Psychology and Counseling Department

Professors: Ingrid Farreras, Shannon Kundey (chair)

Professor Emerita: Linda Scott

Associate Professors: Diane Graves

Associate Professor Emerita: Wanda Ruffin, Terry Martin

Assistant Professors: Andrew Campbell, Shannon Shoemaker, Jessica McManus, Erik Messinger, Molly Moreland, Megan Shaine, Atiya Smith

At the undergraduate level, the Department of Psychology and Counseling offers a B.A. degree in Psychology, B.A. degree in Art Therapy, a minor in Psychology, and a minor in Biopsychology.

At the graduate level, the department offers an M.A. degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Behavior, an M.S. degree in Counseling, and a graduate certificate in Thanatology. The Thanatology offerings prepare individuals for careers in research, administration, or service with the terminally ill and bereaved, as well as to provide education on death and dying. The Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Behavior degree provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human experience and complexity as well as the problems of the world we live in. Students in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Behavior program may obtain an optional certificate in Thanatology. Designed to meet Maryland licensure requirements, the Counseling degree provides training in clinical mental health counseling or school counseling, with an additional, optional emphasis in thanatology.  Counselors work in primary and secondary schools, community mental health programs, hospitals, substance abuse clinics, at-risk youth programs, social services agencies, and private counseling practices. The faculty’s areas of expertise are in clinical psychology, biopsychology, cognitive psychology, comparative cognition, counseling, developmental psychology, history of psychology, and thanatology.

 

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