1983-84
Research Assistant, Dissertation Project for CSPP-LA
Duties: Administration, scoring, and interpretation of various psychological tests given to learning disabled children to assess for the effect of mood on learning performance.
1981-85
Personal Dissertation for California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Title: Measurement of Cultural Life Styles, Cultural Transmutation, and Gang Identification among Mexican- American Adolescents.
Chairperson: Richard Mendoza, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Esteban Olmedo, Ph.D.; Jeroma Stumphauzer, Ph.D.
1990-92
Committee Member, Dissertation Project for CSPP-LA
Title: Factors Motivating Chicano Men Toward Post-Baccalaureate Degrees