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College of Architecture + Planning

School of architecture, architectural studies ms.

Master of Science

Director of Graduate Studies icon   VALERIE GREER

Contact icon BRISA ZAVALA icon 801-585-5354 icon Bldg: ARCH | Rm: 332

Program HANDBOOK

Architecture MAR

Master of Architecture

City & Metropolitan Planning

City & metro planning mcp.

Master of City and Metropolitan Planning

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DIVYA CHANDRASEKHAR

Contact icon ALEX FRANCIS-RIGGAN icon 801-587-7553 icon Bldg: ARCH | Rm: 235

Metropolitan Planning, Policy & Design PHD

Doctor of Philosophy

Division of Games

Entertain arts & engineering mae.

Master of Entertainment Arts and Engineering

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MICHAEL YOUNG

Contact icon DYLAN ZOLLINGER icon 801-581-7110 icon Bldg: BLDG 72 | Rm: SECOND FLR

David Eccles School of Business

Department of accounting, accounting mac.

Master of Accounting

Director of Graduate Studies icon   NATE ZWART

Contact icon LASHELLE MANN icon 801-587-9379 icon Bldg: SFEBB | Rm: 3109

Business Administration Ex MBA

Master of Business Administration

Director of Graduate Studies icon   BRADLEY VIERIG

Contact icon CRISTINA REYNA icon 801-581-5577 icon Bldg: GARFF | Rm: 4400

Business Administration MBA

Contact icon CHRIS CONARD icon 801-585-6291 icon Bldg: GARFF | Rm: 2250

icon Available online Business Administration On MBA

Contact icon XANI HAYNIE icon 801-587-8870 icon Bldg: GARFF | Rm: 2400

Business Administration PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   STEVE STUBBEN

Contact icon LARI FRANDSEN icon 801-581-8625 icon Bldg: BU C | Rm: 4100

Business Administration Pr MBA

Business analytics ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JEFF WEBB

Contact icon CATHY BROWN icon 801-585-3557

icon Available online Healthcare Administration MHA

Master of Healthcare Administration

Director of Graduate Studies icon   RAND KERR

Contact icon JACKIE REES icon 801-581-5218

Real Estate Development MRD

Master of Real Estate Development

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DANNY WALL

Contact icon ALICIA BROOKS icon 801-587-8533 icon Bldg: GARFF | Rm: 2359

Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Business creation mbc.

Master of Business Creation

Director of Graduate Studies icon   PAUL BROWN

Contact icon JAMILEH JAMESON icon 801-585-1621 icon Bldg: SFEBB

Department of Finance

Icon available online finance ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DEBBIE ADEBUNMI

Contact icon LAUREN LANCE icon 801-581-5588 icon Bldg: SFEBB | Rm: 8159

Department of Operations and Information Systems

Cybersecurity management ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CHRIS DANSIE

icon Available online Information Systems MS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CHONG OH

Contact icon CATHY BROWN icon 801-585-3557 icon Bldg: SFEBB | Rm: 7130

School of Dentistry

Dentistry dds.

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ALEX STEELE

Contact icon ALEX STEELE icon 801-646-4654 icon Bldg: UUSODG

College of Education

Department of education, culture and society, education, culture and society med.

Master of Education

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LETICIA ALVAREZ

Contact icon JASON NEWNUM icon 801-587-1223 icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 328

Education, Culture and Society PHD

Contact icon JASON NEWNUM icon 801-587-1223 icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 3280

Educational Leadership & Policy

Educational leadership and policy edd.

Doctor of Education

Director of Graduate Studies icon   PAULA SMITH

Contact icon LENORA MONGE icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 2220

Educational Leadership and Policy MED

Educational leadership and policy phd, department of educational psychology, educational psychology med.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ZAC IMEL

Contact icon LAETHAN LAPPIN icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 3220

Educational Psychology MS

Educational psychology mst.

Master of Statistics

Contact icon

Educational Psychology PHD

Department of special education, special education med.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MATT JAMESON

Contact icon KAITLIN LINDSEY icon 801-581-4764 icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 2280

Special Education MS

Contact icon KAITLIN LINDSEY icon 801-581-8121 icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 2280

Special Education PHD

College of engineering, department of biomedical engineering, biomedical engineering ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ALAN DORVAL

Contact icon LAURA OLSEN icon 801-581-8559 icon Bldg: SMBB | Rm: 3223

Biomedical Engineering PHD

Department of chemical engineering, chemical engineering ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KERRY KELLY

Contact icon WANDA BROWN icon 801-585-1181 icon Bldg: MEB | Rm: 3290

Chemical Engineering PHD

Department of civil and environmental engineering, civil and environmental engineering ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CATHY LIU

Contact icon COURTNEY PHILLIPS icon 801-581-6678 icon Bldg: MCE | Rm: 2008

Civil and Environmental Engineering PHD

Nuclear engineering ms.

Contact icon COURTNEY PHILLIPS icon 801-581-6678 icon Bldg: MCE | Rm: 2012

Nuclear Engineering PHD

School of computing, computer science ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ALEXANDER LEX

Contact icon [email protected] icon 801-581-8224 icon Bldg: MEB | Rm: 3190

Computer Science PHD

Computing ms, computing phd, software development msd.

Master of Software Development

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MATTHEW FLATT

Contact icon LESLIE WALLWORK icon 801-581-7631

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Icon available online electrical and computer engineering ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CYNTHIA FURSE

Contact icon LIZ ROWBERRY icon 801-587-9710 icon Bldg: MEB | Rm: 2110

Electrical and Computer Engineering PHD

Contact icon JOHN BOLKE icon 801-581-4941 icon Bldg: MEB | Rm: 2110

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Materials science and engineering ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   HONG YONG SOHN

Contact icon SARA WILSON icon 801-581-4449 icon Bldg: CME | Rm: 304

Materials Science and Engineering PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DMITRO BEDROV

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Icon available online engineering management mem.

Master of Engineering Management

Director of Graduate Studies icon   TODD EASTON

Contact icon TODD EASTON icon 801-581-7101 icon Bldg: MEK | Rm: 1550

Mechanical Engineering MS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MARK FEHLBERG

Contact icon MARK FEHLBERG icon 801-585-9293 icon Bldg: MEK | Rm: 1568

Mechanical Engineering PHD

Robotics ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   STEPHEN MASCARO

Contact icon KELLY PEARSON icon 801-581-6441 icon Bldg: MEK

Robotics PHD

Systems engineering ms.

Contact icon TODD EASTON

College of Fine Arts

Department of art & art history, art history ma.

