Claudia Owens Shields, Ph. D.

Educational History
Core Faculty, Master of Arts in Psychology Program
Director of Clinical Training, Masters in Psychology Program
Ph.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Multicultural Community Psychology
M.A., California School of Professional Psychology, Multicultural Community Psychology
B.A., University of Southern California, Business Administration/Marketing

Biography
Claudia first came to Antioch University as an adjunct professor in Winter 2001 and recently joined the core faculty as Director of Clinical Training, where she is responsible for working with clinical field placement sites to ensure that they provide quality training to our students. Claudia has over seventeen years of combined administrative experience, in corporate and academic environments. Claudia began her teaching career in 1995 at California School of Professional Psychology and then in 1997 assumed a core faculty position at Azusa Pacific University where she taught and served as a site administrator. Her special teaching and research interests are related to issues of human diversity and multicultural competence. She is currently working with students and colleagues to develop an edited volume of essays on learning experiences in human diversity. She is often called upon to speak or consult on these issues as well.