvain has presented teacher workshops in second-language literacy development at NABE, CABE, and CATESOL national conventions. She has also developed curriculum in history, science, and literature for the Santa Clara County Office of Education and the Milpitas Unified School District.

McElvain is married and lives in Morgan Hill. Her hobbies include reading, bike riding, international travel, and playing with her grandchildren.

ROBERT L. MICHELS
Lecturer of Education and Counseling Psychology

Bob Michels was born in San Francisco. He received his bachelor’s degree and elementary teaching credential in 1961 from San Francisco State University, after studying education and psychology. In 1967, he received his master’s degree from San Jose State University in educational administration as well as a secondary teaching credential. Bob has been a teacher and administrator in elementary, middle, and high schools. His career emphasis primarily has focused on working with non-conventional and at-risk youth.

In 2001, Michels joined the education and counseling psychology departments as an adjunct lecturer while working in the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics as program manager and trainer for the Character-Based Education Program (CBL). Bob was responsible for working with teachers, administrators, and other school personnel in county offices of education and school districts throughout the state to develop and implement the CBL program, a standards-based literature program for underachieving youth.

Michels continues to serve on various statewide committees in both alternative and mainstream education and has been a pioneer and leader in the development of statewide court and community school programs. In his free time he is an avid traveler and enjoys cooking and photography.


M. PRISCILLA MYERS
Senior Lecturer
Director, M.A. Interdisciplinary Education-Reading Emphasis Program
Director, Reading and Learning Center

Priscilla Myers has taught for more than 30 years at the university level and in public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States, France, Norway, England, and Japan. She earned a Ph.D. in reading curriculum and instruction in 1992 from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in reading education in 1982 from the University of Colorado, and a bachelor’s degree in modern languages-French from Colorado State University in 1973. The major focus of her research is in the areas of literacy instruction and teacher education.

Myers received the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999. Her SUNY Reading Clinic was one of five U.S. reading programs featured in the summer 2001 national publication Reading Is Fundamental Newsletter.  In the fall of 2001, she instituted the first master’s degree program in reading at Santa Clara University and became the director of the new Reading and Learning Center. In 2003, Santa Clara University’s M.A. Reading Program was fully accredited by CCTC (California Commission on Teacher Credentialing), and Myers received the Santa Clara University 2003 President’s Faculty Recognition Award. She is advisor for the Reading Emphasis Program for the master’s degree in interdisciplinary education.

Myers and her husband, Tim, are the parents of three children, Seth, Nick, and Cassie. When she has time for hobbies, they include reading, traveling, and hiking.

Tim Myers
Lecturer of Education

Tim Myers is a writer, storyteller, and lecturer in the education and English departments, with 14 years as a secondary-school teacher and 15 in university education. He has nine children’s books either out or in press, and has gotten excellent reviews from the New York Times, Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal, and others. Tim’s books have included a New York Times bestseller for children’s books, a Smithsonian “Notable Children’s Book,” and a Nick Jr. Magazine “Book of the Year,” among other honors; one was also read aloud on NPR and another reviewed with art in the New York Times. He also won a poetry contest judged by John Updike, has a poetry book in press, and was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In addition, he can whistle and hum at the same time.

Myers holds his bachelor’s degree in English from Colorado College, 1975; and his master’s degree in literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976. Tim’s Basho and the River Stones is currently one of three finalists for a California Young Readers medal; the award is voted on by California’s children.

CHARLES P. PEROTTI
Coordinator of Intern Programs
Coordinator of the Private School Credentialing Program

Charles Perotti is a lifelong resident of Santa Clara Valley, having graduated from St. Clare’s Elementary School, Bellarmine College Prep, and Santa Clara University. He served the Milpitas Unified School District for 37 years as teacher, principal of both middle and high schools, director of adult programs and operations, assistant superintendent, deputy superintendent, and superintendent. He retired from the superintendent’s position in 2001. He has consulted with numerous school districts and county offices of education throughout the State of California while director of the Institute for Effective School Leadership and served on the faculty of East Bay State University. Among his awards is that of Administrator of the Year 2000 from the Association of California School Administrators (region 8). Perotti holds life credentials in both teaching and administration and earned his bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University, his master’s degree from San Jose State University, and his Ed.D. degree from California Coast University. Perotti and his wife of 40 years have one son, Michael, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., with his wife, Bonnie, and their three children, Justin, Kattie, and Emily.