Master of Arts

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MONTY PARET

Contact icon SANDIE CROOK icon 801-581-8677 icon Bldg: ART | Rm: 161

Master of Fine Arts

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LEWIS CRAWFORD

Contact icon JANET SOLLER icon 801-581-8677 icon Bldg: ART | Rm: 161

School of Dance

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ERIC HANDMAN

Contact icon SHERIDAN HUTCHINSON icon 801-587-9457 icon Bldg: MCD | Rm: 124

Modern Dance MFA

Film and media arts, film and media arts mfa.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SARAH SINWELL

Contact icon PAULA LEE icon 801-581-5127 icon Bldg: ART | Rm: 270

icon Available online Fine Arts MAT

Master of Arts in Teaching

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KELBY MCINTYRE-MARTINEZ

Contact icon KELBY MCINTYRE-MARTINEZ icon 801-587-0528 icon Bldg: SAEC | Rm: 1240

School of Music

Master of Music

Director of Graduate Studies icon   HASSE BORUP

Contact icon DAVID FOX icon 801-585-6972 icon Bldg: DGH | Rm: 204

Musical Arts DMA

Doctor of Musical Arts

Musicology MA

College of health, department of communication sciences and disorders, audiology aud.

Doctor of Audiology

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SARAH FERGUSON

Contact icon LEIGH ANN BENEVIDES icon 801-585-0427 icon Bldg: BEH S | Rm: 1201

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SKYLER JENNINGS

Speech-Language Pathology MA

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ROBERT KRAEMER

Speech-Language Pathology MS

Department of health and kinesiology, health and kinesiology ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JULIE LUCERO

Contact icon ANDREA MOSS icon 801-585-9783 icon Bldg: HPR N

Health and Kinesiology PHD

Contact icon ANDREA MOSS icon 801-581-7558 icon Bldg: HPR N

Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology

Icon available online nutrition and integrative physiology ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   THUNDER JALILI

Contact icon CARISSE WINEGAR icon 801-581-6730 icon Bldg: HPR N | Rm: 214

Nutrition and Integrative Physiology PHD

Dept of occupational and recreational therapies, occupational therapy mot.

Master of Occupational Therapy

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LORIE RICHARDS

Contact icon KELLY BROWN icon 801-585-0555

Recreational Therapy MS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   RHONDA NELSON

Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Parks, recreation and tourism ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ROBERT SIBTHORP

Contact icon ANDREA MOSS icon 801-585-9783

Parks, Recreation and Tourism PHD

Dept of physical therapy and athletic training, athletic training mtr.

Master of Athletic Training

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JUSTIN RIGBY

Contact icon ASHLEY JOLLY icon 801-585-1820

Physical Therapy DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MICAH DRUMMOND

Contact icon ALISON VASQUEZ icon 801-581-8681

Rehabilitation Science PHD

Contact icon ELIZABETH SOUTHWELL icon 801-585-9510 icon Bldg: DHPEB

College of Humanities

Department of communication, communication ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CHRIS INGRAHAM

Contact icon TRAVIS CIARAMELLA icon 801-585-6337 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 2400

Communication MPL

Master of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MICHAEL MIDDLETON

Contact icon TRAVIS CIARAMELLA icon 801-631-4773 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 2400

Communication MS

Communication phd, department of english, creative writing mfa.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ELIZABETH SWANSTROM

Contact icon KARLI SAM icon 801-581-7131 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 3500

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ANNE JAMISON

English PHD

Department of history.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ELIZABETH CLEMENT

Contact icon AMARILYS SCOTT icon 801-581-6121 icon Bldg: CTIHB | Rm: 310

History PHD

Asian studies ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   WINSTON KYAN

Contact icon ROXANNA LEE icon 801-581-6101 icon Bldg: CTIHB | Rm: 210

Environmental Humanities MA

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DANIELLE ENDRES

Contact icon CORY PIKE icon 801-587-6156 icon Bldg: FD 618

Environmental Humanities MS

Latin american studies ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ELENA SHTROMBERG

Linguistics

Linguistics ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MARYANN CHRISTISON

Contact icon KACEY CAMPBELL icon 801-581-8047 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 2300

Linguistics PHD

Department of philosophy, philosophy ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ERIN BEEGHLY

Contact icon CONNIE CORBETT icon 801-581-8162 icon Bldg: CTIHB | Rm: 402 C

Philosophy MS

Philosophy phd.

Contact icon CONNIE CORBETT icon 801-581-8162 icon Bldg: CTIHB | Rm: 402C

World Languages and Cultures

Language pedagogy ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DEBERNIERE TORREY

Contact icon BROOKE WALRATH icon 801-587-3451 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 1400

World Languages and Cultures MA

World languages and cultures phd, department of writing and rhetoric studies, writing and rhetoric studies ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JAY JORDAN

Contact icon KARLI SAM icon 801-581-7131 icon Bldg: LNCO | Rm: 3700

Writing and Rhetoric Studies MS

Writing and rhetoric studies phd, s.j. quinney college of law, environmental and resource law llm.

Master of Laws

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ROBERT KEITER

Contact icon JANETTE NYSTROM icon 801-581-7475 icon Bldg: LAW | Rm: 113

Juris Doctor

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LOUISA HEINY

Contact icon NATASHA CARLTON icon 801-581-3759 icon Bldg: LAW | Rm: 113

icon Available online Legal Studies MLS

Master of Legal Studies

Director of Graduate Studies icon   STEPHANIE JARVI-PETERSON

Contact icon CASSIE SARFATI icon Bldg: LAW | Rm: 113

School of Medicine

Department of biochemistry, biochemistry phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ADAM HUGHES

Contact icon AMITY MOWER icon 801-585-2555 icon Bldg: EEJMRB | Rm: 4100

Department of Biomedical Informatics

Icon available online biomedical informatics ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CAROLYN SCHEESE

Contact icon ELI COVARRUBIAS icon 801-213-3364 icon Bldg: 421 WA | Rm: 140

Biomedical Informatics PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KATHERINE SWARD

Contact icon AMY PARKIN icon Bldg: 421 WA | Rm: 140

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Biostatistics mst.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LISA GREN

Contact icon JOSUE MARTINEZ icon 801-587-7896 icon Bldg: 375 CH | Rm: SUITE A

Public Health MPH

Master of Public Health

Contact icon JOSUE MARTINEZ icon 801-587-7896 icon Bldg: 375 CH

Public Health MS

Public health phd.

