Faculty & Staff
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Brian Distelberg, PhD
Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Office Phone: 951-552-8372
E-mail: bdistelberg@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 115
Joshua Knabb, PsyD, ABPP
Professor of Psychology
Associate Dean, Division of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Director, PsyD Program
Office Phone: 951-343-4405
E-mail: jknabb@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W. E. James Building, Room J116
Mischa Routon, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Associate Dean of Faculty Development, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Director, Master in Counseling Psychology program
Office Phone: 951-343-4206
E-mail: mrouton@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 110
Elisa Shepard, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Associate Provost for Online Education
Office Phone: 951-343-3946
E-mail: eshepard@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Eugene and Billie Yeager Center, Room C214
Douglas Wallace, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Associate Dean, Division of Family and Culture, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Office Phone: 951-552-8722
E-mail: dwallace@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 117
Antonio Mejico Jr., Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work
Associate Dean of the Division of Social Work and Associate Dean for Academic Services
Office Phone: 951-552-8949
E-mail: amejico@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 114
Hailey Arellano, M.S.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8355
E-mail: harellano@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 103
Liza Arellano, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Master of Social Work (MSW) Program Director
Division of Social Work Accreditation Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-552-8409
E-mail: larellano@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 140
Aine Bergin, PsyD
Professor of Psychology & Christian Behavioral Science
Office Phone: 951-343-4815
E-mail: abergin@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 128C
Emilio R. Bermejo, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8319
E-mail: rbermejo@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 277
Maritza Bojorquez, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Advisor for Social Work Association for Multicultural and Multilingual Practice (SWAMMP)
E-mail: mbojorquez@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 371
Philip Breitenbucher, EdD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Director, Office of Field Education
MSW Online Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-552-8984
E-mail: pbreitenbucher@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 128B
Guadalupe Buitron, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8247
E-mail: gbuitron@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 103 & Virtual (Zoom)
Noel Cooper, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Director, Psychological Services of Riverside
Office Phone: 951-552-8391
E-mail: ncooper@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: 2900 Adams Ave, Ste C-10
Robert Crosby, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-3976
E-mail: rcrosby@calbaptist.edu
Angela Deulen, Ed.D.
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-4204
E-mail: adeulen@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W. E. James Building, Room 128B
Thomas Donavan, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-4746
E-mail: tdonavan@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 126a
Kendra Flores-Carter, D.S.W.
Associate Professor of Social Work
Co-Director, Center for Community Engagement and Social Innovation (CESI)
Co-Chair, Global Engagement Committee
Office Phone: 951-552-8198
E-mail: kflores@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Complex Room 271
Thomas Frederick, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Online Master of Science in Counseling Psychology Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-343-2191
E-mail: tfrederick@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Rm 130
Laura Freeman, PsyD
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-3982
E-mail: lfreeman@calbaptist.edu
Joshua Fuller, PhD
Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Chair, Department of Undergraduate Psychology
Program Coordinator, Psychology Major
Office Phone: 951-552-8147
E-mail: jofuller@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 133B
Ana Gamez, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Program Director, Forensic Psychology
Practicum Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-343-4791
E-mail: agamez@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 128a
Lizbeth Gaona, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-343-4440
E-mail: lgaona@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 286
Ed Garrett, Psy.D., BMHC, CH-C
Professor of Sport and Performance Psychology (Tenure)
Chair, Department of Undergraduate Psychology
Director, The Center for Sport and Performance Psychology
Office Phone: 601-667-9706
E-mail: egarrett@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 128C
Julie Goodman-Bowling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Chair, Division of Family & Culture in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences; Program Coordinator, Anthropology
Office Phone: 951-343-4468
E-mail: jgoodman@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 139
Kristina Gordon, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
BSW Program Director
Office Phone: 951-552-8647
E-mail: kgordon@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 280
Anna Grigorian-Routon, Psy. D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Co-Director of Clinical Training MSCP Program (Online)
Office Phone: 951-343-3947
E-mail: agrigorian-routon@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 367
Virgo Handojo, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-4465
E-mail: vhandojo@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 370
Krystal Hays, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Program Director, Doctor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8145
E-mail: khays@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 132
Froylana Heredia-Miller, DSW, LCSW
Associate Professor of Social Work
Director of MSW Field Education
Office Phone: 951-552-8393
E-mail: fherediamiller@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 275
Nathan Iverson, PhD
Program Director, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-4437
E-mail: niverson@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building, Room 131
Autumn King, DSW, MFT, PCC
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-343-4220
E-mail: aking@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 273
