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Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences | Claremont Graduate University
Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences | Claremont Graduate University
Welcome to the Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences
The Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences (DBOS) is a national leader in applied psychological science, preparing graduates in theoretical and practical psychology, evaluation, and human resource scholarship to solve pressing challenges within increasingly diverse communities and organizations. Our students examine the significant contributions of psychology and related fields to the amelioration of societal problems and formulation of public policy.
The Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences offers master’s and doctoral degrees in several areas of applied psychology, including Applied Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Evaluation & Applied Research Methods, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Positive Psychology, and Health Behavior Research. Curriculum emphasizes research on psychological, social, and organizational concepts relevant to policy issues, as well as development of methodological skills for collecting and analyzing information in field settings. We offer renowned programs in Evaluation & Applied Research Methods and Human Resource Development that serve to augment research in these areas. DBOS students also gain critical hands-on experience through projects, internships, and jobs at such cutting-edge research institutes as the Claremont Evaluation Center and Institute for Research on Social Issues.
We are training the next generation of talented behavioral and organizational scientists, psychologists, evaluators, and human resource professionals for positions in research, teaching, administration, and more. DBOS graduates are highly sought after and typically find rewarding employment at academic institutions, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector businesses.
Dean: Tiffany Berry
123 E. 8th Street • Claremont, CA 91711 • 909-621-8084 • Fax 909-621-8905
Tiffany Berry
Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Full Research Professor
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Cognitive Psychology
Applied Cognitive Psychology: User Experience
MA in Psychology
Applied Cognitive Psychology
PhD in Psychology
Evaluation
Organizational Behavior and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Positive Developmental Psychology and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Positive Organizational Psychology and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Evaluation & Applied Research
MS in Evaluation & Applied Research
Evaluation & Applied Research Methods
PhD in Psychology
Evaluation Practice (DEval)
Doctor of Evaluation Practice
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Behavior and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Organizational Behavior
PhD in Psychology
Organizational Psychology (PsyD)
Doctor of Psychology
Positive Developmental Psychology
Positive Developmental Psychology and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Positive Developmental Psychology
PhD in Psychology
Positive Organizational Psychology
Positive Organizational Psychology and Evaluation
MA in Psychology
Positive Organizational Psychology
PhD in Psychology
Social Psychology
Applied Social Psychology
MA in Psychology
Applied Social Psychology
PhD in Psychology
Core Faculty
Eusebio Alvaro
Full Research Professor
Research Interests
Social Influence Processes, Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Medicine
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Tiffany Berry
Dean, School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation
Full Research Professor
Research Interests
Educational Program Evaluation, K–12 Educational Curricula, Comprehensive School Reform
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Michelle Bligh
Interim President
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Research Interests
Leadership, Organizational Culture, Charismatic Leadership
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Dakota Cintron
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Latent Variable Modeling, Measurement Theory, and Causal Inference
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Kendall Cotton Bronk
Professor of Psychology
Research Interests
Purpose in Life, Adolescent Moral Development, Positive Youth Development, Qualitative Methods
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William Crano
Stuart Oskamp Chair of Psychology
Research Interests
Social Influence, Effects of persuasive information on drug addiction and HIV/AIDS, Minority and majority relationships to health information
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Jessica Diaz
Director, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Organizational behavior, employee experience, psychological safety, diversity, equity, and inclusion, leader development, statistics and methodology
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Stewart I. Donaldson
Distinguished University Professor
Executive Director, Claremont Evaluation Center
Executive Director, The Evaluators' Institute (TEI)
Research Interests
Positive Organizational Psychology, Health/Well-Being & Positive Functioning Across Cultures, Program Design & Re-Design, Culturally Responsive Theory-Driven Measurement & Evaluation
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Stephen Gilliland
University Professor
Research Interests
Organizational Justice, Employee Attitudes and Motivation, Leadership
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M. Gloria González-Morales
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Center for Academic & Faculty Excellence
Research Interests
Work stress; work-life issues; workplace victimization and incivility; relational practices and cultures; diversity; positive organizational interventions to enhance well-being and performance.