Contact icon DALLAS NELSON icon 801-581-6385 icon Bldg: 375 CH | Rm: STE A

Department of Human Genetics

Human genetics phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MARK METZSTEIN

Contact icon KANDACE LEAVITT icon 801-585-0462 icon Bldg: EIHG | Rm: 5100

Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Cardiovascular perfusion ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KIRK BINGHAM

Contact icon SHAWNDA GILLESPIE icon 801-300-7719

Clinical Investigation MS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KELLIE BROWN

Contact icon KELLIE BROWN icon 385-501-5344

Genetic Counseling MS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KARIN DENT

Contact icon LUISA ROGERS icon 801-581-8624 icon Bldg: SOM | Rm: 2 C 454

Health Professions MED

Director of Graduate Studies icon   REBECCA WILSON

Contact icon ARMINKA ZELJKOVIC icon 801-581-8198

Medicine MD

Doctor of Medicine

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JESSICA HURTADO

Contact icon CINDY CARIO icon Bldg: EHSEB | Rm: 5900

Neuroscience PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MEGAN WILLIAMS

Contact icon NICOLE CALDWELL icon 801-581-4820 icon Bldg: BPRB | Rm: 320

Department of Neurobiology

Neurobiology and anatomy phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   NIKKI LINK

Contact icon EMILY HARRIS icon 801-581-3653 icon Bldg: BPRB | Rm: 320

Division of Occupational and Environmental Health

Occupational and environmental health phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JOE ALLEN

Contact icon KATHERINE MCCOLL

Occupational Health MOH

Master of Occupational Health

Contact icon KATHERINE MCCOLL icon Bldg: 375 CH | Rm: STE A

Occupational Health MS

Department of oncological sciences, oncological sciences phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   RODNEY STEWART

Contact icon WHITNEY REID icon 801-213-6225

Department of Pathology

Laboratory medicine and biomedical science ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DIANA WILKINS

Contact icon CHRISTINE BRATTON icon 801-581-7913 icon Bldg: BD 379 | Rm: 160

Microbiology and Immunology PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   HANS HAECKER

Contact icon DESTINY GOMEZ icon 801-213-3717 icon Bldg: EEJMRB | Rm: 1100

Department of Pediatrics

Clinical pharmacology phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ELENA ENIOUTINA

Contact icon ELENA ENIOUTINA icon 801-587-1916

Division of Physician Assistant Education & Sci

Physician assistnt studies mps.

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JENNIE COOMBS

Contact icon MAYUMI KASAI icon 801-587-1662

Department of Population Health Sciences

Population health sciences phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ROGER ALTIZER

Contact icon MARCIE LEEK icon 801-587-1606

College of Nursing

Icon available online gerontology ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JULIE GEE

Contact icon KRISTEN MAHONEY icon 801-581-8198 icon Bldg: CNB | Rm: 2220

Contact icon KRISTEN MAHONEY icon 801-581-7046 icon Bldg: CNB | Rm: 2220

Nursing PHD

Contact icon CARRIE RADMALL icon 801-581-8798

Nursing Practice DNP

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Contact icon SHELLEY KERN icon 801-585-0878 icon Bldg: CNB | Rm: 2200

College of Pharmacy

Department of medicinal chemistry, medicinal chemistry phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   RAPHAEL FRANZINI

Contact icon TERRI ELDER-HALE icon 801-581-5581 icon Bldg: SK H | Rm: 307

Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics

Molecular pharmaceutics phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JAMES HERRON

Contact icon HALLIE MCCARTHY icon 801-585-0070 icon Bldg: SK H | Rm: 301

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Pharmacology and toxicology phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   PHILIP MOOS

Contact icon JULIE CALLAHAN icon 801-581-6287 icon Bldg: SK H | Rm: 112

Department of Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacotherapy outcomes research and health policy phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   NATHORN CHAIYAKUNAPRUK

Contact icon LINDA O'CONNOR icon 801-585-1065 icon Bldg: SK H | Rm: 254

Pharmacy DPH

Doctor of Pharmacy

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JAMES RUBLE

Contact icon SHAWNA WEBSTER icon 801-585-1848 icon Bldg: SK H | Rm: 105

College of Science

Department of atmospheric sciences, atmospheric sciences ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   COURT STRONG

Contact icon ALEX MUNOZ icon 801-581-6136 icon Bldg: WBB | Rm: 819

Atmospheric Sciences PHD

School of biological sciences, biology (teaching) ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ALLYSON ROCKS

Director of Graduate Studies icon   COLIN DALE

Contact icon SHANNON NIELSEN icon 801-581-5636 icon Bldg: BIOL | Rm: 201

Biology PHD

Department of chemistry, chemistry (teaching) ms, chemistry phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   RYAN STEELE

Contact icon JO VALLEJO icon 801-581-4393 icon Bldg: TBBC | Rm: 4404

Department of Geology and Geophysics

Geological engineering men.

Master of Engineering

Director of Graduate Studies icon   FAN-CHI LIN

Contact icon SAM LEE icon 801-581-7162 icon Bldg: FASB | Rm: 383

Geological Engineering MS

Geological engineering phd, geology phd, geophysics ms, geophysics phd, department of mathematics, mathematics ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SRIKANTH IYENGAR

Contact icon PAULA TOOMAN icon 801-581-6841 icon Bldg: JWB | Rm: 233

Mathematics MPL

Contact icon PAULA TOOMAN icon 801-581-6841 icon Bldg: JWB

Mathematics MS

Mathematics mst.

Contact icon ANNA LITTLE icon 801-585-6853

Mathematics PHD

Mathematics teaching ms, department of metallurgical engineering, metallurgical engineering men.

Contact icon SARA WILSON icon 801-581-6386 icon Bldg: WBB | Rm: 412

Metallurgical Engineering MS

Metallurgical engineering phd, college of mines and earth sciences, earth sciences (teaching) ms, department of mining engineering, mining engineering men.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   BRIJES MISHRA

Contact icon BRENDA WICKS icon 801-581-7198 icon Bldg: WBB | Rm: 313

Mining Engineering MS

Mining engineering phd, department of physics and astronomy.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   KYLE DAWSON

Contact icon KELSEY KRAUSE icon 801-581-7578 icon Bldg: JFB | Rm: 201

Physics PHD

Interdisciplinary, biotechnology psm.

