About James:

James Hiramoto, Ph.D.

  • Graduate of UC Berkeley's School Psychology Program

  • 28 years+ as a school psychologist

  • 10 years as professor/program director of a master’s and doctoral program in educational & school psychology

  • 7 years with the Diagnostic Center, North, California Department of Education

  • 5+ years as California Association of School Psychologists Board Appointed Assessment Specialist

As of Sept 1, 2024, James is excited to start his appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor & Psychoeducational Services Clinic Director in the School Psychology Program at Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver. Click here for his complete Curriculum Vitae

Just in the past 14 years, James has provided professional development trainings and workshops statewide and, in many instances, more than once to:

  • California Department of Education: Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Director, Special Education Division, Director, State Special School & Services Division, Directors and teams from Diagnostic Centers Central (DCC), Northern (DCN) and Southern (DCS), and State Performance Plan Technical Assistance Project (SPP-TAP).

  • School Psychology and Other Educational Associations including: National Association of School Psychologists; California Association of School Psychologists; Association of California School Administrators; California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators; Bay Area Association of School Psychologists, Central Valley Association of School Psychologists, Elk Grove Regional Association of School Psychologists, Kern Association of School Psychologists, Los Angeles Association of School Psychologists and Santa Clara County Association of School Psychologists.

  • SELPAs and County Offices of Education including Contra Costa, El Dorado, Elk Grove, Folsom Cordova, Foothill, Fresno, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Nevada, North Region, North Santa Cruz, Placer, Riverside, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Southeast Consortium, Sutter, Tri-Valley, and Yuba.

  • Districts including Alhambra USD, Alisal Elementary, Baldwin Park USD, Brentwood Union, Burlingame Elementary, Foster City, Fremont USD, Glendale USD, Long Beach USD, Martinez USD, Millbrae Elementary, Monterey Peninsula USD, Mt Diablo USD, North Monterey County USD, Oakland USD, Pacific Grove USD, Pajaro Valley USD, Palo Alto USD, Riverside USD, Sacramento City USD, San Bruno Park Elementary, San Francisco USD, San Juan USD, San Leandro USD, San Mateo High School, San Ramon USD, Santa Rita Elementary, South San Francisco USD and Twin Rivers USD.

  • Colleges and Universities including CSU-East Bay and Monterey Bay, UC Berkeley, University of the Pacific, and now University of Denver.

He has served many roles for CASP over the years: Including Region II Rep and has served on a number of committees currently: Legislative Advocacy, Professional Learning, and Assessment the last of which he has chaired for the past 5 or more years. He has written and co-authored CASP Position Papers such as Regarding African American Student Achievement and Success and the recent CASP Resource Papers-School Psychology Practice during COVID Series #1 and #2.

James has taught introductory to intermediate statistics at the graduate level as well as research methodology and program evaluation. He has consulted on many projects and programs throughout his career and is often sought after to help explain complex systems and models so that they are easily understandable and relatable.