Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Graduate Faculty
Bedi, Robinder P., PhD, counseling relationships/process/outcomes, substance abuse and dependence, depression.
Byrne, Christina, PhD, psychological trauma and intimate partner violence.
Carroll, Jeffrey B., PhD, behavioral neuroscience, molecular basis of metabolic dysfunction in Huntington’s Disease.
Ciao, Anna C., PhD, risk factors for developing eating and weight concerns, eating disorder and obesity prevention and early intervention, barriers to seeking psychological treatments, dissemination of evidence-based interventions.
Czopp, Alexander M., PhD, negative implications for intergroup relations of “positive” stereotypes of groups, prejudice reduction through interpersonal confrontation.
Devenport, Jennifer, PhD, legal psychology, jury decision-making, factors influencing erroneous eyewitness identifications.
Dinnel, Dale L., PhD, school and home environment and achievement motivation, personality correlates of happiness and well-being.
Du Rocher Schudlich, Tina, PhD, developmental psychopathology, marital conflict and children, parent-child emotion regulation.
Finlay, Janet M., PhD, behavioral neuroscience, biological basis of psychiatric illness.
Forgays, Deborah K., PhD, adolescent development, women’s health issues, women and anger across development.
Goodvin, Rebecca, PhD, early socioemotional development, self-concept, parent-child attachment and communication.
Graham, James, PhD, adaptive processes in romantic relationships, romantic love, measurement, multivariate statistics.
Grimm, Jeffrey W., PhD, animal models of drug taking and drug seeking, neurobiology of drug taking and drug seeking.
Gruman, Diana, PhD, school counseling, child and adolescent development, educational psychology.
Haskell, Todd, PhD, language, visual and auditory perception, cognition.
Hyman, Ira, PhD, memory, cognitive psychology, social cognition.
Jantzen, Kelly J., PhD, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, human environment interactions.
Jantzen, McNeel Gordon, PhD, speech perception, speech production, phonological learning, neural reorganization of language.
King, Jeff, PhD, cross-cultural psychology, healing processes, ethnic identity.
Lehman, Barbara, PhD, childhood family environment and social/psychological health, research methods and statistics.
Lemm, Kristi, PhD, implicit attitudes.
Mana, Michael, PhD, behavioral neuroscience, electrophysiological activity in the locus coeruleus, effects of chronic stress on the central nervous system, development of tolerance to drugs.
Manago, Adriana, PhD, adolescent and emerging adult development in the context of culture change and the Digital Age, Latino youth in the U.S. and indigenous Maya youth in Mexico, peer relations, gender and sexual development
McLean, Kate, PhD, adolescent identity development.
Purgason, Lucy, PhD, school counseling, social media influences on school adjustment, ethnic identity development and refugee youth.
Riordan, Catherine A., PhD, social and organizational psychology, with particular focus on leadership and change in organizations.
Rose, Jacqueline K., PhD, molecular mechanisms of learning, memory, and plasticity.
Sampaio, Cristina, PhD, mechanisms and processes of memory, representations, memory errors, metacognition.
Sattler, David, PhD, natural disasters, social dilemmas, small group research.
Symons, Lawrence, PhD, perception
Trimble, Joseph, E., PhD, social cross-cultural
Program Advisor: Dr. Christina Byrne, Academic Instructional Center 474
Program Description
The MS Mental Health Counseling program prepares students for careers in the field of mental health and is accredited by CACREP. The program provides a general foundation in theoretical and applied perspectives which are used by mental health professionals. Special emphasis is placed on skill development, supervised practica with adults, children, and families, and on-site internships in various community and mental health clinics. Exposure to crosscultural counseling strategies is an important component of the curriculum.
Goals
The program prepares knowledgeable, skilled, culturally sensitive, and ethical professional counselors who meet the relevant licensing or credentialing standards for practice in mental health and public and private educational settings in the State of Washington.
Prerequisites
Courses in introductory psychology and statistics and research design are required. The following courses are strongly recommended: one course in abnormal or personality; one course in social or developmental; two courses from learning, sensation, perception, motivation and physiological/behavioral neuroscience; a course in the history and systems of psychology or in philosophy of science.
Application Information
Deadlines: Program faculty will begin reviewing application materials after February 1 and will continue to review materials until the enrollment limit is reached or June 1, whichever comes first. Because maximum student enrollment in the program is limited, all applicants are strongly encouraged to submit application materials by February 1. Documentation of personal suitability of applications for counseling is required through a statement of purpose with specific questions and letters of reference. Top-ranked applicants will be invited to interview.
TA Deadline: To be considered for a graduate teaching assistantship, applicants must submit their application materials by February 1.
Specific Test Requirements: Graduate Record Examination, General required; subject in psychology recommended; no test scores are required if an applicant holds an advanced degree.
