Welcome to Pepperdine University

Meet the Faculty

Tomas Martinez, Ph.D.
Professor, Seaver College

Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., California State University, Long Beach; A.A., Mount San Antonio Junior College, 1970

Dr. Martinez is a full-time faculty member of Seaver College who also teaches at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. He is a community psychologist who specializes in mental health systems research, cross-cultural psychology, and family violence. At Pepperdine, he teaches cross-cultural psychology and clinical practicum. Dr. Martinez's research interests include the fields of child and spousal abuse, cross-cultural mental health treatment, and high-risk youth and family intervention. He is a consulting psychologist to a mental health agency in the San Fernando Valley.

Contact: tomas.martinez@pepperdine.edu

Courses:

• Introduction to Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Cross-Cultural Psychology
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• 1996-1998 Commissioner for Mexican-American Education Commission, Los Angeles Unified School District
• 1974-1977 Ford Foundation Fellow, University of Michigan
• 1990 Recognition for Service - Congressman Gary Hart
• City of Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth and Families
• Los Angeles Children's Planning Council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
• Mexican-American Education Commission, Los Angeles Unified School District
• State Commission on Juvenile Justice, Crime, and Delinquency Prevention, California Youth Authority
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles' Injury Control and Violence Prevention Advisory Committee
• California Hispanic Psychological Association
• National Association of Hispanic Psychologists

Academic Interests:

• Community/clinical psychology, community mental health, cross cultural psychology, program/organizational psychology, Hispanic mental health systems, child abuse.