Master of Science & Technology

Director of Graduate Studies icon   MEGHAN DOVICK

Contact icon MICHELLE MOOY icon 801-585-3650 icon Bldg: 44 | Rm: 224

Computational and Data Science PSM

Environmental science psm, college of social & behavioral science, department of anthropology, anthropology ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ADRIAN BELL

Contact icon BRITTANY KISER icon 801-213-1399 icon Bldg: GC

Anthropology MS

Contact icon BRITTANY KISER icon 801-213-1399

Anthropology PHD

Department of economics, econometrics mst.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   ELLIS SCHARFENAKER

Contact icon KAYLA SUHRIE icon 801-585-6853

Economics MA

Contact icon KAYLA SUHRIE icon 801-581-3939

Economics MS

Economics phd, school of environment, society, and sustainability, geographic information science ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   NENG WAN

Contact icon PAMELA MITCHELL icon 801-581-8218

Geography MS

Contact icon PAMELA MITCHELL icon 801-581-8218 icon Bldg: GC | Rm: 4625

Geography PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SUMMER RUPPER

Department of Family and Consumer Studies

Human development and social policy ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   SU SHIN

Contact icon ASHLEY JOHNSON icon 801-585-3047 icon Bldg: AEB | Rm: 228

Human Development and Social Policy PHD

Department of political science, political science ma.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   BAODONG LIU

Contact icon JEN WOZAB icon 801-581-8608 icon Bldg: GC | Rm: 3345

Political Science MS

Political science phd, department of psychology, psychology phd.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   CYNTHIA BERG

Contact icon NANCY SEEGMILLER icon 801-585-3997 icon Bldg: BEH S | Rm: 502

Division of Public Affairs

International affairs and global enterprise ms.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   DAVID CARTER

Contact icon GABRIELLA BLANCHARD icon 801-585-7834 icon Bldg: GC | Rm: 3050

Public Administration Ex MPA

Master of Public Administration

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JESUS VALERO ENRIQUEZ

Contact icon JATARA GREENIDGE icon 801-585-7985

Public Administration MPA

Public policy mpp.

Master of Public Policy

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JON FISK

Department of Sociology

Sociology mst.

Director of Graduate Studies icon   BETHANY EVERETT

Contact icon LAURA EGBERT icon 801-585-6853

Sociology PHD

Contact icon ALANA ROBISON icon 801-581-6153 icon Bldg: BEH S | Rm: 307

College of Social Work

Social work msw.

Master of Social Work

Director of Graduate Studies icon   LINDSAY GEZINSKI

Contact icon NIKKI KUCULYN icon 801-581-3026 icon Bldg: SW | Rm: 331

Social Work PHD

Director of Graduate Studies icon   JEREMIAH JAGGERS

Contact icon MIRELA RANKOVIC icon 801-585-5979 icon Bldg: SW | Rm: 111

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Educational Psychology

The Department of Educational Psychology (EdPsych) teaches students to apply what we know about behavior to education. We seek to serve the educational and psychological needs of our communities.

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Counseling Psychology

The Ph.D. Program in Counseling Psychology prepares students in key areas:  

• Scientific psychology
• Psychological inquiry
• Professional psychology practice

There are entry-level opportunities for graduates in a variety of fields:  

• Higher education
• Community mental health centers

Graduates who fulfill the requirements can apply for psychologist licensure in Utah. Other states may have more coursework or supervised hour requirements.

School Counseling Ph.D.

School Counseling

The School Psychology program offers both Educational Specialist (ES) and Ph.D. options. Both prepare graduates to practice in schools and other settings:

• Health centers
• Research and academics
• Mental health agencies

The foundation of the program is an exploration of these integral theories:

• Individual differences
• Human development
• Research methods and statistics

School Psychology Ph.D.

Learning & Cognition

Learning and Cognition is a broad field. It involves basic and applied research in several areas:

• The psychology of reading and writing
• Cognitive skill acquisition
• Memory processes
• Multimedia design and learning
• Human intelligence
• Applications of psychological principles to learning contexts
• Psychophysiology
• Credibility assessment

Learning & Cognition Ph.D.

Literacy, Language, & Learning

This program aims to foster questions about pressing issues in literacy education. It integrates varied research to seek answers. Its focus is pre-k through 12th grade.

It includes:

• Basic research of language processes as well as reading and writing
• Applied research in literacy teaching and learning
• Opportunities for field research 

Literacy, Language, & Learning Ph.D.

Master's of Education (M.Ed.)

Clinical mental health counseling.

The program aims to teach counselors to help people and communities. The goal is to guide individuals and communities toward optimal functioning. Students will learn to turn research-backed methods into practical approaches. Fairness and skill are the main focus. The design of these processes embraces the variety of our communities. The program helps students through self-reflection and feedback. Graduates will leave with practical skills as well as personal and professional growth.

Clinical Mental Health M.Ed.

This program prepares graduates to be school counselors for kindergarten through 12th grade. They will help students with school-related needs. This not only includes emotional and social, but academic and career needs as well. They will learn to create a comprehensive counseling and guidance program. The design of this program is evidence-supported. 

Evaluation areas include:

• Cultural relevance  
• Strengths-based interventions
• Responsiveness

Graduates will learn to act as leaders, advocates, and collaborators. They apply these skills to ensure fairness and broaden access to valuable educational experiences.

School Counseling M.Ed.

Education Specialist (Ed.S.) or Ph.D.

School psychology.

The School Psychology program offers both Ed.S. and PhD options. Both prepare graduates to practice in schools and other settings:  

• Clinics  
• Health centers  
• Hospitals  
• Research and academics  

The foundation of the program is an exploration of these integral theories:  

• Learning  
• Individual differences  
• Human development  
• Research methods and statistics 

School Psychology Ed.S. or Ph.D.

Instructional Design & Educational Technology

This program prepares graduates to work in technology-based education. This includes both the theoretical and practical issues of the field.

Learning outcomes includes:

• Development

The program has two components, the first of which is Instructional Design (ID). ID aims to create instructional systems to meet the wants and needs of learners. The second is Educational Technology (ET). It seeks to do the same through technology-based learning environments.

Instructional Design & Ed Tech M.Ed.

Master of Science (M.S.)

This program, a part of the Department of Statistics, trains individuals to:

• Design experiments
• Analyze and interpret data
• Assess programs in the field of education and mental health

Additionally, it prepares students for employment in a variety of applied settings.

Statistics M.S.

Literacy Education

This is an online-only program. It empowers students to emerge as leaders in reading and literacy education. They are equipped with a blend of research-based theory and practical skills. It is ideal for a range of education professions including: 

• Reading coaching
• Secondary language arts
• Special education
• School media
• School administration

Literacy Education M.Ed.

Bachelor of Arts or Science (B.A./B.S.)

