The Psychology Department at Georgia Southern University consists of 15 full-time faculty members, nearly 500 undergraduate majors, and 20 graduate students. The Department houses laboratories and equipment for research in the areas of animal learning, sensation and perception, cognition, physiological psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, psychology of religion, and clinical psychology. The Regents Center for Learning Disorders is also part of the Psychology Department. The Psychology Department seeks to hire four additional faculty in clinical and experimental psychology.
Our students are actively involved in research, presenting their work at the Georgia Psychological Society and other conferences. Congratulations to Blakely, Synovia, Courtney, Jodi, Erika and Rhyan (above) for their good work at GPS! A special congratulations goes to Lalit Ramchandani (below) for his winning entry in the Undergraduate Research Competition at the 2007 Georgia Psychological Association meeting!
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Hackney, 2007 recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Award of Distinction in Teaching, and to Dr. Michael Nielsen, 2007 recipient of the University Award for Service.