Connie Destito | Trevor Dobbs | Rebecca Rojas
Connie Destito, LCSW
Latina/o Family Studies Program Director
(626) 685-2527, Email
Office Location: Eureka 8
Office Hours: By appointment
Connie is the Founder and Director of the Latina/o Family Studies (LFS) Specialization Program at Pacific Oaks College. She served as the Director of the MFT Department for eleven years. Formerly she served as the Coordinator of Clinical Training for the MFT Department.
Her teaching career began at California School of Professional Psychology, in Los Angeles. She has taught a variety of courses that integrate cultural perspectives with clinical knowledge and skills.
Education:
M.S.W. University of California, Los Angeles, Social Work
B.A. California State University, Los Angeles, Sociology
Trevor Dobbs, Ph.D.Director
(626)583-6035, Email
Office Location: Eureka 14
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Thursdays, 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
Teaching Interests:
- History and Systems in Psychology
- Cultural Contexts of Personality
- Couples Therapy
- Clinical Case Study in Research
- Psychology and Spirituality
- Object Relations Therapy
Education:
Ph.D. Psychoanalysis, Newport Psychoanalytic Institute
M.A. Marriage and Family Counseling, Fuller Theological Seminary
B.A. Religion & Computer Science, Pepperdine University
Scholarship:
Chapter Contributed to On Being Christian . . . and Human, 2002.
Chapter Contribulor: On Being a Person, 2003.M.A. Marriage and Family Counseling, Fuller Theological Seminary
Conference Panelist and Presenter: Psychoanalysis and Couples Therapy: A Look Beneath the Surface, February 2004.
Transformation in Psychoanalysis and Religion: The Influence of John Mcmurray, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Fall 2006.
Core Faculty
(626)397-1339, Email
Office Location: Eureka 6
Office hours: By appointment
Teaching Interests:
- Clinical Theories of Child Development
- Psychopathology
- Latina/o History and Culture
- Ethnicity and Mental Health
Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Counseling Psychology
M.A. Pepperdine University, Psychology
B.A. California State University, Long Beach, Music Therapy
Scholarship:
Research areas of interest have been gender, culture and psychology.
Rojas, R. S. and Hovey, J. D. (1998). “An examination of undocumented immigration in a Michigan Sample.” Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Rojas, R. S. and Kain, C. (1995). “The Development of the Attitudes Towards Immigration Scale.” Unpublished manuscript.
Rojas, R. S., Kain, C., & Hovey, J. D. (1995) “Proposition 187 examined.” Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, New York.
Rojas, R. S. (1994) “The Mexican American Female Worker: Perspectives on Gender and Culture in the Workplace.” Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Rojas, R. S. (1994) “The Cultural Bias in the Work Environment Measure.” Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Rojas, R. S. (1993) “Acculturation and Work Stressors.” Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Publications: Rojas, R. S. (1995). “The Mexican American Female Worker: Perspectives on Gender and Culture in the Workplace.” Special Issue, Gender in the Workplace, Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 10, No. 6, 163-178.
Rojas, R.S. (2000). “Proposition 187 Re-Examined: Attitudes toward Immigration among California Voters,” Current Psychology, November issue.