He enjoys tending to his garden, thrill rides, and golfing‚ “as often as humanly possible.”

MARSHA K. SAVAGE
Professor of Education

Marsha Savage was born in Texas, where she was an English teacher for 17 years and received the Teacher of the Year Award in 1974. She received both her master’s degree and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Professor Savage joined the Santa Clara University faculty in 2000. From 1989 until 2000, she was chair of the Division of Education at California Baptist University in Riverside, Calif., where her peers and the Board of Trustees honored her in 1993 with the Distinguished Faculty Award. Savage’s professional interests include English education, literacy, and teacher assessment and supervision.

Savage is a co-author of Teaching in the Secondary School now in its sixth edition and has authored and co-authored numerous articles in professional journals. Her most recent journal articles focus on literacy across the curriculum, particularly in regard to using multicultural children’s and young adult literature. Her current research interests are related to reader response to literature, particularly readers’ response to multiethnic literature.

A frequent speaker at state and national conferences, Savage served for three years on the Carter Woodson Book Award Committee. This committee recognizes children’s and young adult books that deal with issues of equity and social justice sensitively and accurately. During the final year of her term, Savage was selected to chair this committee. In 1997, Savage was one of five scholars (and the only female) from the United States invited to participate in the KOSSA Annual Conference at Kyungsang National University in Korea. She served as the critic at one of the research sessions.

In addition to her teaching and research, Savage directed the Middle School Institute at Santa Clara for three years. She serves on the Board of Institutional Reviewers for the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the body that reviews teacher preparation programs across the state, and is a member of several committees for the California Council of Teacher Educators.

Savage lives in San Jose with her husband, Tom, and their Yorkie, Sam. She enjoys travel, reading, sports, and quilting.

TOM V. SAVAGE
Professor of Education

Tom Savage was born in Modesto, Calif. He received his bachelor’s degree from Los Angeles Pacific College, M.Ed. from Whittier College, and master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He taught elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School district. He has held previous faculty appointments as professor of education and chair at California State University, Fullerton, Texas A&M University, and Whitworth College. Professor Savage developed and directed a competency-based teacher education program at Western Washington University. His research interests include social studies education, classroom management and discipline, instructional strategies, and the observation of instruction. He served as a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Teacher Appraisal for the governor of Texas, participated in the Korea-United States Educational Symposium, and has provided workshops and consulted with numerous school districts.

Savage has authored and co-authored several books in education, including Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education; Developing Self-Control Through Management and Discipline; Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies; Secondary Education: An Introduction; and Rethinking Management for Culturally Diverse Classrooms.

Savage lives in San Jose with his wife, Marsha. He enjoys traveling in their motor home, playing an occasional round of golf, and woodcarving.

DENNIS W. SMITHENRY
Assistant Professor of Education

Before coming to Santa Clara University, Dennis W. Smithenry has been actively involved in the theory and practice of science education as a high school chemistry teacher, science education researcher, and recent co-author of a book titled Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry: Creating Student-Led Scientific Communities. Supplementary to his work in the field of education, he has worked as a chemical engineer, obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University in the field of environmental engineering. Smithenry’s current science education research focuses on the “community inquiry” curriculum, which is a unique approach to science teaching and learning where students are periodically challenged to lead themselves and work together as a class (e.g., inquire together as a community) in order to solve the complex problems posed by their teacher.

