NOLAN E. PENN

PhD, Clinical/Experimental Psychology

University of Denver, 1958

npenn@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Internship: Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, CA, 1954-1955

 

Licensure: CA, HI

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Research Methods and Philosophy of Science

Psychopathology

Multicultural Psychology

Personality Research Studies in Multicultural Populations Using Psychometric Instruments (e.g., MMPI-2, MMPI-A, Psy5Factors, Rorschach, BDI, GAMA for Spanish Speaking Populations, MCM III, MACI, MAPI)

Clinical-Forensic Psychology

 

Research Interests:

 

Acculturation and Personality Research Studies on Multicultural Populations Using Psychometric Instruments, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

 

Practice Interests:

 

Clinical Psychology Consultation

Clinical-Forensic Psychology Consultation

Research Consultation

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Academy of Experts in Trauma (Fellow)

American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (Fellow)

American Forensics Society (Fellow)

American Group Psychotherapy Association (Fellow)

American Orthopsychiatry Association (Fellow)

American Psychotherapy Association (Fellow)

American Psychological Association, (F1, 3, 12, 27, 45, 49, 52)

American Psychological Society (Fellow)

American Public Health Association

Association of Academic Minority Physicians (AAMP)

Association of Black Psychologists

California Psychological Association

Gerontological Society of America

InterAmerican Society of Psychologists

International Congress of Social Psychology (Fellow)

International Council of Psychologists

International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB)

Sigma XI

Society for Personality and Assessment (Fellow)

Western Psychological Association (Fellow)

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1965: Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, American Psychological Association (ABPP)

 

1982: Fellow, American Psychological Association

 

1996: Diplomate, American College of Forensic Examiners

 

1997: Diplomate, Academy of Psychotherapists

 

1998: Diplomate, Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

 

2002: Helen Margulies Mehr, Ph.D. Award, Division of Public Interest, California Psychological Association

 

Fellow: American Academy of Experts in Trauma, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, American Forensics Society, American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Orthopsychiatry Association, American Psychological Society, American Psychotherapy Association, International Congress of Social Psychology, Society for Personality and Assessment, Western Psychological Association

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Boscan, D. C., Penn, N. E., Velasquez, R. J., Reimann, J., Gomez, N., Guzman, M., Berry, E. M., & Infants, L. D. (2000). MMPI-2 profiles of Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan university students. Psychological Reports, 87, 107-110.

 

Nesbitt, M. N., & Penn, N. E. (2000). Gender stereotypes after thirty years: A replication of Rosenkrantz et al. (1960), Psychological Reports, 87, 493-511.

 

Penn, N. E., Kramer, J., Skinner, R. J., Velasquez, R. J., Yee, B. W. K., Arrellano, L.M., & Williams, J. P. (2000). Health practices and health care systems among cultural groups. In R. M. Eisler & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of gender, culture, and health (pp. 105-137). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

Boscan, D. C., Penn, N. E., Velasquez, R. J., Savino, A. V., Maness, P., Guzman, M., & Reimann, J. (2002). MMPI-2 performance of Mexican male university students and prison inmates. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(4), 465-470.

 

Saba, L., Boscan, D. C., Penn, N. E. (in press). The MMPI-2/A in Venezuela: Preliminary findings. In R. J. Velasquez & M. Garrido (Eds.). Mahway, NJ: Lawrence J. Erlbaum.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Penn, N. E., Jella, S. H., Boscan, D., Maness, P. J., & Valesquez, R. J. (2001, September). MMPI-2 profiles of Mexican-born DUI offenders and nonoffenders. Poster session presented at annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 

Penn, N. E. (2004, February). Aging and diversity: Group therapy with African American senior citizens. AGPA National Meeting, New York, NY.

 

 

Funded Grants/Contracts:

 

2001: Computer Scoring of the Spanish Language GAMA Data Answer Sheets. (Agreement between Nolan Penn and NCS-Pearson Associates, Minneapolis, MN to share data), $5,000-$8,000 approximate in-kind worth.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1970-present: Examiner, American Board of Professional Psychology, American Psychological Association.

 

1994-present: American Group Psychotherapy Association, National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists.

 

1997-present: Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, University of California, San Diego, School of medicine, La Jolla, CA.

 

1999-present: Director, Cross-Cultural Personality Research Studies Team (CCPRST), School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2004: Senior Forensic Psychologist (part time), San Diego County Mental health Services, San Diego, CA.

 

2002-2005: Ethics Committee, California Psychological Association.