Bartolini, LeeAnn, PhD

Dr. Bartolini earned two BA degrees at Dominican College of San Rafael in Psychology and Art History, and her MA, and Ph.D. degrees at the California School of Psychology, Berkeley in 1983. She is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and helping individuals and couples with everyday challenges in living. She has been teaching at Dominican since 1985, joining the Psychology Department full-time in 1993. LeeAnn is involved in teaching a wide variety of undergraduate psychology courses, as well as courses in the Humanities and in the Women and Gender Studies program. She maintains a local private practice and is involved in diverse community work, including being a member of the Board of Center for Domestic Peace since 2003. LeeAnn loves teaching, working with students, and the creativity involved in teaching and learning. Travel is another one of her passions and she has led thirteen student travel tours and has explored the globe with her family and friends, including teaching psychology at Bangkok University in Thailand in 2001 and doing a month long educational trip to Uganda in 2009 to explore women's issues. In 2012 she and Sr. Carla brought 9 students to Uganda on an engaged learning trip. Her research interests include death and dying, the internationalization of psychology as a discipline, and solutions to ending interpersonal violence. In her free time she enjoys reading, antiquing, gardening, cooking for her large extended family, especially her husband and two sons, and being with her friends.

Dominican University of California

50 Acacia Ave.

San Rafael, CA 94901