Students learn to assist individuals of all ages across diverse settings. They will learn about various aspects of human development and learning:

They will build a broad skill set:

• Individual and group counseling
• Behavior change
• Consultation
• Collaboration
• Multi-cultural competence

This degree can open up a world of career opportunities for students.

EdPsych B.A./B.S.

Elementary Education

This program equips graduates to work with a diverse range of students. These students' backgrounds vary across the following areas:

• Socioeconomic

Students will work with EdPsych and the Urban Institute for Teacher Education (UITE) to complete this program.

Elementary Education M.Ed.

Dual B.S./M.Ed.

Secondary science teaching.

This degree offers students rigorous scientific training. It aims to cultivate the skills necessary to teach in today’s increasingly diverse middle and high schools. It integrates both a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree, alongside a State of Utah Teaching License. This comprehensive program enables students to get licensure as secondary teachers in as little as five years.

Secondary Science Teaching B.S./M.Ed.

Department of Educational Psychology

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Program Overview

The Doctor of Philosophy of Education in Literacy, Language, and Learning is a research-based professional degree for students who have obtained a master's degree and wish to pursue advanced research related to literacy. The program combines basic research in reading, writing, and language processes as well as applied research in literacy teaching and learning, along with opportunities to engage in rigorous field-based research. In addition, students participate in interdisciplinary discussions and studies of important educational problems and issues with the goal of asking better questions and finding better answers to today’s pressing issues in literacy education at the preK-12 level, including:

• literacy development, including early and emergent literacy
• basic reading and writing processes
• comprehension instruction
• children’s and young adult literature
• motivation and engagement
• literacy in school and community settings
• professional development

About the Program

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Psychologists study human and animal behavior, seeking to understand how people and nonhuman animals function in their environments: through this, a psychologist ultimately wants to understand, predict, and resolve behavioral and psychological problems. If you are interested in how the mind works and functions in an effort to help people achieve and maintain mental health, consider studying psychology at the University of Utah. The Psychology curriculum includes coursework in the following topics: psychology as a science and profession, cognition and behavior neuroscience, intergroup relations, development in infancy, emotions, human performance, personality, sexuality, health, among others. Through coursework, and hands-on experience through research, internships, peer advising, and/or teaching assisting, you will gain the knowledge base and critical thinking skills you need for success in post-college careers or graduate school.

The Student Experience

There are multiple ways to design your major to your interests in the psychology program. Students are encouraged to participate in experiential learning through independent and/or faculty-mentored projects as an undergrad. Options include research, internships, peer advising, or teaching assisting. Options for student organizations, which allow networking, leadership, and volunteer experience, are the Psychology Club and/or Psi Chi, the international psychology honor society. 

Career Opportunities

Psychology students graduate with transferrable skills in communication, teamwork, critical thinking, writing, and problem solving, which will equip graduates for a number of careers. The majority of psychology graduates with a bachelors degree will enter into fields of education or human services, such as case managers, psychiatric technicians, coordinators, or teaching. However, there are additional pathways to careers in psychology such as human resources, industrial psychology, governmental careers, or management. Students who continue their education at the graduate level can become certified psychologists, counselors, therapists, and advisors, providing direct care to people with mental health needs. Careers in research and higher education are also possible for students with a master’s or PhD in the field.

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• Psychology BA/BS
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Exploratory Classes

• PSY 1010  - General Psychology
• PSY 2010  - Orientation to Psychology as a Science & Profession

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Recreational therapists use individual and group counseling techniques to improve the overall well-being of individuals with injury, illness and/or disability to enable a greater quality of life.

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Social work is a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being. The B.S.W. prepares students for professional practice.

Sociology is an incredibly versatile undergraduate major that investigates the interrelationships between social order and social change in our personal lives, the communities we live in, and the world as a whole.

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Consumer and Community Studies

The Consumer and Community Studies (CCS) program focuses on the well-being of households in terms of small-scale communities and large-scale environments.

Utah Community Mental Health Clinic

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Life-Span Development & Adaptation Lab

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Cynthia Berg, PHD

As a life-span developmental health psychologist, I examine how adolescents and adults across the life span manage chronic illnesses (e.g., type 1 and type 2 diabetes, cancer) in the context of their family and friend relationships. In our recent developmental model of parent-child coordination (Berg et al., 2017), we explore how a foundation of high-quality parental involvement may facilitate young adults’ self-regulation and use of other relationships (romantic partners, friends, physicians) to facilitate chronic illness management. This model provides an important theoretical bridge between the adolescent and adult development research. My research examines how parents and spouses may facilitate or derail diabetes management during adolescence, emerging adulthood, and adults across the adult lifespan. The focus of much of my research has been on how individuals may benefit from working collaboratively with close relationships (most especially their parents, spouse, or romantic partner) to facilitate the completion of adherence tasks, especially individuals with lower cognitive and EF abilities. We have modeled these family self- and social-regulation processes utilizing dyadic and dynamical system models to capture family processes as they emerge across time (Butner, Berg et al., 2017).

Current Graduate Students

Silas Boggess

 Graduate Student in Developmental Psychology

Eva is a clinical psychology graduate student in Dr. Berg’s lab. She is interested in the role of executive function and social regulation in condition self-management. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking and spending time with family and friends.

Jessica Mansfield

I coordinate the various projects in the Lifespan-Development and Adaptation Lab. I earned my M.S. degree in experimental psychology from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA where I studied how informal caregivers managed daily stress of caring for someone with dementia.

Anisha Marion

I am a proud member of the First Nation Ojibway and First Nation Abenaki Tribes. I graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Plattsburgh. Broadly speaking, I am interested in understanding self and social regulation processes in the context of chronic health conditions. My research seeks to understand how emerging adults with type 1 diabetes engage EF skills to manage interference that arises from non-diabetes-related goals. Recently, I was awarded an NSF GRFP to extend my work on goal prioritization to AI/AN students in higher education. My project seeks to understand how communal aspects of goals affect academic and health outcomes, as well as understand how ambivalent social support from family may play a role in academic goal achievement. The framework developed through this project can also be extended to other domains like chronic health conditions.

Current Collaborators

Deborah J. Wiebe, PHD, MPH

University of California – Merced 

My research interests fall within the domains of health and pediatric psychology.  Broadly speaking, I am interested in understanding how people cope adaptively with acute and chronic health threats.  My research draws on Leventhal’s self regulatory framework, which posits that health threats activate a common-sense understanding of health problems, which then guides ongoing efforts to manage the threat.  Within this framework, health threats are activated at both an abstract rational level (e.g., I have high cholesterol which may increase my risk of heart disease) and a concrete emotional level (e.g., feeling fear and distress upon remembering my father’s heart attack).  A general goal of my research is to understand not only how people cope to manage the health threat per se (e.g., change diet and exercise habits to lower cholesterol), but also how negative emotions are generated by health threats, how emotions influence health threat representations and coping behaviors, and how emotions are regulated to promote illness management and well-being.

