UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology will hold a 2021 Virtual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 11, from 11 am – 12:30 pm via Zoom. This webinar will be one way for the department to celebrate its 9 doctoral students as we still come out from COVID-19 restrictions.
See the ceremony program, with profiles of the graduates. The 9 new Ph.D.s are:
Margaret P. Boyer (Counseling Psychology)
Chun Chen (School Psychology)
Alyssa Hufana (Counseling Psychology)
Caitlin Merrill (Counseling Psychology)
Haley Meskunas (Clinical Psychology)
Daina M. Tagavi (Clinical Psychology)
María D. Vázquez (Counseling Psychology)
Rhea Wagle (School Psychology)
Kelly M. Whaling (Counseling Psychology)
The doctoral program in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association as a combined psychology program. The Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) adheres to a scientist-practitioner training model; therefore, heavy emphasis is placed on developing academic, research, and practitioner knowledge and skills.
The organizing themes that integrate the identity of the department are (a) the values of human diversity and individual differences (b) health and development across the lifespan, and (c) ecological (e.g., family, school, societal) influences on human behavior.