Cary L. Mitchell

Cary L. Mitchell, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University. A licensed psychologist, he has been conducting preemployment psychological screenings of law enforcement applicants for departments throughout California for over 25 years. Formerly a V.A. psychologist, he has worked in two federal prisons and has been a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice’s COPS program. For three decades he has taught graduate assessment courses, chaired dissertations, and served in administrative roles at Pepperdine that included Director of Clinical Training in the Psy.D. program and Associate Dean in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. He has authored multiple grants and co-directs a mental health clinic at a homeless shelter