Awards
Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, California Psychological Association (2012)
- Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology, California Psychological Association(2012)
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowship
- Research and Scholarship Award, Monette/Horwitz Trust
Licenses
- Clinical Psychologist, California (PSY 16570)
- Clinical Psychologist, Washington (PY 2305)
- Licensed Private Investigator, California
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, San Francisco State University, Summa cum laude
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology (Multicultural Specialty)
- Forensic Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research & Training, University of Washington (2,000+ hours specialized training and supervised forensic experience, juvenile and adult criminal cases, high-conflict child custody evaluations)
Psychologist positions
- Ward Coordinator, Western State Hospital, Washington
- Staff Psychologist, McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington
- Contract Psychologist, San Quentin State Prison, California
Boards and panels
- Mentally Disordered Offender evaluator panel, California Department of State Hospitals
- United States Air Force, Western Region, Expert Witness Panel
- Contra Costa County Superior Court
- Alameda County Superior Court
- Marin County Superior Court
Memberships
- Chair, Ethics & Professional Affairs, Alameda County Psychological Association
- Forensic Psychology Executive Committee, California Psychological Association
- American Psychology-Law Society
- American Psychological Association
- California Coalition on Sexual Offending
- Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Recent & Upcoming
Peer consultant
Dr. Franklin is excited to join the multidisciplinary Pacific Forensic Group as a peer consultant.
Podcast interview
Dr. Franklin converses with Laverne Cox about violence against transgender people.
Book chapter
Forensic Psychology in Military Courts, edited by U.S. Air Force Major Christopher Stein and forensic psychologist Jeffrey Younggren, includes a chapter by Dr. Franklin on psychological evaluations in military courts-martial.
NPR radio interview
Dr. Franklin discusses the career of forensic psychology with job coach Marty Nemko on NPR. Listen online or download the podcast HERE.
Career interview
An in-depth interview about Dr. Franklin’s career by psychologist David Webb is online at “All About Forensic Science.”
Training feedback
Participant evaluations of professional trainings has been updated with attorney feedback from a recent training for the Santa Clara County Superior Court on evaluating juvenile competency.
Book review
A review of the first-ever textbook on multiple-perpetrator rape, which includes a chapter by Dr. Franklin, has been published by the European journal Sexologies.
Profiled
Dr. Franklin was profiled in a high school forensic science textbook.