TERI QUATMAN
Interim Chair, Counseling Psychology
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Coordinator, Career Development Emphasis

Teri Quatman was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College, and her California secondary teaching credential from California State University, Los Angeles. She completed two master’s degrees at Loyola Marymount University, one in counseling and guidance, the second in educational psychology. She also completed credential programs in school counseling, school psychology, and administrative services. She taught high school for five years and served as a school psychologist for four years. She completed a master’s degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Stanford University. The major focus of her research interests has been on adolescent self esteem, and the major focus of her clinical interests has been the study of object relations and the person of the therapist.

Quatman is a licensed psychologist in California. In addition to her teaching pursuits at Santa Clara University, she has a limited private practice in Cupertino. In her leisure hours, she enjoys music, good coffee, great chocolate, old friends, and spending time on the Sonoma coast.

MICHAEL AXELMAN
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

Michael Axelman was born and raised outside of Philadelphia. He graduated with honors (Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude) from the University of Vermont, and received his master’s degree in social sciences and Ph.D. in human development: psychology from the University of Chicago. Axelman was awarded the John Dewey Prize Lectureship and held fellowships at the Joint Center for Poverty Research (Northwestern University/University of Chicago) and the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship in child and adolescent clinical psychology at the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto, Calif. Professor Axelman is on the Editorial Board of PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, and on the Board of Directors of A Home Within, a nonprofit organization that provides long-term, pro bono psychotherapy for youth in foster care.

Axelman has developed a strength-based approach to parent therapy called Caring Adults and Respectful Environments (CARE). He has produced a training video on CARE parent therapy and trained hundreds of students and practicing therapists how to conduct this brief, strength-based intervention. Axleman is the founder and president of Care Parenting and Family Counseling Center in Palo Alto where he maintains a limited psychotherapy practice. Along with parent therapy, his research includes school-based mental health, the study of lives in context, and child, adolescent, and family psychotherapy. He is clinical director of the South Bay/San Jose chapter of A Home Within.

He lives with his wife and three children in Redwood City. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing disc golf and attending concerts.  He can be heard each Monday morning playing an eclectic mix of rock and blues on 103.3 FM, KSCU, Santa Clara.

JEFFREY P. BAERWALD, S.J.
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology

Jeffrey Baerwald, S.J., joined the faculty at Santa Clara University in the counseling psychology department in 2005 as an associate professor. He is a member of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus. He entered the Jesuits in 1981 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1989. After a year of advanced theology studies at Berkeley, he began his doctoral studies in clinical psychology at Fordham University in New York. After the completion of his master’s degree in clinical psychology, Baerwald studied for two years at Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center in the Department of Neurosurgery specializing in neuropsychology. He returned to Fordham University in 1997 to complete his doctorate in clinical psychology. Baerwald has worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City as an intern and then at Cornell University Hospital in Manhattan as a post-doc in neuropsychology. Baerwald joined the faculty of Loyola College, Baltimore, in 2000. During this time, he founded and served as clinical director of the Loyola Clinical Centers, a multidisciplinary ambulatory outpatient clinic serving the inner city of Baltimore. After completing his work at Loyola College, Baerwald now teaches the assessment sequence, neuropsychology, and substance abuse courses.


DAVID FELDMAN
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

David Feldman was born in Cincinnati and raised in Dayton, Ohio. He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from DePauw University, through which he had the opportunity to spend several months studying in Spain, one of the most rewarding times in his life. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas, and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. His interests include positive psychology, health psychology, posttraumatic stress, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

The central question that inspires his research and clinical work is: How do people facing considerable adversity maintain a sense that life is meaningful? His research concerns ways in which coping is influenced by positive-psychology constructs such as hopeful thinking, meaning-making and posttraumatic growth, as well as the development of therapeutic interventions based on such constructs. He is particularly interested in exploring those phenomena in patients confronting medical stressors such as spinal cord injury, cancer, congestive heart failure, and other chronic or terminal conditions. He has published widely and presented work at national and international conferences. In his leisure time, Feldman enjoys photography, cooking, cozy coffee shops, running by the ocean, spending time with good friends, and watching Mexican soap operas.

