Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009

Wendy Paszkiewicz, Psy.D., Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and
Core Faculty
Dr. Paszkiewicz earned her B.S. in Psychology at Michigan State University and
her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Illinois School of Professional
Psychology/Chicago. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Paszkiewicz
teaches professional development and practicum seminars. Her interests
include women in leadership, social interest and responsibility, education and
training in professional psychology, and child and adolescent assessment and
treatment. She served as an academic Director of Training at ISPP/Chicago and
then the Adler School over the past eleven years. Dr. Paszkiewicz is actively
involved in the National Council of Schools and Programs in Professional
Psychology (NCSPP) and is the Past-President for the Association of
Chicagoland Externship and Practicum Training Sites (ACEPT), which is an
organization focused on enhancing the quality of practicum training within
professional psychology.
Brian Price, Ph.D., Core Faculty
Dr. Price received his M.S.Ed. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the
University of Kansas and Iowa State University, respectively. Prior to joining
Adler, Dr. Price worked in the overseas division of the University of Maryland
University College, where he taught counseling and psychology in Japan, Italy,
Belgium, and Germany and was also the Resident Graduate Professor in the
United Kingdom. Prior to teaching, he was a forensic psychologist and director
of the jail mental health services for Johnson County Mental Health Center in
Olathe, Kansas. His primary research and teaching interests include career
development, cross-cultural psychology and counseling, forensic psychology,
and the interface between mental health policy and law.
Victoria Priola-Surowiec, Psy.D., Core Faculty and Director of the Police
Psychology Program
Dr. Priola–Surowiec joined the Adler Faculty in July 2006. She earned her B.S.
in Psychology at the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana and her M.A in
Counseling Psychology and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Adler School
of Professional Psychology. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and maintains
a private practice in Chicago serving police officers and their families. Formerly,
she was the Director of Training at Safe Alternatives, an inpatient treatment
program for individuals, who engage in self-destructive behaviors including selfinjury.
Dr. Priola-Surowiec teaches courses in police psychology and Adlerian
theory and methods. Her additional research interests include the study of
resiliency, and police suicide.
Shaifali Sandhya, Ph.D., Core Faculty
Dr. Sandhya received a Ph.D. in Psychology and Human Development from the
University of Chicago; an M.A. in Psychology (Neuropsychology) from the
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