Graduate Psychology at Temple University
One of the largest departments in the College of Liberal Arts , the Psychology Department occupies seven floors of Weiss Hall. Weiss Hall is located on Temple University's Main Campus, less than two miles from center city Philadelphia. Temple is a dynamic urban university and is currently one of the largest universities in the United States, with an enrollment of over 31,000 students and nearly 3,000 faculty members. The department has a strong commitment to scholarly and scientific excellence. Recently, it has been heralded as one of the most diverse universities in the nation. This setting offers exciting opportunities for research and scholarly discourse. There are full time graduate training programs leading to the Ph.D. in 4 major areas: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Social Psychology. Graduate students currently have the opportunity to participate in an interdisciplinary program in Developmental Psychopathology and an interdisciplinary certificate program in Neuroscience. As of September, 2007 the department holds 34 extramural research grants totaling about $46 million (Click here to view these grants). The department ranks 4th in the country -- U of Wisconsin -Madison, Penn State U, U of Oklahoma, Temple -- in extramural funding, according to the National Science Foundation rankings of total 2001 R&D expenditures in psychology. Temple University's Institute for Survey Research is one of only three university-based survey centers in the United States to maintain a national probability (i.e., representative) sample of households in the nation. The director, Dr. LoSciuto, is a member of the Department, and he also serves as Director of the Graduate Program in Social Psychology. Psychology faculty serve or have recently served as Editors or Associate Editors of a wide variety of major research journals. Psychology faculty have served as Presidents of professional associations, including Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), Division 25 (Behavior Analysis), and Division 53 (Clinical Child Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the Society for Research on Adolescence, and the Jean Piaget Society. Useful Links
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