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    American University
   
    Mar 29, 2024  
American University Catalog 2015-2016 
    
American University Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Psychology


Chair David A.F. Haaga

Full-Time Faculty

Professor Emeritus E.M. McGinnies, B. Slotnick, S.J.Weiss

Associate Professor Emerita  C.S. Weissbrod

Professor M. Carter, T. Davidson, J.J. Gray, D.A.F. Haaga, L.M. Juliano, B.W. McCarthy, S.R. Parker, F.Z. Peynircioglu, A.L. Riley, A.G. Shapiro, A.M. Silberberg, J. Tubman, B.T. Yates

Associate Professor A.H. Ahrens, B.D. Fantie, K.C. Gunthert, D. Kearns

Assistant Professor N. Enchautegui-de-Jesus, N. Herr, G. Mance, C. Stoodley

Senior Professorial Lecturer M. Gomez-Serrano

The undergraduate program in the Department of Psychology offers the student an opportunity to appreciate psychology’s diversity and its applications. Courses are offered in clinical, social, personality, developmental, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, learning and memory. Advanced topics courses in these and related areas are often available. Students may design programs that approach psychology as a social science, a natural science, or a combination of the two. During their junior and senior years, majors are encouraged to take small, specialized seminars and engage in internship experience with community mental health agencies and in ongoing research within and outside the department. Students should work with their faculty advisors in planning their schedules, internship, and research experiences. The program is sufficiently flexible and broad to satisfy career goals and to provide a solid background for graduate study.

Affiliations

Washington, DC Veterans Administration Hospital; Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital; St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital; Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore; Children’s Hospital; George Washington University Medical Center; Alexandria Community Mental Health Center; Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health; National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Drug Abuse; Uniformed Services University; American Association of Suicidology; American Psychological Association; Association for Psychological Science; Psychiatric Institute of Washington; and St. Luke’s House.

Programs

    MajorMinorMaster’s ProgramGraduate CertificateDoctoral Program