Adrienne Knabb, DMFT, LMFT
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8229
E-mail: aknabb@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 372
Catherine Leach, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-343-4842
E-mail: cleach@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building Room 281
Jong Cheon Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8317
E-mail: jolee@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 376
Nathan Lewis, Ed.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Graduate Program in Counseling Ministry
Program Coordinator, Christian Behavioral Sciences
Office Phone: 951-343-4348
E-mail: nlewis@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 134
Viola Lindsey, PhD
Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8958
E-mail: vlindsey@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James , Room 274
Jessie Lowell, PsyD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8392
E-mail: jlowell@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 369
Brittany Lytle-Rodriguez, DrPH, MSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Director, BSW Field Education
Office Phone: 951-552-8366
E-mail: blytlerodriguez@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 266
Dretona Maddox, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8523
E-mail: dmaddox@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 366
Kristin Mauldin, PhD
Associate Professor of Sport and Performance Psychology
Director, Sport and Performance Psychology Program
Office Phone: 951-343-4391
E-mail: kmauldin@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 136B
Erica McIntosh, DSW, LCSW (California and Delaware)
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Co-Director, MSW Social Work Curriculum
E-mail: emcIntosh@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Bldg. Room 368
Jerri Middleton, DSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor in Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8297
E-mail: jmiddleton@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 284
Carol A. Minton-Ryan, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Academic Advisor for the International Sociology Honor Society AKD
Office Phone: 951-343-5072
E-mail: cminton-ryan@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 136 A
Yakiciwey Mitchell, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 657-217-6632
E-mail: ymitchell@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 103
Deogratius Mshigeni, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Program Coordinator, BA in Human Services (Online)
Office Phone: 951-343-2454
E-mail: dmshigeni@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Bldg #364
Sophia Mun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Program Coordinator for Behavioral Science
Director of BEH Research Sequence
Office Phone: 951-552-8293
E-mail: smun@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 380
Rashael Nevels, DSW
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-343-4222
E-mail: rnevels@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 274
Jenny Nuccio, Ed.D
Instructor of Social Work
Co-Chair of Global Engagement
E-mail: jnuccio@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Remote - https://calbaptist-edu.zoom.us/j/9793554769
Maria Ormonde, DPA
Instructor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8018
E-mail: mormonde@calbaptist.edu
John Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8382
E-mail: jopark@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 126A
Robert Pate, PsyD
Professor of Psychology
Director of Clinical Training, PsyD Program
Office Phone: 951-343-4588
E-mail: rpate@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 125B
Susan Purrington, Psy.D.
Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-3998
E-mail: spurrington@calbaptist.edu
Jasmine Reed, Psy.D
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8190
E-mail: jreed@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 279
Veronica Regueiro
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-343-4252
E-mail: vregueiro@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 373
Erica Roth, PsyD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8146
E-mail: eroth@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 127
Erin Smith, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Research
Director of Research, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Office Phone: 951-552-8626
E-mail: esmith@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Cottage 18, Office B
H. Bruce Stokes, PhD
Professor of Behavioral Science
Major Representative, Behavioral Sciences and Christian Behavioral Sciences
Office Phone: 951-343-4269
E-mail: hbstokes@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W.E. James Building, Room 133
Amy Stumpf, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion & Society
Office Phone: 951-343-4451
E-mail: astumpf@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 278
Shane Teran, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Assistant Professor
E-mail: steran@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 114 Co-working Space
Yvonne Thai, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Program Coordinator for Sociology
Director of Online Education for the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Office Phone: 951-343-3984
E-mail: ythai@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Cottage 21
Veola Vazquez, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Diversity Coordinator, PsyD Program
Office Phone: 951-552-8627
E-mail: vvazquez@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 125A
Selena Villa, DSW
Instructor of Social Work
E-mail: svilla@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Tele, James 103
Elvira Gonzalez
Operations Manager for the Division of Psychology
Office Phone: 951-552-8249
E-mail: elgonzalez@calbaptist.edu
Remija Hernandez, MA
Operations Manager for the Division of Social Work
Office Phone: 951-552-8361
E-mail: rehernandez@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 106 A
Maris Higginbotham
Office Manager for Psychological Services of Riverside
Office Phone: 951-552-8139
E-mail: mhigginbotham@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: PSR 2900 Adams Rm. 103
Debra Jahant
Project Specialist/Professional License Analyst
Office Phone: 951-343-4287
E-mail: djahant@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building, Room 112
Youstina Labib
Director of Academic Operations
Office Phone: 951-552-8645
E-mail: ylabib@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 115
Judy Latham
Field Education Placement Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-552-8380
E-mail: jlatham@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James Building 115
Kaisha Ross
Recruitment and Grant Coordinator
Office Phone: 951-343-4809
E-mail: kross@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: James 106 B