Research and Resources
Psychology is a field for the intellectually curious — those of us who realize there’s always more to explore and study about human behavior. At Rosemead, we’re constantly conducting scientific, ethical, innovative research, uncovering knowledge to help understand humanity better. Here are just some of the outlets our faculty and students have for conducting, publishing and promoting psychological research.
Faculty Research Interests
Dr. Tania Abouezzeddine
- Children with Cognitive Disabilities
- Immigration/Refugees
- Multicultural
- Neuropsychology
- Trauma
Dr. Chris Adams
- Clergy and Missionary Candidate Psychological Evaluations
- Clergy Care, Health and Wellbeing
- Clergy Spouse Wellbeing
- Mental Health and the Church
Dr. Oscar Baldelomar
- Adolescent Development
- Culture and Social Development
- Identity Development
- Latino Psychology
- Minority Youth
Dr. Earl Bland
- Psychoanalysis
- Religiosity/Spirituality
- Therapy
Dr. Eu Gene Chin
- Access to Care
- Help-Seeking Trajectory
- Measurement Development
- Trauma/Burnout
Dr. Nancy Crawford
- Missionaries, MKs, TCKs
Dr. Carissa Dwiwardani
- Asian American Mental Health
- Cultural Humility
- Positive Psychology
Dr. Doug Daugherty
- Mental Health and the Church
Dr. Joseph De Luna
- Children/Families
- Parenting
- Play Therapy
- Trauma
Dr. Stacy Eltiti
- Anxiety
- Attention
- Gratitude
- Missionaries, MKs, TCKs
- Social Media
- Trauma
Dr. Liz Hall
- Women's Issues
- Christian Meaning-Making in Suffering
- Positive Psychology
Dr. Todd Hall
- Attachment
- Leadership
- Organizational Culture
- Positive Psychology
- Religiosity/Spirituality
- Workplace Issues
Dr. Christina Kim
- Asian-American Mental Health
- Ethnic Minority Churches and Mental Health
- Minority/Understudied Populations
- Qualitative Research Methods
Dr. Jason McMartin
- Emotion and Knowledge
- Flourishing
- Meaning-Making
- Mental Health and the Church
- Positive Psychology
- Suffering
Dr. John Poston
- Attachment
- God Image
- Psychoanalysis
- Testing Issues
- Therapy
Dr. Andrew Shelton
- Cultural Models of Relating
- Culturally Relevant Positive Processes
- Mental Health Among Global Workers
Dr. John Williams
- Attention
- Emotion
- Implicit Measures
- Positive Psychology
- Social Media Use and Addiction
Research Labs
At Rosemead, our commitment is to mentor and support students throughout their research journey. A crucial element of this commitment involves the establishment of research labs, where graduate students regularly convene with faculty mentors who assume the role of chair for their M.A. project or dissertation committee. These lab groups are organized based on specific topics, reflecting our diverse range of research interests.
Dr. Eu Gene Chin and Carissa Dwiwardani
This lab focuses on the interactions between cultural factors and mental health variables. Studies in the lab include both basic and applied research to improve accessibility to mental health services among communities of color.
Dr. Oscar Baldelomar
This lab focuses on how culture and social change impact identity development, social cognition, parental relationships, and mental health outcomes in children, adolescents, and emerging adults. The emphasis is on studying diverse populations like ethnic minorities, third-culture kids, and indigenous youth.
Dr. Chris Adams
The Mental Health and the Church research lab focuses broadly on reducing mental health stigma and creating resources for congregations from diverse backgrounds, clergy and missionary well-being, and congregational/organizational health. The lab meets weekly and there are grant-funded RA positions available.
Dr. Todd Hall and John Poston
This lab focuses on understanding relationships with God and other people through various psychodynamic lenses. Projects commonly utilize concepts from attachment theory, as well as other psychodynamic perspectives, to help illuminate the nuanced ways we experience and grow in these important relationships. Examples of constructs/topics examined in recent projects include: narrative coherence, mentalization, attachment to God, God image, AEDP and Union with Christ, attachment to church, coach-athlete attachment, embodied religious cognition, and grounded themes of older emerging adult spirituality. The lab generally