ROBERT L. FISHER
Lecturer of Counseling Psychology

Bob is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, with 32 years of experience in the areas of psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and consultation. He is a board certified medical psychotherapist and psychodiagnostician, and a founding member of the American College of Advanced Practice Psychologists. He has been an adjunct instructor at Santa Clara University for nine years. Fisher has worked in hospitals and clinics for more than half of his career, and routinely consults with physicians and nurses in coordinating medical and psychological services for his patients.

LUCIA ALBINO GILBERT
Provost
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Professor of Psychology

Lucia Albino Gilbert is provost and professor of psychology and professor of counseling psychology. As provost, she is the chief academic officer with responsibility for all educational programs and offerings of the University, as well as academic policies, faculty affairs and personnel matters, and student life issues. She provides leadership to the deans, vice provosts, chief information officer, and director of athletics and recreation to ensure that the educational programs and offerings are consistent with the University’s vision, mission, and values.

Prior to being appointed provost at Santa Clara in 2006, Gilbert served as vice provost for undergraduate studies, professor of educational psychology, and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Honors Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Gilbert has an extensive record of scholarship including four books, one edited book, and more than 70 articles in refereed journals. She also has made more than 50 invited presentations and presented more than 70 papers at professional meetings. She has been honored with several national and university awards recognizing her teaching excellence, her scholarship, and her mentoring of students.

Gilbert’s research interests include women’s and girls’ development; work and family; broadening technological opportunities for middle school girls; and the influence of gender processes on negotiating sexuality in late adolescent dating relationships, on family-work participation in dual-career and dual-earner families and in counseling and psychotherapy. Her teaching interests include gender and education, research methods and design, psychology of women and gender, work and family, and gender issues in mental health.

PATRICIA MORETTI
Senior Lecturer, Counseling Psychology
Director, Internship and Practicum Programs

Pat Moretti was born and grew up in California. She attended San Jose State University for her undergraduate studies and continued her graduate work in counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. She completed her doctorate at the University of San Francisco.

She worked in the nonprofit sector for several years, primarily as a clinician working with children and their families. For three years, she was program developer for the YWCA Parent Education Department. During that time, she also served as a consultant to Indian Health Services, helping the Hopi and Navajo of Arizona organize and coordinate their first parenting support groups.

Moretti joined Santa Clara’s Division of Counseling Psychology and Education in 1985 as a coordinator/liaison to more than 100 field lab and practicum sites in the Bay Area. She also teaches weekly practicum classes and is responsible for coordinating the practicum supervisors. She resides in Felton, where she enjoys hiking, photography, and art

LUCILA RAMOS-SÁNCHEZ
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

Lucila Ramos-Sánchez was born in Mexico and raised in Northern California. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from California State University, Chico. She received a master’s degree and doctorate in counseling/clinical/school psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Ramos-Sánchez joined the Santa Clara University faculty in fall 2000. Her research and publications focus on Latino mental health, specifically examining the counseling process, the effects of bilingualism on counselor credibility, first generation college students, and the psychological impact of undocumented status on Latino immigrants. She is the coordinator of the Latino Counseling Emphasis, one of only three emphasis of its kind in the country. Ramos-Sánchez is also involved in professional and University organizations that focus on increasing cultural diversity.

Ramos-Sánchez lives in the South Bay with her husband, Héctor, who works at the University of California, San Francisco, and her son, Diego. She enjoys spending time with her family going to parks, museums, and zoos.

JERROLD LEE SHAPIRO
Professor of Counseling Psychology
Director, Center for Professional Development

Jerry Shapiro was born and raised in Boston. He received his bachelor’s from Colby College, master’s degree from Northwestern University, and Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Ontario. From 1970 to 1981, he taught at the University of Hawaii, where he was awarded the Regents Medal for outstanding teaching among senior faculty. Professor Shapiro is a licensed clinical psychologist in Hawaii and California, holds a diploma from the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists, is a certified clinical consultant with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and is a National Registry Certified Group Therapist.

