Alumni Stories
![David Russo, DO, MPH, MS](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/russo_headshot.jpg?itok=RjinkKF0)
After graduating from Cal with an undergraduate degree in psychology I matriculated to medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth Texas. I completed a dual...
![David LaPensee](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/22a7f767-68fb-48c9-a482-882573c00789_1_105_c.jpeg?itok=L1g9HWoC)
As I enter my forty-third year as a social work psychotherapist, I reflect on the the value of my U.C. Berkeley Psycholgy education. I had the privilege of studying with the late Richard Lazarus...
![Irene Kao](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/headshot.jpg?itok=oj2_Z76b)
I graduated from Cal in 2009 with degrees in both Psychology and Social Welfare. I attinaed my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific...
![Heather (Ferrante) Cathrall](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/Screen%20Shot%202017-10-09%20at%203.43.42%20PM.png?itok=rD37USjt)
I graduated Cal in 2004 with degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Science. I obtained my Masters in BioMedical Ethics from the University of Pennyslvania. I currently live in the Philadelphia...
![Celia Garcia](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/10-celia.jpg?itok=arBhPn4M)
I am an investment consultant for Wedbush Securities. I've been in the business for 31 years after graduating from Cal in 1984 with a BA only; received my Series 7 license in 1986. There is a lot...
![Alan Leavens PhD](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/CIMG1912.jpg?itok=W14eX5KB)
After graduating in 1975 with my Bachelor's in Psychology, I went on and received my Master's and PhD at PGSP (now Palo Alto University). and immediately went into private practice. I basically...
Happy to announce that starting September 1, I'll be the Vice President Research and Sandra A. Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at Baycrest Health Sciences (University of Toronto), where I'...
![Kenny Lauer](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/Kenny%20Lauer%20HeadShot.jpg?itok=sCyCAKHx)
I run Marketing and Digital for the Golden State Warriors. That was not by plan but what was by plan was to study Psychology at CAL. I went to a math / science / Computer magnet program in San...
![Robert H. Friis](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/Dr%20Friis_0.jpg?itok=RCnG5p0x)
Robert H. Friis—B.A., Psychology, 1964 Robert Friis received his B.A. in psychology in 1964 from Berkeley, and both an M.A. degree in educational psychology (1966) and a Ph.D. in higher...
After finishing a double major in Psychology and Music at Cal, I went on to complete a MA and PhD in Education-School Psychology, also at Cal. I am a credentialed school psychologist and have a...
![Richard Harry Gatley, Ph.D.](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/photo_3.jpg?itok=xle45wYU)
After graduating with honors from U.C. Berkeley in 1962, Richard Gatley went on to take an M.A. and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Michigan State University. In 1969 he became an Assistant...
![Mary Frances Crist (Ross)](https://psychology.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200x200sc/public/Screen%20Shot%202016-05-31%20at%209.56.17%20AM.png?itok=088N5alq)
After Cal, I earned a master's degree in school counseling in Texas, a teaching credential in special education, an educational diagnostician credential, and EdD in Special Education (Teachers...