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Tomas Martinez

Seaver College Professor
Psychology Division, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
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Biography

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.

 

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan
  • MA, University of Michigan
  • BA, California State University, Long Beach
  • AA, Mount San Antonio Junior College
  • 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