His current research interests include the post mid-life transition, couples’ transition to family and fatherhood, and he makes frequent media appearances discussing men’s issues, pregnancy, parenting and intimacy. His book publications include The Measure of a Man, Becoming a Father: Social, Developmental, and Clinical Perspectives (winner of a Book of the Year award from the American Journal of Nursing); When Men Are Pregnant; Brief Group Treatment: A Practical Guide for Counselors and Therapists; and Trance on Trial, which won the 1991 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award for Literary Excellence in Law and Psychiatry.

Shapiro consults regularly with family businesses and is past president of PsyJourn Corp., developers of self-help computer-assisted counseling software.

He and his wife, Susan, live in Los Altos and have two children. He describes himself as a former softball pitcher, Little League and soccer coach, and still an erstwhile folk musician.

SHAUNA SHAPIRO
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

Shauna Shapiro received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, graduating summa cum laude. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona, with a minor in health psychology. Her areas of interest include health psychology, positive psychology, stress and coping, and prevention. She also has a special interest in mindfulness meditation, and spent time studying in Nepal and Thailand. In addition, Shapiro has attended trainings in mindfulness-based stress reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Her research has focused primarily on mindfulness interventions across a wide range of populations, including women with breast cancer, undergraduates, substance-abusing adolescents, insomnia patients, and health-care professionals. She has presented her research nationally and internationally, and has published over two dozen articles and book chapters in the area. Shapiro plans to continue research and clinical work in mindfulness, examining its potential applications in areas such as training for future health care professionals. She is especially interested in exploring the impact of mindfulness on positive psychological variables such as empathy, compassion, and spiritual growth and development.

TOM POWERS, S.J.
Director, Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries
Arrupe Professor

Tom Powers is a member of the California Province of the Society of Jesus.  He completed his doctorate in sacred theology in systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. His research has taken him to Peru and Spain, where he has investigated the theological work being done by women in those countries. The State University of New York Press published his book, The Call of God: Women Doing Theology in Peru, in 2003.

Powers was the founding director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and he taught theology there, at the University of San Francisco, and at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. His courses have focused on Latin American and feminist theology, spirituality, and ecclesiology.

THOMAS M. BEAUDOIN
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Thomas Beaudoin was born in Kansas City, Mo. He attended the University of Missouri, Kansas City, as an undergrad, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in history and secondary education (1992). The following year, he was a William Robertson Coe Fellow in American Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He completed his master’s of theological studies at Harvard Divinity School (1996) and his Ph.D. in religion and education from Boston College in 2001. Beaudoin joined the Santa Clara University faculty in 2004 and teaches courses on the Christian tradition and practical theology.

ROBERT BRANCATELLI
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Robert Brancatelli was born and raised on Staten Island, N.Y. He received his bachelor’s degrees in English, philosophy, and religion from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa; a master’s degree in catechetics from Santa Clara University; and a Ph.D. in religious studies from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His research interests include catechesis, liturgy, ritual studies, and Hispanic popular devotions. He has received several grants from the Bannan Center for research in El Salvador and for teaching linked courses in Santa Clara’s undergraduate residential learning communities. He has published several articles on the role of culture in liturgical worship and on his theory of “transformative catechesis.” In the graduate program, he teaches courses in catechetics, liturgy, and spirituality. At the undergraduate level, he has taught courses on El Salvador and the popular “Theology of Marriage.” Brancatelli has three daughters and one granddaughter, and lives in Santa Clara.


PAUL CROWLEY, S.J.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Paul Crowley, S.J., is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies (since 1989). He has also taught courses at St. Patrick’s Seminary, St. Mary’s College, and Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass.

His courses are offered in two main areas: (1) fundamental, philosophical, and systematic theology (principally in hermeneutics, Christology, and ecclesiology), and (2) theological interpretation of themes of Christian existence, primarily suffering and sexuality. His theological methods are principally inspired by the work of Karl Rahner.

Crowley’s ongoing research interests lie in the intersection between systematic theology and modern thought. He has published in Theological Studies, Heythrop, America and Commonweal, among others.

