Associate Professor of Psychology
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF)
Dr. Okado (pronouns: she/they) received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Penn State University. Her main research interests include:
(1) Mentoring, career development, and support for under-represented/underserved students' persistence in STEM, including Psychology;
(2) Psychosocial and academic adjustment of U.S. college/university students (particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic); and
(3) Prevention of stress-related mental and physical illnesses through brief, online cognitive-behavioral interventions.
Dr. Okado's teaching interests include statistics and research methods, clinical psychology (child/adolescent/adult assessment and intervention), health and pediatric psychology, and positive psychology. She currently serves as the Coordinator for Psychology 300 (Intermediate Research Methods and Statistics).
Dr. Okado is also a licensed clinical psychologist. She is trained in both adult and child/adolescent assessment and treatment within community mental health and healthcare settings. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and a predoctoral internship at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego. Prior to entering the field of clinical psychology, she studied political science; she holds an M.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University. She meets CSUF's definition of a first-generation college student.
Current Research Assistants:
Abby Zlamal
Ella Rothe
Genesis Granados
Kiley Rios
Kimberly Campos
Lauren Borjas
Patricia De La Rosa
Rachel Roh
Sarai Calderon
Valerie La Ponza
Yousuf Abdullah Borna
Lab Alumni
Abhinav Arora
Alejandra Bahena
Alyssa Rios
Amir Sherkat
Angélica Aguirre
Anna Noerr
Arissa Paje
Ashley Pagador
Austin Young
Benjamin Mendoza
Brian Chung
Britney Chen
Carolina Ramirez
Casey Suh
Cassidy Connor
Chelsea Proctor
Cheyenne Adams
Christina Rowley
Cole Marvin
Daniel Saravia
Darian Wilson
Desiree De Pace
Emily Ewing
Gayathri Ganesan
Ha Nguyen
Hartrisha Dhindsa
Hiep Do
Hongxia Mo
Hyunji Kim
Jackie Chang
Jadyn Gomberg
Justine Dice
Kayden Jeong
Kaylee Ayala
Kennie Babasa
Kim Do
Kris Runnberg
Kyle Alamares
Lauren Ponce
Leslie Escalante Nunez
Logan Ray
Madalyn Jackson-Sullivan
Maddy Nguyen
Mariana Cerriteno
Marlon Gamez
Melissa Escobar
Morgan Laster
Morgan Ilercil
Mashal Khan
Maya Saxe
Paloma Trujillo
Regi Mucino
Ryan Tan
Sandy Kang
Sara Asadifar
Sein Yun
Sophia Pereira
Sunny Nguyen
Sydney Washington
Tanya Watarastaporn
Theo Mai
Vicky Wei
Vivianna Barreto
YoungSeo Choi