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Dr. Julie Shulman joined the faculty in 2008 with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Memphis, where she specialized in feminist theory in counseling, women's sexuality, and lesbian/gay/bisexual mental health. She is a licensed psychologist, with experience in community mental health and college counseling settings working with individuals, couples and families. Dr. Shulman has experience teaching in Counseling, Counseling Psychology and Clinical Psychology training programs, and her teaching interests include sexuality counseling, multicultural counseling, and practicum and internship supervision. Dr. Shulman's scholarship focuses on women's sexuality and LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) mental health, and she uses both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in her research. Her office hours will change each semester; please check Nichols Hall 220 for updated office hours.
julie.shulman@sonoma.edu

Dr. Adam Zagelbaum joined the faculty in 2008, with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Ball State University in Muncie , IN , where he specialized in both school counseling and marriage and family counseling. He has counseled clients within virtually all types of educational settings, including: elementary schools, middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, technical and vocational schools, magnet programs for the gifted and talented, universities, alternative schools, and educational programs within correctional facilities. He has also supervised and presented his research within international venues such as the school system of Trinidad and Tobago . His scholarly works have been published in peer-reviewed journals, edited books and volumes, and as contributions to video training series. Dr. Zagelbaum's research interests focus on career development, interviewing skills and strategies for professionals who work with child and adolescent populations, group work, conflict management and mentoring. His office hours will change each semester; please check Nichols Hall 220 for updated office hours.
adam.zagelbaum@sonoma.edu

emeritus faculty
Dr. Mark Doolittle joined the faculty in 1980 with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a licensed psychologist with extensive clinical background across a wide range of settings: schools; corrections (prison, probation, juvenile hall); mental health (state & federal hospitals, county psychiatric wards, crisis clinics, residential treatment,and outpatient services); family service agencies; and medical psychology treatment programs. In our Department, he has consistently taught Law and Ethics, Relationship & Sexuality Counseling, as well as the practicum and internship seminars. Currently he is also involved in coordinating the Child, Family & Community Project which offers opportunities for counseling through the on-campus Community Counseling Clinic and an Outreach Program. Dr. Doolittle's office is located in Stevenson Hall, Room 1001 and office hours are by appointments only. mark.doolittle@sonoma.edu

Dr. Carolyn Saarnireceived her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, specializing in developmental psychology. Her post-doctoral training in clinical psychology was acquired in New York, and she has been a licensed psychologist in California since 1979 (currently inactive status). Since 1980 she has been a Professor in the Department of Counseling, and in our program she has generally taught Research Design, Developmental and Clinical Issues with Children and Adolescents, Relationship Counseling, and the Practicum course sequence.
Professor Saarni's research has focused on children's emotional development. Her co-edited volumes include Lying and Deception in Everyday Life,The Socialization of Emotion , and Children's Understanding of Emotion. Her book, The Development of Emotional Competence, describes specific skills of emotional competence that are contextualized by cultural values, beliefs about emotion, and assumptions about the nature of the relationship between the individual and the larger society. Her work has been published in many periodicals as well as in other edited volumes. Recently she has had published a chapter on emotional development for the Handbook of Child Psychology and additional chapters for several other edited books on emotional intelligence and personality development. She is an internationally recognized scholar and has enjoyed speaking engagements in many countries, most recently in China and Germany where she spoke on emotional development and on childhood depression. Dr. Saarni's office is located in Nichols Hall, Room 220. Office hours change each semester and are scheduled by appointment.   
carolyn.saarni at sonoma.edu

Dr. Sandra Zimmermann Licensed Clinical Social Worker, began teaching in the Counseling Department in 1991.  Her teaching responsibilities are primarily in the School Counseling track, with research interests in K-12 counseling issues, especially mentoring and violence prevention. Dr. Zimmermann still teaches partl-time in the Spring semester.  Prior to her affiliation with SSU, Zimmermann counseled in a variety of settings, first as a social worker and probation officer and later as a school counselor and school principal.  Zimmermann has counseled clients in Job Corps, students and parents in Project Head Start, adolescents in juvenile hall settings, and has worked with families on AFDC as a social worker. She has provided counseling services to the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled populations in both state facilities and in the community.