The UA Psychology Department Congratulates the University of Alabama Crimson Tide Football Team on Winning the 2011 National Championship. ROLL TIDE!!
  • Dr. Beverly Thorn and PhD Student Melissa Day Build A Series of Successful Clinical Research Programs to Help Patients Manage Chronic Pain.

Research Magazine - The University of Alabama » A Psychological Salve Scientists Study Mind's Ability to Manage Pain
  • Psychology Graduate Students' Association Elects Officers for 2012-2013.

          PGSA officers 2012-2013
  • Honor's Day April 6, 2012
  • See "Get the details" for more Honor's Day Photos
  • Dr. Jim Hamilton Studies Tornado Effects

           UA Studies Tornado Effects

           Jim Hamilton in Tuscaloosa News January 24 2012
  • Dr. Rosanna Guadagno Interviews with ESPN about the "Fail Room"

           Fail Room Video
  • Psychology Professor Seeks Relief for Chronic Headache Sufferers
  • Psychology Department Welcomes New Faculty Members
  • Psychology Doctoral Program Advances In National Research Council Rankings

Celebrating Excellence

  • Dr. Clayton Shealy Joins the UA Psychology Department as Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Psychology Clinic
  • Dr. Ed Merrill Receives UA Academic Advisor Excellence Award.
 

 

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Department of Psychology Mission

The Department of Psychology seeks to provide the highest quality education and training for undergraduate and graduate students via our teaching, research, and community outreach.  Student involvement in these three areas is integral to our mission.

At the undergraduate level, the Department of Psychology offers the BA and BS degrees.  We also have an Honors Program in Psychology.  Our primary mission is to prepare undergraduate majors for graduate work in Psychology and related disciplines.  We also strive to provide the highest quality education and training for students obtaining majors and minors in Psychology, as well as students satisfying social science requirements and requirements of other academic units.

At the Graduate level, the Department of Psychology offers the Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in psychology in seven concentrations across experimental and clinical psychology.  Students are only admitted to the Ph.D. program and earn their M.A. as they work toward the Ph.D.  The primary mission of the graduate program is to promote independent scholarship, excellent teaching skills, and clinical skills related to each student's concentration.  The graduate program has a goal of producing 8-10 Ph.D.'s each year who, upon graduation, will fill psychology-related positions.  The American Psychological Association has accredited the Clinical Training Program for the past 40 years, and the department intends to continue to hold the high standards associated with that accreditation.

 

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A Comment from Alumnus Katherine Perez-Rivera, Ph.D., UA 2001

The main thing I want to share is that having received my doctorate from the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa has truly been one of the most pivotal experiences of my life. I am not referring to the receipt of my doctorate.  I could have received a doctorate in psychology from other institutions... (see the rest of the comment under "Get the Details")

 

Extra, Extra. Read all about it....

The new issue of the Psychology Alumni Newsletter is here. Thanks to Dr. Stan Brodsky for writing, editing and publishing this latest issue.

2009-2010 Psychology Newsletter

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Department History

Professor Emeritus, Dr. Paul Weisberg, has undertaken an effort to document the history of our department and make it available to current department members, as well as to faculty, staff and students who have moved on.  Click here to go to the History page.

 

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Dr. Jerome Rosenberg honored at Symposium April 4, 2012

 

 

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