Vicki Helgeson, PHD 

Carnegie Mellon University

My research interests focus on how people adjust to chronic illness, including heart disease, cancer, and currently type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the implications of gender-related traits (agency, communion, unmitigated agency, unmitigated communion) for relationships and health.

Jonathan Butner, PHD 

University of Utah

My current focus has been on developing tools for studying dynamical systems theory. Systems theory originated in mathematics and physics where much of the methodology and statistics are built around being able to measure a widget thousands of times. This is just not true in psychology, thus the tools do not simply translate over. This is further complicated by my interest in Soft Assembly: the idea that we flexibly can build a functional mechanism to solve psychological problems.

Michelle L Litchman, PHD, FNP-BC, FAANP 

My research examines the intersection of diabetes, peer health (online and offline), aging, and technology (including social media, mobile apps, continuous glucose monitoring, and medical hacking) as it relates to diabetes management and health outcomes

Nancy Allen, PHD, ANP-BC

I completed a post-doc at Yale to enable me to study self and family self-management of chronic diseases in vulnerable populations. My program of research is focused on diabetes as a chronic disease and interventions using technology and lifestyle changes. My research encompasses two vulnerable populations: Hispanic population with Type 2 diabetes and individuals with diabetes and dementia.

Lindsay Mayberry, MS, Ph.S.

Vanderbilt University

My research interests involve the development and evaluation of family- and community-engaged interventions to support and sustain health behavior change among adults.  I have developed mobile phone technologies to deliver interventions to socioeconomically and racially diverse patients. My goal  is to create and implement interventions to improve the quality of patient- and family-centered care for adults with chronic conditions such as type 2 and type 1 diabetes, with a focus on health behavior change and psychosocial well-being. 

Former Graduate Students

• MaryJane Campbell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nemours Children’s Health Florida
• Batya Elbaum, Ph.D., Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, Department of Psychology, University of Miami
• Tracy Masiello, Ph.D., Divorce and Superior Court Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, Charlott, North Carolina
• Sean Meegan, Ph.D., Director, Consumer Experience Measurement and Discovery, Intermountain Health
• Barbara Ross, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Wausau Hospital, Wausau, WI
• JoNell Strough, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University
• Frances Deviney, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Kids Count Director Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin TX
• Debra Palmer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Georgia Southwestern State University
• Ryan Beveridge, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director Institute of Community Mental Health, University of Delaware
• Kelly Ko, Ph.D.,Vice President, Innovation and Strategic Initiatives @ Sharp HealthCare
• Amy Hughes Lansing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,   University of Vermont
• Caitlin Kelly, Ph.D., Director of Outcomes Research, T1D Exchange
• Sara Turner, Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow, Endocrinology, Primary Children’s Hospital

Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's Program

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The fundamental mission of the Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling specialty is to educate and train counselors who will promote the optimal functioning of individuals, families, groups, and communities. Built upon a foundation of knowledge, skills, and dispositions within a community-minded and social justice framework, program graduates will be able to translate research-validated practices into effective strategies for individuals, groups, and families from all backgrounds. The course of study will support the acquisition of competency-based knowledge while fostering professional and personal growth through self-reflection and constructive feedback.

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About the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's Program

Clinical mental health counselors facilitate the growth and development of individuals, families, and groups through the helping relationship. They practice in a range of settings, including outpatient, inpatient, and community mental health agencies, individual and group private practice settings, and other contexts where counseling and mental health services are provided. CMHC is a distinct licensure specialty from other helping professions such as psychology, social work, psychiatry, and psychiatric nursing. Like other mental health professions, a variety of issues may be addressed through professional counseling, and the University of Utah CMHC program emphasizes the use of culturally-relevant, empirically supported, and strength-based approaches in addressing these issues.

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialty is designed to prepare students for entry level counseling positions in community mental health and human service agencies. This specialty is currently designed to meet the educational requirements for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in the state of Utah, and is congruent with national standards for master's level licensure in most other jurisdictions across the country. Accordingly, the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialty requires a minimum of 60 credit hours, typically over three years, with the final year culminating in a 1000-hour field-based internship.

The faculty is committed to offering a manageable program of study, with course offerings that accommodate those balancing life demands. Consequently, many required courses meet once per week in the early evening, in person, on the University of Utah campus. Moreover, we are dedicated to providing close, individualized attention to our students, selecting only 12-15 students per year. Because we limit our numbers, students regularly provide feedback that they are well-known among the faculty, receive close supervision, and appreciate the small class sizes. Students also comment on both the non-competitive, collegial atmosphere among their class peers and the close connections they are able to develop because of the smaller cohort size.

Students admitted to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling specialty have completed at least a bachelor's degree and have relevant experience and/or education in psychology. Please consult Information for Applicants for specific details on requirements for applying to the program. Please also consult the Program Handbook , which is revised annually for our incoming students, providing details regarding the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program's objectives, curriculum, and internship requirements.

Accreditation

Our CMHC graduates are eligible to take the UT licensing exam for the Utah Licensed Associate CMHC (ACMHC). Eligibility to apply for the CMHC License occurs after accruing 3,000 hours of supervised clinical hours as an ACMHC.

See https://dopl.utah.gov/clinical-mental-health-counseling/  for more details on the licensure process. If you are planning to practice outside of Utah, please visit the specific state’s licensing department to learn more about requirements for licensure.

Interested in partnering with the CMHC program by being an internship site?

In the third and final year of the program, our CMHC students spend 2-3 semesters at a community-based internship site.  If your organization is interested in a partnership the first step is to attend an information session.  We have an application process where applications are then reviewed by the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Staff.  Organizations that are a good fit for our students and program are then invited to an Internship Fair each Fall where they can begin interviewing students.  If you are interested in more information and to register for the next information session, please email:  [email protected]  with your request. 

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Psychology, Ph.D.

Requirements

The Ph.D. program in psychology prepares students for university teaching/research, and applied positions in universities, hospitals, industry, or government.  Successful completion of the Ph.D. requires completing course requirements, successfully defending a master’s thesis if required by the faculty, passing the preliminary evaluation vote by the full faculty, passing a qualifying examination that has both written and oral components to advance to doctoral candidacy, and defending a Ph.D. dissertation. Students are admitted to the program to start in the fall semester only. Most applicants have a B.A. or B.S. degree in Psychology, or related field. Students who have completed a thesis-based master’s degree at an accredited institution can also apply.