WILLIAM J. DOHAR
Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies

William Dohar received his bachelor’s degree at Kent State University in English and history and his advanced degrees at University of Notre Dame in theology and medieval history. His doctoral studies were at the University of Toronto and he continued research on his Toronto doctorate at Oxford University.

CATHERINE M. MURPHY
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Kitty Murphy was born and raised in San Mateo, Calif. She received her bachelor’s degree in history from Santa Clara University (1983), and earned a master’s degree in catechetics from the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries at Santa Clara (1987). During her graduate studies, she worked in local high schools, first as a director of resident activities at San Domenico Upper School in San Anselmo and then as a religious studies teacher at St. Francis High School in Mountain View. She received her Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of Notre Dame in 1999. She joined the faculty at Santa Clara in 1998.

Murphy’s research focuses on the economic context of Second Temple and New Testament texts and the impact of that context visible in the surviving literature. Her dissertation, subsequently expanded and published as Wealth in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Qumran Community (2002), explored the economic practices of the Dead Sea Scrolls community, and how those practices grew out of perceived injustices and influenced the community’s interpretation of biblical ideals. She is also author of John the Baptist: Prophet of Purity for a New Age (2003). She is currently exploring various New Testament texts that advocate a similar vision of a new economy, such as the love command in the Synoptic Gospels and the beatitudes and judgment scene in the Gospel of Matthew.

Murphy lives in Santa Clara and enjoys woodworking, Web design, cooking, and gardening.

FREDERICK J. PARRELLA
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Frederick Parrella was born in Queens County, N.Y. His undergraduate work was completed at Fordham University in Latin and Greek and he continued on at Fordham earing his Master of Arts in Systematic Theology.  his doctoral work at Fordham, where he received his Ph.D. in 1974 , was in systematic theology.

Widely published, Parella has also receive numerous awards at Santa Clara University where he has taught since 1977.  His teaching in the graduate program has included courses in Christology, ecclesiology, and fundamental theology.
ANA MARIA PINEDA, RSM
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Ana Maria Pineda, a member of the Sisters of Mercy, is a graduate of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago (master’s degree) and the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain (Ph.D.).

A native of El Salvador, Pineda was on the faculty at Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago and also served as director of the Hispanic Ministries Program at CTU. She served on the advisory board of the Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) and contributed to its creation. She is the past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theology in the United States (ACHTUS). She served on the board of the Louisville Institute, the Bishops’ Committee for Women and Society, and the Bishops’ Committee for Hispanic Affairs and numerous others.

She has written numerous articles on Hispanic ministry, popular religiosity, pastoral practices, and the distinction between oral and literate cultures. With Robert Schreiter, Pineda co-edited Dialogue Rejoin: Theology and Ministry in the United States Hispanic Reality.


J. DAVID PLEINS
Professor of Religious Studies

Originally from Michigan, J. David Pleins came to Santa Clara University in 1987. He received his bachelor’s in philosophy from the University of Michigan, Flint, in 1980. He obtained his master’s in Near Eastern studies in 1983 from the University of Michigan and then finished his Ph.D. in 1986. His area of interest for graduate courses is the Hebrew Bible. He has written When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah’s Flood; The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible: A Theological Introduction; and Psalms: Songs of Tragedy, Hope and Justice.

Pleins lives in Santa Clara with his wife, Teresa, a chaplain at the Catholic Community at Stanford. They have seven children.


FRANCIS R. SMITH, S.J.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Francis Smith was born in San Francisco. He entered the Society of the Jesuits in 1960 and was ordained in 1970. He received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Santa Clara University, master’s in philosophy from Gonzaga University, STM in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. His areas of interest include fundamental theology, Christology and liberation theology. His publications include The God Question: A Catholic Approach (1988) and The World Is Charged: The Transcendent With Us (2003). He has also written several other articles in the area of faith and justice. In the graduate program, Smith teaches courses on fundamental theology and Christology.