Mesa Specialists

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San Diego Mesa College's faculty and staff have a wide variety of skills and expertise ranging from local politics, ethnomusicology, and American literature to genetics, physics, and behavioral analysis.  Specialists are associated with one or more categories that are either in their field of study or general interest.

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Search Substance Abuse

Name Expertise/Interests Department
Professor

Counseling

Laura Mathis

LGBT, Substance Abuse, Deaf and Hard of Hearing


Area of Expertise

Access for Deaf and hard of hearing people, LGBT rights and marriage, alcohol and other substance abuse, access for people with disabilities

More:
Laura Mathis has many roles at San Diego Mesa College. In addition to being a counselor and professor, Mathis is the Counseling liaison to San Diego Metropolitan (Met) High School; the department liaison to American Sign Language/Interpreting, Interior Design, and Architecture; and the personal growth curriculum designer for Mesa's Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant. Mathis is bilingual in English and American Sign Language.


Role at Mesa

Counselor/Professor


Degrees

  • Master of Science, Rehabilitation Counseling, San Diego State University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Physiology, UC Berkeley
  • Professional Certificate, Post Employment Training - Administration of Programs Serving Consumers who are Deaf, Late-Deafened and Hard of Hearing (PET-D), San Diego State University
  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

Counseling


Contact

Phone
(619) 388-2533

Email
lmathis@sdccd.edu

Office

Professor

Counseling

Judy Sundayo

Substance Abuse, Diversity, Counseling


Area of Expertise

Counseling (General), Crisis Counseling, Diversity, Substance Abuse

More:
Judy Sundayo is a counselor at San Diego Mesa College. In addition to this role, Sundayo is the chair of the Committee for Diversity Action, Inclusion & Equity; a member of Academic Senate, the Crisis Response Committee, and the Mesa Academy Advisory Committee; and liaison for the Black Studies Department. Sundayo has won the Outstanding Young Woman of America Award, the Bob Marley Peace Award, the County of San Diego Drug Programs Services Award, and the Outstanding Service Award from the African Psychological Society at SDSU.


Role at Mesa

Professor, Counseling Department


Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, The Professional School of Psychological Studies
  • Master of Arts, Human Behavior, The U.S. International University
  • Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, The Professional School of Psychological Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, The American University
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, California, LIC. #13052

Counseling


Contact

Phone

Email
jsundayo@sdccd.edu

Office