Applicants should complete/submit: (a) the online application ( https://www.applyweb.com/tcug/index.ftl ); (b) application fee; (c) resume/CV; (d) personal statement of purpose (i.e., essay – 1,000 words or less that describe your motivation and goals for graduate study, career ambitions, and the specific ways TCU fit those); (e)unofficial transcripts of all colleges attended. An English translation of all international transcripts is also required; (f) GRE scores (option, not required); (g) psychology department supplemental application ( https://cse.tcu.edu/psychology/graduate/index.php ); and (h)official TOEFL/IELTS scores for international applicants. For evidence of English proficiency, a minimum TOEFL score of 80 (internet based) or 550 (paper based) is required, or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5.

The annual application deadline is January 1st. Admission decisions are holistic and based upon review of all materials.

The usual timeline for the Ph.D. involves completing required course work; completing the M.S. thesis, when required, by the end of the second year; passing the preliminary evaluation vote by the end of the third year; passing the qualifying examination to advance to doctoral candidacy by the start of the fourth year, and successfully defending the Ph.D. dissertation within six years after advancing to doctoral candidacy.

Students who are admitted into the Ph.D. program are encouraged to complete their non-terminal M.S. in psychology by proposing, completing, and defending a thesis.  M.S. requirements are usually completed by the second or third year of study.  In some cases, with the approval of the area committee, a student who enters the program with a M.S. degree that included the completion of a thesis may substitute a TCU research project (based on research conducted by the student at TCU) that has been submitted for publication.  The student will be the first author on the research report and a member of the full-time psychology graduate faculty must be a co-author.  The manuscript must be approved by the student’s area committee.

The Ph.D. in psychology requires an additional 36 hours (at minimum) of coursework beyond the 30 or 36 hours required for non-terminal M.S. and M.A. degrees, respectively. Students must pass (with a grade of "B-" or higher).  Coursework includes:

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• Begin Gen Ed with writing & math courses
• Take PSY 1010 - General Psychology & PSY 2010 - Psy as a Science & Profession
• Consider the Honors College for integrated research & thesis work
• Meet with an advisor

Making Progress

• Use major coursework for some Gen Ed requirements
• Get hands-on experiential learning through internships, research, or a teaching assistantship
• Take PSY 3000 - Statistical Methods & PSY 3010 - Research Methods
• Take a course from 4 of the 5 Core areas: Developmental, Social, Clinical, Cognitive, or Behavior/Neuroscience
• Choose a complementary academic program (minor/certificate)
• Check in with an advisor

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• Meet the PSY minimum credit requirement with PSY electives
• Complete allied coursework or minor/certificate requirements
• Check in with your academic advisor
• Join the Psychology Advising Canvas course
• Join Psi Chi , the international honor society in PSY
• Apply to the Honors College
• Consider courses in a LEAP learning community
• Study psychology abroad at the Utah Asia Campus in Incheon, South Korea or meet with a Learning Abroad Peer Advisor for other opportunities
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• Become an Orientation Leader
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• Complete an internship
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• Join the alumni association
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• Meet with an internship coordinator for internship opportunities
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• Visit the major exploration website to research complementary academic programs
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• Focus electives on your career/research interests
• Conduct research under faculty through UROP
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• Attend conferences, lectures, & symposiums on a variety of topics
• Take courses based in topics of diversity, social justice, & inequality
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• Take personal inventory of the skills acquired or enhanced through your undergraduate career
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• Connect with individuals in careers that interest you & learn about their pathway
• Draft your resume and/or CV
• Strengthen your resume through experiential learning
• Consider whether you will go on to grad school or enter the career field after graduation
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• Gain knowledge and comprehension of the major concepts, theories, trends, and empirical findings to discuss how psychological principles apply to behavioral problems.
• Learn and develop problem solving and scientific reasoning skills through practicing research design and methods to draw conclusions about psychological phenomena.
• Apply ethical standards to evaluate psychological science and practice while building and enhancing interpersonal relationships to build community at the local, national, and global levels.
• Gain competency in effective writing and presentation skills.
• Apply your psychological content and skills to career and education goals; gain self-efficacy and regulation, project-management skills, enhanced teamwork capacity, and develop a meaningful direction for life after graduation.

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At the U, we plan for our students to have an exceptional Educational Experience identified by four broad categories we call the Learning Framework: Community, Knowledge & Skills, Transformation, and Impact. This major map will help you envision, explore, design, and plan your personalized Exceptional Education Experience with the Learning Framework at the core. In addition to assisting you in planning your coursework and navigating the requirements of your major, this map will help you incorporate other kinds of experiences to expand your knowledge, support your development, and prepare you for the future you want.

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Zane Jordan, MD, MPH , Clinical Instructor, earned his medical degree and master’s degree in public health through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed Adult Psychiatry residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine where he served as Chief Resident. He practices outpatient adult psychiatry at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute's Downtown Behavioral Health Clinic, where his clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and related disorders, and trauma and other related disorders. Dr. Jordan’s additional interests include interventional psychiatry, meaning-centered psychotherapy, advanced psychopharmacology, and the emerging science and potential clinical applications of psychedelic medicine. In addition to his clinic duties, Dr. Jordan is excited to provide teaching in psychopharmacology to trainees through the Downtown Clinic’s Resident Continuity Clinic.

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Education Background: Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences from University of Arizona, Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from National University

Research Interests: Cystic fibrosis related diabetes, nutrition and metabolism in cystic fibrosis, gastrointestinal manifestations of cystic fibrosis, bidirectional relationship between nutrition and mental health, behavioral interventions for improving nutrition and health outcomes

Ethics, AI, and Neuroscience Converge at Mental Health, Brain, and Behavioral Science Research Day

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Mental health issues are one of the most common causes of disability, affecting more than a billion people worldwide. Addressing mental health difficulties can present extraordinarily tough problems: what can providers do to help people in the most precarious situations? How do changes in the physical brain affect our thoughts and experiences? And at the end of the day, how can everyone get the care they need?   Answering those questions was the shared goal of the researchers who attended the Mental Health, Brain, and Behavioral Science Research Day in September. While the problems they faced were serious, the new solutions they started to build could ultimately help improve mental health care at individual and societal levels.   “We’re building something that there’s no blueprint for,” said Mark Rapaport, MD, CEO of Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah. “We’re developing new and durable ways of addressing some of the most difficult issues we face in society.”

The diverse approaches required to improve mental health care were reflected in the day’s themes.

