Bob Wells, Ph.D.

Interim Head of School

B.A., Clark University
M.A. and Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Clinical Psychology Residency, University of Virginia
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, Behavioral Pediatrics and School Health, University of Maryland Medical Center

Bob Wells brings decades of experience working with children, families, educators, and healthcare professionals. For 30 years, he taught pediatric and family practice residents through the University of California, San Francisco’s medical education program in Fresno. He also worked extensively in children’s hospitals, where he taught, consulted, conducted research, and trained staff in ethical decision-making.

Bob and his wife maintained a private practice specializing in the assessment and support of school-age children with learning differences, behavioral, social, and emotional challenges, and other common sources of childhood stress.

Originally from New York, Bob and his wife have been married for 44 years and moved to Santa Barbara six years ago. Since then, he has been actively involved in the community, volunteering with Meals on Wheels, Transition House, the Granada Theatre, and Congregation B’nai B’rith.

An avid cyclist, Bob recently raised nearly $10,000 for childhood cancer research by riding 200 miles during September. He also enjoys photography, swimming, gardening, travel, theatre, and spending time with friends and family.