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Psychology

In the College of Sciences

Office: Life Sciences 110
Telephone: (619) 594-5358
Fax: (619) 594-1332

Faculty

Frederick W. Hornbeck, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Chair of Department

Catherine J. Atkins-Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of the College of Sciences

Marilyn A. Borges, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Jeff B. Bryson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Rebecca B. Bryson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Associate Dean of the College of Sciences (Graduate Adviser)

Thereasa A. Cronan, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Roger M. Dunn, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Larry Fenson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Louis R. Franzini, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Philip S. Gallo, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Richard G. Graf, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

William K. Graham, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Ronald H. Hopkins, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Rick E. Ingram, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Norman Kass, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Philip J. Langlais, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Alan J. Litrownik, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Sandra P. Marshall, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

John E. Martin, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Robert F. McGivern, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Sandra O. Mollenauer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Claire Murphy, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Rod Plotnik, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Robert Radlow, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Stephen K. Reed, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Judy S. Reilly, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Edward P. Riley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Miriam J. Rodin, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Dennis P. Saccuzzo, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

James F. Sallis, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Richard H. Schulte, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology,
Director, Psychology Clinic, Coordinator of Clinical Training, Acting Doctoral Program Director

John P. Sheposh, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

John J. Spinetta, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Robert M. Yaremko, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Richard H. Defran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Georg E. Matt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Sharon M. McCordick, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Joseph M. Price, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Judy M. Price, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Patricia A. Scollay, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Roberto J. Velasquez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology

Donna Castaņeda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology

Keith Hattrup, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology

Vanessa L. Malcarne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology

Denise E. Wilfley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology

Associateships

Graduate teaching associateships and graduate nonteaching associateships in psychology are available to a limited number of qualified students. Application forms and further information may be obtained from the Chair, Graduate Associateships Committee, Department of Psychology.

General Information

A Master of Science degree with a concentration in clinical psychology is offered, as well as the Master of Arts degree in psychology. While only Ph.D. students are eligible for the Master of Science degree with a concentration in clinical psychology, others with clinical interests may choose appropriate electives from preclinical courses in the Master of Arts program. In addition, the Department of Psychology, jointly with the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, offers an APA-accredited program of graduate study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in clinical psychology with specialization in behavioral medicine, neuropsychology, or experimental psychopathology. A scientist-practitioner training model serves as a guide for the experiences provided for doctoral students. It is expected that graduates of this program will be prepared to serve as scientists, innovators, and leaders in the field of clinical psychology.

The doctoral program requires that students spend a minimum of five calendar years in study and research. In the first four years, doctoral students must complete their prescribed coursework satisfactorily as well as engage in research and a series of clinical practica. In the last year of the program all students must complete a 12-month APA-accredited clinical internship.

The department has a strong scientific research orientation, and emphasizes the master's degree as preparation for doctoral work. Students in all programs must take an advanced statistics/experimental design course sequence and produce an empirical research thesis.

The department awards approximately 30 master's degrees annually. A substantial proportion of the graduates who apply go on to enroll in doctoral work at well-known universities. For a broader education we encourage SDSU graduates to do doctoral work at other institutions, and in turn we tend to favor selection of extramural students for the Ph.D. program.

The clinical psychology faculty staff a Psychology Clinic for graduate clinical training and service to the metropolitan San Diego community. The Center for Behavioral Medicine, with federal grant support, sponsors research projects, provides training and consultation and an opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue.

Both master's and doctoral students play a large role in faculty research. The department has about $4,000,000 per year in extramural grant support. Current research includes studies of fetal alcohol syndrome, facial expressions and affect in normal, deaf, and brain-damaged infants, animal and human models of memory disorders (e.g., Korsakoff's), child health promotion, intervention strategies in diabetes and arthritis, interdisciplinary approaches to child abuse treatment, biochemical substrates of anxiety, ethological studies of cetacean behavior, therapeutic interventions in postpartum depression, giftedness, cultural differences, and learning disabilities.

Research space, equipment, and supplies are available in the department for student experiments. The College of Sciences maintains two completely equipped electronics shops and a wood and metal shop, all staffed with full-time technicians. In addition to the University's large modern computer facilities and excellent support services, there are a large number and variety of microprocessor and minicomputer systems in the Department of Psychology and throughout the College of Sciences.

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