Leonardo Bobadilla, PhD Earns Tenure

Leonardo Bobadilla PhD, an associate professor in Pacific's School of Graduate Psychology, was granted tenure in March 2018 by Pacific University.

Dr. Bobadilla is director of the school's forensic track. He previously served as an assistant professor at Western Carolina University. He completed his pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Federal Correctional Center in Butner, N.C., earned a PhD in clinical psychology from Florida State University, and completed a post-doctoral residency at the Sex Offender Treatment Program at Oregon State Hospital, where he remained as a staff psychologist.

His research and clinical work focuses on psychopathy, physical aggression and sexual violence and has published various peer reviewed articles and chapters in the area.