Faculty in Organizational Psychology – San Diego

Camala Boyce
Lecturer, San Diego
PhD, 1994
University of Akron Ohio

Research Interests: Group dynamics, women and negotiation, conflict management, communication styles, leadership, self-monitoring, decision-making, performance, emotional intelligence, coaching, and organizational design.

Bernardo M. Ferdman
Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1987
Yale University

Research Interests: Diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion in organizations; inclusive and multicultural leadership; Latinos/Latinas in the United States; Latino/a leadership; ethnic and cultural identity; group and intergroup behavior; organization development; organizational behavior; psychology in the Americas.

Recent News & Publications: Dr. Ferdman “Leading for Inclusion: Bringing Your Whole Self to Work” March 19, 2010: Helen Bader Leadership Speaker Series and 2010 Annual Leadership Conference, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)

John Kantor
Associate Program Director (I-O) and Associate Professor, San Diego
Program Director, PhD Leadership Program

PhD, 1988
California School of Professional Psychology

Research Interests: Leadership, organizational diagnosis, survey development, consumer research.

Recent News & Publications: Dr. Kantor “Counteractive Work Behaviors among Restaurant Servers” April 24, 2010: Western Psychological Association (Cancun, Mexico)

Rodney L. Lowman
Distinguished Professor, San Diego. Past Provost/VPAA & Acting President
PhD, 1979
Michigan State University.
1977-78, Clinical Psychology Internship; Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences.

Research Interests: Organizational consulting psychology, career assessment and counseling, coaching, ethical issues in the practice of consulting and Industrial-organizational psychology, occupational mental health, work dysfunctions. Currently editor, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.

Recent News & Publications: Dr. Lowman with S. Cooper: “Advanced Applications of the Ethics of Organizational Consulting Psychology” February 4-7, 2010: Society of Consulting Psychology (Scottsdale, AZ)
Special Issue of the Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research titled, “New and Emerging Practices in Consulting Psychology”, published this spring and edited by Drs. Finkelman and Lowman

John C. Renner
Assistant Professor, San Diego
Director, Organizational Consulting Center (OCC) – San Diego
PhD, 1968
University of Alberta

Research Interests: Management coaching, leadership development, and program evaluation.

Recent News & Publications: Dr. Renner with Dr. Rebecca Turner, J. Blanton, N. Haller and J. Cutcliffe: “From Couch to Boardroom: Practical and Ethical Issues in Making the Transition from Clinical to Organizational Psychology” April 15-18, 2010: California Psychological Association Annual Convention (Costa Mesa, CA)

Norbert K. Tanzer
Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1983
University of Vienna

Research Interest: Abusive behavior in the workplace, unethical behavior in organizations.

Dr. Dale N. Glaser
Principal Lecturer, San Diego
PhD, 1993
California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Research Interests: Multivariate statistics, statistical modeling, psychometric testing, and survey research.

Recent News & Publications: Glaser, D. (2010). When interpretation goes awry: The impact of interim testing, In D. L. Streiner & S. Sidani (Eds.), When research studies go off the rails (pp. 327-333) . NY: Guilford Publishers

Brown, C. E., Ecoff, L., Kim, S. C., & Wickline, M. A. Rose, B., Klimpel, K., & Glaser, D. (2010) Multi-Institutional Self-Reports of Practice, Attitude, Knowledge and of Perceived Barriers Associated with Evidence-Based Practice Among Hospital Nurses. Journal of Clincal Nursing, 19, 1944-1951.
Abbott, R. B., Hui, K. K., Hays, R. D., Mandel, J., Goldstein, M., Winegarden, B., Glaser, D., & Brunton, L. (2010). National Survey of Medical Student Attitudes Toward Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1-13.

Jaski, B. F., Ortiz, B., Alla, K. A., Smith, Jr, S. C., Glaser, D., Walsh, C., Chillcott, S., Stahovich, M., Adamson, R., & Dembitsky, W. (2010). A 20-Year Experience with Urgent Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Salvage of Potential Survivors of Refractory Cardiovascular Collapse. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 139(3), 753-759