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Danielle Green
Assistant Professor of Practice
Research Interests
User Experience, Product Strategy, Gaming, Technology for Health and Wellness, Educational Technology, Inclusive Design
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Saida Heshmati
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Research Interests
Human Flourishing Across the Lifespan, Positive Relationships & Love, Longitudinal Analysis
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Michael Hogg
Professor of Social Psychology
Research Interests
Self and Social Identity; Intergroup Relations and Group Processes; Influence and Leadership; Uncertainty, Radicalization and Extremism; Intergroup Communication
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Jeanne Nakamura
Full Professor
Director, Quality of Life Research Center
Research Interests
Engagement, Mentoring, Positive Aging
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Kathy Pezdek
Professor Emerit of Psychology
Research Interests
Memory & Comprehension, Eyewitness Memory, Autobiographical Memory
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Becky Reichard
Full Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership | Leadership Scholar & Consultant
Research Interests
Development of those not typically represented in leadership roles (e.g., women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+), Psychological mechanisms underlying the process of leader development (e.g., feedback, goal striving, self-views, implicit theories, leader development readiness), Development of leadership through experiences outside of the work context (e.g., global, sports, volunteering, crisis)
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P. Wesley Schultz
Full Research Professor
Research Interests
Environmental psychology, social psychology, conservation, sustainability, social influence, quantitative methods, big data
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Jason T. Siegel
Professor of Psychology
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Health Psychology, Persuasion, Survey Research
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Michelle Sloper
Associate Professor of Evaluation Practice
Research Interests
Positive youth development, evaluation capacity building, evaluation use, continuous quality improvement, expanded learning programs
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Jennifer Villalobos
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Positive Organizational Psychology, Health/Well-Being & Positive Functioning Across Cultures, Program Design & Re-Design, Social Justice, DEI, Culturally Responsive Theory-Driven Measurement & Evaluation
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Anna Woodcock
Associate Research Professor
Research Interests
Identity, Identity balance, Stereotypes, Diversity, STEM, Prejudice, Longitudinal Research, Quasi-Experimental Research, Intervention Evaluation, Theory-driven Interventions, Implicit Bias, Implicit identities
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Extended Faculty – Social Psychology
Mark Costanzo
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Death penalty, expert testimony, non-verbal communication, social psychology
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Jennifer Feitosa
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Culture, Diversity, Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Teams, Teamwork, Workplace Issues and Trends
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Shana Levin
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Social psychology
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Allen Omoto
Pitzer College
Research Interests
Social psychology; Volunteerism and prosocial action; Environmental concerns; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues; Sense of community; Civic engagement and civil society
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Adam Pearson
Pomona College
Research Interests
Social psychology of sustainability and climate change, social cognition, intergroup relations, disparities, stereotyping and prejudice
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Piercarlo Valdesolo
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Social psychology, moral judgment and behavior
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Robin Vallacher
Florida Atlantic University
Research Interests
Dynamical social psychology, action identification, social judgment, self-concept, interpersonal dynamics, conflict and social justice
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Extended Faculty – Positive Developmental Psychology
Stacey N. Doan
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Emotional, sociocultural and developmental influences on physical and psychological health; mind-body interaction; the effect of emotions and stress; social relationships
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Patricia Smiley
Pomona College
Research Interests
Language development, self-development, achievement motivation
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Extended Faculty – Cognitive Psychology
Lise Abrams
Pomona College
Research Interests
Language and memory, speech production, tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) states, cognitive aging, bilingualism
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Gabriel I. Cook
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Cognition, memory
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Alison Harris
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Cognitive neuroscience, decision neuroscience, neuroeconomics
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David Moore
Pitzer College
Research Interests
Cognitive development, development of mental rotation, infant-directed speech, categorization in infancy
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Catherine L. Reed
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Cognitive neuroscience, electroencephalography, human behavior and human factors, multisensory perception
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Shlomi Sher
Pomona College
Research Interests
Rational and psychological levels of analysis; scientific approaches to the mind-body problem
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Patricia Smiley
Pomona College
Research Interests
Language development, self-development, achievement motivation
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Sharda Umanath
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Cognition, education, experimental psychology, memory
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Megan Zirnstein
Pomona College
Research Interests
Sentence processing, individual differences in reading behavior and comprehension, bilingual language processing, ERPs, eye tracking
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Extended Faculty – Organizational Psychology
David Day
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Leadership
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Jennifer Feitosa
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Culture, Diversity, Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Teams, Teamwork, Workplace Issues and Trends
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Ronald Riggio
Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests
Human resources management, innovation, leadership, Non-verbal communication, organizational psychology
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Extended Faculty – Human Resource Management
Paola Amaro Alvarez, SPHR, PHRca, ACC
Vice President, Human Capital West Coast
Harbor Distributing, Reyes Beverage Group
Maren Dollwet, PhD
Sr. Human Resource Director
Walmart
Jennifer Jaffe
Chief Talent Officer, Human Resources
Too Faced Cosmetics – Estee Lauder
Ketan Mhatre, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies, Pitzer College
Scott Schroeder
Professor of Management, School of Business & Communication
Chaminade University
Ron Smedley
President, Founder
Human Resource and Leadership Development
Scott Wheeler, Esq.
Proprietor/Owner
Law Offices of Scott Wheeler
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Admissions Representatives
Nathan Araujo
Director of Recruitment, School of Social Science, Policy, and Evaluation
T: 909-607-1714
E:
nathan.araujo@cgu.edu
Programs
Economics, Politics & Policy, Evaluation
Tanisha Maldonado
Assistant Director of Admissions
Department of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
T: 909-607-5070
E:
tanisha.maldonado@cgu.edu
Programs
Applied Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Psychology