Western Region TOPSS Speakers Bureau
Alaska, California, Hawai‘i, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington
These faculty and other professionals have volunteered to work collaboratively with local teachers via the TOPSS Speaker Bureau. APA does not necessarily endorse or validate these speakers or the content of their talks. The speakers do not necessarily represent the views of APA.
| Name | Phone | Location | Specialty | Willing to Skype into a high school classroom?* |
| T.L. Brink | (909) 389-3343 | Crafton Hills College
| Education and careers in psychology, clinical and industrial psychology, consumer behavior; "headlessprofessor" on youtube. | |
| Darren Cole | (661) 277-8958 | Human Factors Engineer
| Human Factors Engineer; flight testing the human interface of aircraft (cockpit systems, weapons loading, etc.).
| Yes |
| Todd Dilbeck | (916) 712-2232 | Sheldon High School
| Coaching/Leadership, managing performance anxiety, and issues related to injury recovery | Yes |
| Steven Flores | (650) 293-1148 | University of the Rockies
| Sport Psychology with specializations in performance enhancement/mental imagery | |
| Susan Gamble | (626) 319-3258 | Licensed Clinical Psychologist
| Private practice psychologist, learning disabilities, ADHD, chronic mental illness, psychological testing. University instructor on human services, psychology and counseling. | Yes |
| Pamela Gist | (310) 954-4160 | Mount Saint Mary's College
| Social psychology, specialty in stereotypes and prejudice, conducting research on the structure of stereotypes. | |
| Haygoush Kalinian | (949) 367-4526 | Forensic neuropsychologist
| Neuropsychological evaluation, psychological evaluation, and forensic evaluation. | |
| David Lechuga | (949) 837-3358 | The Neurobehavioral Clinic
| Rehabilitation and neuropsychology; concussions, especially when these occur as part of sports or recreation; cross-cultural issues | Yes |
| Jacqui Lewis | (714) 962-2073 | University of California, Irvine
| Performance psychology - working with gifted and high performing individuals - kids/adults and athletes. Bullying and violence | Yes |
| Michael Perrotti | (714) 658-5727
(714) 528-0100 | USC
| Clinical psychology with a specialty in neuropsychology; forensic psychology | Yes |
| Gloria Petruzzelli | (916) 278-5414 | California State University, Sacramento
| Clinical psychology, sport psychology, and health psychology | Yes |
| Cheryl Rickabaugh | (909) 748-8671 | University of Redlands
| Gender/Social | |
| Steve Smith | (805) 765-1480 | University of California, Santa Barbara
| Sport psychology, neuropsychology, and clinical psychology | Yes |
| Rob Weisskirch | (831) 582-5079 | California State University, Monterey Bay
| Developmental; clinical and abnormal | Yes |
| Joel Alexander | (503) 838-8355 | Western Oregon University
| Memory and cognition improvement in children, psychopharmacology for children | Yes |
| Alishia Huntoon | (541) 885-1673 | Oregon Institute of Technology
| Social, gender, psychological careers, psychology of eating, human sexuality, experimental | |
| Sue O'Donnell | (503) 554-2756 | George Fox University
| Development, adolescent in particular, normative, social cognition, research | Yes |
| Kay Porter | Private Practice
| Sport psychology consultant and counselor in private practice | Yes | |
| Heidi Shaw | (509) 574-4812 | Yakima Valley Community College
| Chimpanzees and sign language research, using paranormal to explain scientific thinking, psychological aspects of the Salem witch trials | Yes, please provide instructions |