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Principal Investigator
Email: yokado@fullerton.eduOffice: 657-278-7388Fax: 657-278-7134
OFFICEHumanities 835MCSUF800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831
Yuko Okado, Ph.D.
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. 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, and 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.
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Current Research Assistants:
Britney Chen
Casey Suh
Cheyenne Adams
Kiley Rios
Maddy Nguyen
Morgan Ilercil
Morgan Laster
Vicky Wei
YoungSeo Choi
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Abhinav Arora
Alejandra Bahena
Alyssa Rios
Amir Sherkat
Angélica Aguirre
Arissa Paje
Austin Young
Benjamin Mendoza
Brian Chung
Carolina Ramirez
Chelsea Proctor
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
Marlon Gamez
Melissa Escobar
Paloma Trujillo
Regi Mucino
Ryan Tan
Sara Asadifar
Sein Yun
Sophia Pereira
Sunny Nguyen
Sydney Washington
Tanya Watarastaporn
Theo Mai
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