Graduate Programs in Psychology

Pepperdine's Iranian Psychological Student Association

The Pepperdine’s Iranian Psychological Student Association (PIPSA) is a nonreligious, nonpolitical student affiliated group, focused on the development of a socially supportive mentorship network through educational, cultural, and social meetings. We welcome Iranian students as well as students from all other ethnic backgrounds. PIPSA is open to GSEP master’s and doctoral psychology students as well as alumni, faculty, and Seaver undergraduate students.

Our goal is to collaboratively mentor and enrich the Pepperdine psychology community with an emphasis on developing competent future clinicians, researchers, and academics that can effectively work with Iranians in mental health care and conduct research related to multicultural issues for Iranian as well as other Middle Eastern populations.

For more information, please email us at PIPSA1390@gmail.com

Co-Chairs

Yasamine Bolourian & Natalie Poursohrab
Students, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP
PIPSA1390@gmail.com

Community Outreach Coordinators

Mary Goodarzi
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP Alumni

Nazzi Vazira
Student, MA in Clinical Psychology with emphasis in MFT
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

Event Coordinators

Rob Rouault
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

Nick Smith
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

Historian

Nicole Rabiezadeh
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

Webmaster Officers

Lindsay Henry
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

Lynn Blanchette
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

Campus Representatives:

 

Encino Campus

Yasmin Makki

Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

West Los Angeles Campus

Danny Haloosim
Student, MA in Psychology
Pepperdine University GSEP

 

Faculty Sponsor
Judy Ho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine GSEP

 

Dr. Ho is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as full time faculty at GSEP. Dr. Ho's clinical specialties including child and family interventions, culturally responsive treatments for ethnic minority individuals, and evidence-based treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, externalizing disorders, and borderline personality disorder. She is the principal investigator on the STAGES Research Project, and serves on the Diversity Council at GSEP along with PIPSA Chairs Natalie and Yasamine.