Lorinda B. Camparo, Ph.D.
Normal Human Development: From Pregnancy to Adolescence
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Lorinda Camparo is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Whittier College where she has been a member of the faculty since 1997. Her research interests include the efficacy of techniques for interviewing children, and the development of prejudice and stereotypes in children and adolescents. Dr. Camparo has published her work in a wide range of journals, and she and her students have presented their research nationally and internationally.

Dr. Camparo is a member of the Executive Committee for the American Psychological Association's division of Child, Youth, and Family Services, and is currently serving a second three-year appointment as editor of the division's quarterly newsletter: The Child, Youth, and Family Services Advocate. As a child development expert, Dr. Camparo has been interviewed for "World News Tonight" and "Good Morning America."

In her spare time, Dr. Camparo enjoys playing her violin, acting in annual productions of "The Nutcracker," going to the theater and movies, and doing just about anything with her two grown daughters and husband of 25 years.

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Whittier Psychology Faculty

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Whittier College Campus

Education

1977 - BA, Barnard College, Columbia Universtity: English Literature

1985 - BA, California State University Dominguez Hills: Psychology

1989 - MA, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA): Psychology

1994 - Ph.D., UCLA: Psychology with specialization in Child and Adolescent Social Development

Professional

2002 to present: Associate Professor of Psychology, Whittier College

1997 to 2002: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Whittier College

1996 to 1997: Part-time Faculty in Psychology, California State University Dominguez Hills

1995 to 1996: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Occidental College

1977 to 1980: Legal Assistant with Kreindler & Kreindler Law Firm, New York, NY