Staff
As director, Dr. Stanley Sue, a pioneer among Asian-American psychologists, will examine PAU’s curriculum and recommend ways to weave more diversity and cultural competence into day-to-day teaching. Among other things, he’ll advise university officials on how to increase minority representation among students and faculty. PAU offers only psychology degrees—doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s—with undergraduates taking non-psychology courses at nearby De Anza College. Racial and ethnic minorities now represent 39 percent of the 703-student body at PAU and 26 percent of the 31 full-time faculty.
A clinical psychologist, Sue has championed culturally sensitive mental health services and studies of cross-cultural effects on behavior. His research interests include ethnic and cross-cultural influences on behavior. Specifically, his focus is on mental health and personality issues as they pertain to ethnic communities, especially Asian Americans. Dr. Sue has studied the effects of ethnic match between therapists and clients, prevalence of psychopathology among ethnic populations, and cross-cultural validity of assessment instruments.
Faculty & Staff:
Graduate Assistants:
Katrina Crenshaw, M.A.
Natalie Todd, M.S.