Department of Counseling and Family Sciences Faculty & Staff
Colwick Wilson, PhD, University of Michigan, 2002
Department Chair and Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences; Director of Family Research; statistics, quantitative and qualitative methods, sociology of the family, marital status and health, medical family therapy, religion and health, school counseling. Email: cwilson@llu.edu, web page
Faculty
Winetta Baker, PhD, Loma Linda University
Ian Chand, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1980.
Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences; AAMFT-approved supervisor; Christian family therapy, family law and ethics, family mediation, and sociology of the family.
Email: iChand@llu.edu, web page
Dianna Lynne Connors, MA, Western Michigan University, 1978
Clinical Instructor in Marital and Family Therapy.
Brian Distelberg, PhD, Michigan State University, 2009
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences: quantitative methodology, statistics, organizational systems, structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, social network analysis.
Email: bdistelberg@llu.edu, curriculum vitae, web page
Curtis Fox, PhD, University of Tennessee, 1997.
Associate Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences, Program Director of MA in Family Studies; family life education, marital relations, family diversity, families in crisis, and adolescent development, and Program Director of the PhD Program in Family Studies.
Email: cfox@llu.edu, curriculum vitae, biography
Barbara Hernandez, PhD, University of Minnesota, 2003
Associate Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences, licensed marriage and family therapist, AAMFT-approved supervisor, and registered nurse.
Email: bhernandez@llu.edu, web page
Douglas Huenergardt, PhD, Northwestern University, 1967
Counseling and Family Sciences Department Associate Chair, Program Director of DMFT, Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences and AAMFT-approved supervisor; competency-based family therapy, couples therapy, family therapy program design and evaluation, and family and community systemic practice.
Email: dhuenergardt@llu.edu, curriculum vitae, web page
Carmen Knudson-Martin, PhD, University of Southern California, 1987.
Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences; Program Director of the PhD in Marital and Family Therapy and an AAMFT-approved supervisor; qualitative research, family systems theory, gender, health, and social context.
Email: cknudsonmartin@llu.edu, curriculum vitae (PDF), biography
Michelle Minyard-Widmann, MS, University of La Verne, 1994
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences; Program Director of the Child Life Specialist M.S. degree, Certified Child Life Specialist; child development, stress and coping, grief and loss.
Email: maminyard@llu.edu
Mary E. Moline, DrPH, Loma Linda University, 1975, PhD, Brigham Young University, 1979.
Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences, Program Director of the MS in Marital and Family Therapy, Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences Program, AAMFT-approved supervisor; treatment of couples, legal and ethical issues, family theory, and group therapy.
Email: mmoline@llu.edu, web page
Cheryl Simpson, PhD, University of Oregon, 1980
Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences, PPS-credentialed school counselor/psychologist; Program Director of the MS in Counseling; Coordinator of the School Consultation Concentration; licensed education psychologist; counseling psychology and educational psychology, assessment of children, adolescents, and adults, school counseling.
Email: csimpson@llu.edu, web page
Randall Walker, MS, California State University, Fullerton, 1983
Director of the LLU Counseling and Family Sciences Clinic and Assistant Professor of Counseling and Family Sciences, licensed marriage and family therapist, AAMFT-approved supervisor, solution-focused and cognitive behavioral therapy
Clinical Faculty
Craig Lambdin, MS, University of Redlands, 1980
Clinical Instructor of Counseling and Family Sciences; licensed marital and family therapist, Director of MFI Recovery Inc.
Staff
Suzanne Monell
Administrative Assistant Senior
Griggs Hall, Room 209
909-558-4547 or extension 47001
smonell@llu.edu
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