Barbara A. Sommer

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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Retired from UC Davis.

Positions included Lecturer in Psychology, Academic Assistant to the Provost, Faculty Consultant, Program Evaluator, and Program Coordinator at the Teaching Resources Center on campus.

Taught at all levels of the California higher education system -- community college, state college, and university. Did a stint at Sonoma State University in spring 2008.

Author of A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research (5th edition, Oxford University Press), Puberty and Adolescence (1978, Oxford) and 40 published articles.

Current activities:
 

President, Board of Directors, Progress Ranch Group Home for boys in Davis, CA
Yolo County Grand Jury Alumni, follow-up committee
Co-organizer/Secretary of Sacramento Area Mushroomers
Writing items for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP), the national licensing examination for psychologists.
WebMs. for Yolo County Historical Society and Progress Ranch


 

Publications
Curriculum Vita (download PDF)
Personal interests

e-mail: basommer@ucdavis.edu
phone: (530) 756-7553