Social / Personality Psychology

The graduate program in Social/Personality psychology is designed to provide considerable flexibility for the research-oriented student interested in earning a Ph.D. in these areas of psychology. Students concentrate in either the Social or Personality area, but typically obtain training in both. The Social Psychology program focuses on basic affective, cognitive and motivational processes to everyday life. Core faculty have interests in self-concept, stereotypes, emotional processes, and close relationships. The Personality Psychology program is designed to provide advanced training in the areas of personality theory and modern personality research. The training involved in both programs is designed to prepare students for a career as an academic social/personality psychologist, although some students do obtain more applied positions in industry. The topics addressed in our program would enable the successful student to develop a research program in one or more of the following areas:

  • Social Cognition
  • Emotion and Motivation
  • Self-Concept
  • Sterotypes and Prejudice
  • Interpersonal Relationship
  • Applied Social (e.g., organizational, health, clinical)
  • Stress and Coping
  • Extraversion
  • Human Performance
  • Cognitive/Perceptual Based Traits
  • Biological Bases of Personality
  • Intragroup Process and Development
Requirements

In order to complete the Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology a student must complete 90 hours of coursework beyond the bachelor's degree. Generally, the individual student, in consultation with a faculty committee, will design a course of study that matches the student's interests and career aspirations. Successful completion of all coursework, the Ph.D. general exams, and the dissertation is required for the Ph.D. A Master of Science degree is completed en route to the Ph.D., and requires 30 hours of coursework beyond the bachelor's degree and a completion of a master's thesis and oral defenses.

Core Social/Personality Faculty

Ryan Brown (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin)
Associate Professor of Psychology.

Mauricio Carvallo (Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

L. Eugenia Cox-Fuenzalida (Ph.D. University of Oklahoma)
Associate Professor of Psychology

Kirby Gililand (Ph.D. Northwestern University)
Professor of Psychology

Nicole Judice-Campbell (Ph.D. Arizona State University)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Carolin Showers (Ph.D. University of Michigan)
Associate Professor of Psychology

Affiliated Social/Personality Faculty

Lara Mayeux (Ph.D. University of Connecticut)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Joe Rodgers (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Professor of Psychology

Robert Terry (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Associate Professor of Psychology

Adjunct Social/Personality Faculty

Carol Terry (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology

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