David Gard is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Motivation and Emotion Research Lab, and the Coordinator of the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program. He received his Master's degree in clinical psychology from San Francisco State University in 1996 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2005. He has been lecturing at San Francisco State University since 1997 and was hired full-time as an assistant professor at SFSU in the fall of 2005. His research interests are broadly in the area of emotion and motivation dysfunction in various mental health disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. He also researches novel treatments in severe mental illness.
We study the basic science of emotion and motivation in the general population using measures of self-report, psychophysiology, and behavior. We then apply these findings Laura Burrus
in studies with individuals with various disorders including schizophrenia and depression. The laboratory is located in the Ethnic Studies and Psychology building at San Francisco State University. For more information about the lab please see our Getting Involved page or our page on Research Projects.
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Contact
Email: dgard@sfsu.edu