GRADUATE PROGRAMS:
Clinical Ph.D. Faculty

Beth Allen (Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2003). Assistant Professor. Her primary research interest is couple functioning, including infidelity, military marriage, and the bi-directional influence between relationship functioning and health.

Allison Bashe (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2000).  Program Director: Clinical Psychology: MA Program. Her interests include program development and evaluation and ethics training. She currently teaches the graduate professional issues and ethics course. Dr. Bashe is a licensed psychologist, and her clinical specialties include work with adolescents and young adults.

Abbie Beacham (Ph.D., University of Louisville, 2000). Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Health Psychology, Ph.D. program, Assistant Professor. Dr. Beacham’s research interests include development and implementation of brief, evidence-based interventions in primary care and specialty medical settings addressing factors related to management of chronic medical conditions (e.g., chronic pain) and health behavior change. Her clinical orientation is Cognitive-Behavioral and “Third Wave” Behavioral approaches to intervention. She also has a master’s degree in Physical Education/Exercise Science, which informs her work in health(y) behavior adoption and maintenance.

Evelinn Borrayo (Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1999). Program Director: Clinical Health Psychology, Ph.D. program, Associate Professor. Dr. Borrayo’s research focuses on health disparities in the prevention, control, and treatment of cancer among ethnic minorities, women, and older adults. Her research projects have focused on the psychological, cultural, and social factors involved in breast cancer screening and in the treatment of lung and head-and-neck cancers among Latinas and Latinos affected by these cancers. She conducts research in both community and medical settings.

Mary Coussons-Read (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994). Associate Professor. Dr. Coussons-Read’s research interests include effects of prenatal stress on maternal health and immunity, role of maternal stress in pregnancy complications and poor birth outcomes, impact of perinatal stress on early immunological and behavioral development, opioid-induced alterations in immune function and infection, and Pavolvian conditioning of immune responses.

Kevin Everhart (Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2000).  Senior Instructor. Dr. Everhart is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with expertise in Pediatric and Clinical Child Psychology.  His research and clinical interests include infant mental health, the effects of post-partum depression on child development, neurondevelopmental assessment of young children, developmental disabilities, and community-based prevention and early intervention programs. He also serves as Clinical Supervisor for the UCD Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology.

Jim Grigsby (Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1980). Professor in Psychology, and in the Department of Medicine, UC Denver School of Medicine. His research interests include health psychology, cognitive neuroscience (especially executive cognitive functioning), Fragile X-related cognitive phenotypes, and the effects on cognition of cancer chemotherapy.

Kristin Kilbourn (Ph.D., University of Miami, 1996).  Assistant Professor.  Her research interests include psychosocial oncology, psychoneuroimmunology and health promotion.  Her clinical orientation is cognitive-behavioral and she is very interested in group-based interventions. In addition to her doctorate in Clinical Health Psychology, she has a master’s degree in Public Health.

Affiliate Graduate Faculty

Allison Bashe (Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Program Director, Clinical Psychology MA Program

Rick M. Gardner (Ph.D., University of Nevada)
Professor Emeritus

Peter S. Kaplan (Ph.D., Indiana University)
Professor of Psychology, Psychology Department Chair

Michael Zinser (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Associate Professor of Psychology

Note:  Students take courses and conduct research with faculty from other specialty areas in psychology, and often collaborate with faculty from area colleges, universities, and hospitals.  If your research interests/experience overlap with those of a faculty member, you should contact that faculty member directly.  Please see the department's faculty and staff page for information on all psychology faculty members and their interests.