AI and mental health

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based analysis could dramatically change mental health care by detecting patterns in vast amounts of information, flagging people who are at higher risk of mental health struggles to enable better preventive care.

• Nina de Lacy, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine (SFESOM), is using AI to figure out which social factors can predict mental health issues in advance.
• Christopher Gregg, PhD, professor of neurobiology in SFESOM, is zooming in on patient video data to analyze facial expressions and gestures, ideally providing diagnoses and predicting risk on a broad scale.
• Guest speaker Eric Achtyes, MD, professor and chair of psychiatry at Western Michigan University, offered a note of caution, arguing that while technology has great potential to bring people better mental health care, AI tools can fail in unpredictable ways and must be accompanied by expert human involvement.

The brain at work

Other researchers got under the hood of mental health by studying how our brains function—and malfunction.

• Randall Peterson, PhD, dean of the College of Pharmacy (COP), explained how his lab is working to find better medicines for mental health issues such as opioid addiction by using high-throughput tests with zebrafish to analyze hundreds of compounds a day.
• Bia DePaula-Silva, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology in COP, is learning how viral infections of the brain can lead to epilepsy, a common and incurable neurological disorder.
• Emily Dennis, PhD, assistant professor of neurology in SFESOM, studies how traumatic brain injury causes the long-term changes to brain anatomy.
• Cory Inman, PhD, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Social and Behavioral Science, is using an advanced mobile brain imaging rig to watch how memories are made in the real world.

Ethics and society

Mental health research is inextricably intertwined with societal and ethical issues, which were a focus for many speakers.

• Lynn Maxfield, PhD, associate professor of vocology in the School of Music, and Rebecca Zarate, PhD, associate dean for research in the College of Fine Arts, are studying how participation in performing arts affects mental health, with a particular focus on how group performance or the presence of a wider audience might change things.
• Zoe Robbins, DNP, assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing, presented a model for connecting rural patients to mental health services through telehealth and a faculty practice model.
• Brent Kious, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, spoke on ethical issues related to psychiatry in very severe cases.
• James Tabery, PhD, professor of philosophy in the College of Humanities, traced Utah’s history of sterilizing people with mental disabilities without their consent, from explicitly eugenic practices in the 1920s up to current state law that continues to legalize forcible sterilization.

The broad spectrum of talks reinforced the belief that mental health is an extraordinarily serious and complex issue, one that will require the dedication of researchers across the span of the health sciences and beyond.

Accordingly, collaboration and community were major focuses of the day’s event. Dozens of posters from both Utah researchers and visiting scholars were up throughout the event, drawing faculty, students, clinical coordinators, and more to discuss during multiple breaks throughout the day. Roundtable sessions with speakers brought more opportunities for discussion, networking, and interdisciplinary collaboration.   While the issues on the table were serious, the atmosphere was one of hope as the sparks of new solutions kindled. “Together, we can change the dialogue,” Rapaport said in closing remarks. “Together, we can make it better for people, and that’s what it’s all about.”

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Welcome to Cognitive Psychology

Welcome to the cognitive psychology graduate program, offered by the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. Our primary goal is to train a new generation of theoretically focused scientists to understand the mind and brain.

Our apprenticeship program is designed to rapidly engage new students. During their first semesters, students begin conducting research and consulting with their advisors to select courses that complement their research interests. Throughout the year students choose among a number of colloquia offered by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Readings are drawn from a variety of areas (courses, cognitive area seminar, independent reading) that help them​ to prepare for the qualifying exam. ​

We provide exciting opportunities for training in research with a number of different populations (including brain-damaged adults, infants, and children) and a range of state-of-the-art techniques. The  Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging  houses a 3T Siemens Prisma scanner, and we provide extensive training in neuroimaging, including fMRI, DTI, MVPA, and other analysis techniques. We also provide training in EEG, brain stimulation (TMS), eye tracking, computational modeling, and behavioral experiments.

UD's  Early Learning Center  provides on-campus opportunities for research on cognitive development. We encourage collaborative, interdisciplinary research, so our students can obtain the kind of broad training that is required in today’s research environment.

Along with methodological expertise, students develop a strong theoretical foundation in understanding cognitive processes. Students develop these skills via formal coursework in statistics, methods, and special topics in cognition.

Our students will also receive training in teaching, provided in the form of teaching assistantships and courses on best practices in teaching. 

Nature and goals of the program

This apprenticeship program in cognitive psychology for University of Delaware graduate students is designed to rapidly engage new students in research. Students begin conducting research their first semester. The number of  required  courses/seminars is minimal allowing the student in consultation with his/her advisor to select whatever additional courses would be most valuable to that student’s research interests. For breadth in the field, our students attend a weekly cognitive area seminar at which faculty and graduate students present their research and discuss current topics in the field. Throughout the year students can choose among a number of colloquia offered by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. In addition, during their first two years, students’ readings are drawn from a variety of areas (courses, cognitive area seminar, independent reading) that will help them​ to prepare for the qualifying exam. ​

Collaborations

Our labs tackle core aspects of information-processing, such as scene representation, body representation, language, attention, emotion, learning, and categorization. Many of our faculty have expertise in spatial cognition: how we think about, navigate and perceive the world around us. Given that our faculty have complementary strengths, we strongly encourage bridge-building between labs.

Cognitive students collaborate freely with researchers not only from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, but also from Linguistics, Education, and Philosophy. Developmental research is enhanced by strong ties to the Early Learning Center and the Cognitive Science Program in Linguistics. Neuropsychological and brain stimulation research is enhanced by collaborations with the Delaware Rehabilitation Institute and faculty in the College of Health Sciences.

Our faculty also have active collaborations with labs at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nevada-Reno, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Research with faculty mentors

Psychological and Brain Sciences faculty have been awarded APA and APS Fellowships and have been appointed as editors or editorial board members of journals such as Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, Child Development, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Psychological Science, Psychology and Aging, and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Faculty research has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Guardian, Parents Magazine, CNN, and Discovery Channel.

Our faculty are currently funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. ​This includes grants using functional neuroimaging to understand dyslexia, robotics to assess visuoproprioceptive integration in brain-damaged individuals, and a new NSF grant to create a post-baccalaureate BRIDGE program in data science and psychology for underrepresented students.​​​

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Work with our faculty.

Visit each researcher's bio page, linked below, for information on research interests and current funding.

Faculty accepting graduate students for 2025–2026:

• Adrian Gilmore
• Alon Hafri​​
• ​​ Keith Schneider
• Tim Vickery
• ​Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam​

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