Overview
George Mason’s Department of Psychology focuses on conducting innovative, high-impact research and providing rich educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students to enhance human potential and promote the individual and common good.
Our department contributes strongly to the university’s Research I status, with a range of research programs across five graduate areas (applied developmental, clinical, cognitive & behavioral neuroscience, human-factors & applied cognition, and industrial-organizational). Faculty and students alike publish findings, present at conferences, and secure extramural funding, with an emphasis on conducting research of consequence. Our research spans the gamut from basic to applied, but all with an eye toward supporting practice-informed research that can solve real-world problems and generate knowledge that can improve the human experience. We also support researched-based practice because want to bring our findings to the practice of psychology.
We are committed to training students at all levels. We have one of the largest undergraduate programs in the university, in large part because of how fascinating the field is and versatile and useful a degree in psychology can be. Some undergraduate students do their own independent research through our undergraduate honors program. We also have a number of masters-level and doctoral graduate programs that offer advanced training to students. At all levels, students receive high-quality instruction in the classroom and opportunities for hands-on research working side-by-side with faculty in research labs.
We are also at the forefront of evolving technologies in education, with an undergraduate degree that can be completed entirely online. We have also have a Master of Professional Studies degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology that can be completed online and is targeted towards working adults.
We welcome you to our department, and invite you to learn more through our website and by reaching out to contact us.
Chair, Department of Psychology
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Associate Chair of Graduate Studies |
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We have 5 graduate programs in the department. For program-specific information, please see the program websites and contact the following program directors:
Applied Developmental: Dr. Thalia Goldstein
Clinical: Dr. Sarah Fischer
Cognitive-Behavioral Neuroscience: Dr. Craig McDonald
Human Factors and Applied Cognition: Dr. Yi-Ching Lee
Industrial-Organizational: Dr. Lauren Kuykendall