Nancy Ryba Panza, Ph.D.
Greetings and welcome! Whether you are a current or prospective student or whether you are looking for clinical services, I hope this website will provide you with the information you need about the services I provide. Please feel free to contact me if you need clarification or have any questions.
I'm a native of Baltimore, Maryland and have lived many places since leaving the East Coast. Currently, I live in Southern California and I am a tenured Professor in the Psychology Department at California State University, Fullerton. I have been at CSUF since 2008. Prior to coming to California, I was an Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. I completed my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Psychology and Law at the University of Alabama in 2004.
I am a Board Certified Police and Public Safety Psychologist. I have a small private practice in which I conduct pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations and provide education, training, and consultation services for law enforcement agencies. I am passionate about helping officers to stay healthy from the time of hire throughout their career and into retirement. I enjoy working with agencies to help improve performance at both the individual and organizational levels. I also conduct criminal forensic evaluations for the courts including competence to stand trial, competence to waive Miranda rights, insanity/mental state at the time of offense, and risk assessments.
**Here is my Curriculum Vita which details my training, experience, and accomplishments.
Greetings and welcome! Whether you are a current or prospective student or whether you are looking for clinical services, I hope this website will provide you with the information you need about the services I provide. Please feel free to contact me if you need clarification or have any questions.
I'm a native of Baltimore, Maryland and have lived many places since leaving the East Coast. Currently, I live in Southern California and I am a tenured Professor in the Psychology Department at California State University, Fullerton. I have been at CSUF since 2008. Prior to coming to California, I was an Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. I completed my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Psychology and Law at the University of Alabama in 2004.
I am a Board Certified Police and Public Safety Psychologist. I have a small private practice in which I conduct pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations and provide education, training, and consultation services for law enforcement agencies. I am passionate about helping officers to stay healthy from the time of hire throughout their career and into retirement. I enjoy working with agencies to help improve performance at both the individual and organizational levels. I also conduct criminal forensic evaluations for the courts including competence to stand trial, competence to waive Miranda rights, insanity/mental state at the time of offense, and risk assessments.
**Here is my Curriculum Vita which details my training, experience, and accomplishments.
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**You can see my appearance from 7/30/20 on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Spotify, Episode #1517.
**Here are a few articles written about me and my research:
A CSUF News article on a recently published study on Suicide by Cop:
news.fullerton.edu/2020/01/suicide-by-cop-study/
The Washington Post article referenced in the story above:
https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/10/31/police-chiefs-propose-ways-reduce-suicide-by-cop/?outputType=amp
A brief article about my forensic work from our student newspaper:
http://www.dailytitan.com/2015/04/professor-panza-picks-up-forensic-psychology/
**Here are a few articles written about me and my research:
A CSUF News article on a recently published study on Suicide by Cop:
news.fullerton.edu/2020/01/suicide-by-cop-study/
The Washington Post article referenced in the story above:
https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/10/31/police-chiefs-propose-ways-reduce-suicide-by-cop/?outputType=amp
A brief article about my forensic work from our student newspaper:
http://www.dailytitan.com/2015/04/professor-panza-picks-up-forensic-psychology/