LYNNE SABA

PhD, Clinical Psychology

The Fielding Institute (APA Approved), 1995

lsaba@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Internship: Veterans Administration, Honolulu, HI (APA Approved), 1994-1995

 

Licensure: CA, HI

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Psychological Measurement

Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Statistics

Research Methods

Advanced Research Methods

MMPI-2/A Personality Testing

Quantitative Software

Qualitative Software

Cross-Cultural Personality Research

Media Psychology

 

Research Interests:

 

MMPI-2/A

NEO-PI-R

Cross-Cultural Personality Measurement

Item Response Theory

Online Instruction

Using Technology in Teaching

 

Practice Interests:

 

Executive Stress

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Anxiety Disorders

Couples Therapy

Adult and Adolescent Personality Assessment

Post-Doctoral Supervision

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Psychological Association (APA)

California Psychological Association (CPA)

Hawaiian Psychological Association (HPA)

Society for Personality Assessment (SPA)

Western Psychological Association (WPA)

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1996: APA Dissertation Award

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Saba, L., Porcella, A., Lobina, C. et al. (2000). Analysis of patients of Sardinian descent. Journal of Medical Genetics, 2(34), 122-125.

 

Chang, L., Munakata, J., Mayer, E. A., Schmulson, M. J., Johnson, T. D., Bernstein, C. N., Saba, L. et al. (2001). Perceptual responses in patients with inflammatory and functional bowel disease. Gut, 47(4), 497-505.

 

Hodges, P., & Saba, L. (2002). Teaching statistics online. In K. E. Rudestam & J. Schoenholtz-Read (Eds.), Handbook of online learning: Innovations in higher education and corporate training (pp. 389-408). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Saba, L. (2003). Synchronous formats. In A. DiStefano, K. E. Rudestam, & R. Silverman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distributed learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Saba, L., & Penn, N. E. (in press ). Venezuelan MMPI-2. In R. Velasquez (Ed.), International adaptations of the MMPI-2 in Latino populations. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

Oprandi, G., Saba, L., et al. (in press). Adrenal response to elective total hip replacement surgery. European Journal of Applied Physiology.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Saba, L., & Hodges, P. M. (2006, April). The virtual classroom. In F. B. Meeker (Chair), Building a digital learning community: What you need to know before starting or changing to an on-line course. Symposium conducted at the 38^th annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, CA.

 

Hogg, J. L., Saba, L., Penn, N., & Hodges, P. (2006, Nov). Personality, electronic media, and the deaf. Presented at the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

 

Saba, L., Gee, M., Penn, N., Hodges, P., & Boscan, D. (2006 Nov). Use & misuse of derived MMPI-2 indices to predict pedophilia in seminary students in Mexico. Presented at the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

 

Williams, J.A., Saba, L., Penn, N., Hodges, P. (2006 Nov). MMPI-2 demoralization scale as a predictor of community college nursing student retention/attrition. Presented at the Hawaii Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

 

Penn, N., Saba, L., & Deeds, O. V. (2007 April). Multicultural issues in MMPI-2 interpretation. Workshop presented at the MMPI-2/MMPI-A workshops and Symposia, University of Minnesota Press, Ft Lauderdale, FL.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1999-2004: Director of Webcast Continuing Education Program, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

1999-present: Chair, Educational Technology Committee, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

1999-present: Co-Director Cross-Cultural Research Team. Research Laboratory for Faculty and Student Research, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

1999-present: Responsible for Faculty Technology Development, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2005-Present Director of Neuropsychology Certificate Programs, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.