Psychology and Counseling Department

Professors: Ingrid Farreras, Shannon Kundey (chair)

Professor Emerita: Linda Scott

Associate Professors: Andrew Campbell, Megan Shaine

Associate Professor Emerita: Wanda Ruffin, Terry Martin

Assistant Professors: Shannon Shoemaker, Jessica McManus, Erik Messinger, Molly Moreland, 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 a minor in Biopsychology, a minor in Forensic Psychology, and a minor in Psychology. Psychology majors explore the complexities of human behavior—from first responses at birth to the process of death and dying. Art Therapy is an interdisciplinary major combining elements of psychology and art that prepares undergraduate students to pursue graduate study in the field of art therapy. The Psychology minor enables students to integrate the complexities of human behavior with their major area of study. The biopsychology minor specifically focuses on the intersection of biology and psychology while the forensic psychology minor enables students to explore the intersection of psychology and the law.

At the graduate level, the department offers a M.S. degree in Counseling and a graduate 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 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 faculty’s areas of expertise are in clinical psychology, biopsychology, cognitive psychology, comparative cognition, counseling, developmental psychology, history of psychology, and thanatology.

Undergraduate Programs Offered:

• Art Therapy Major (B.A.) 
• Psychology Major (B.A.)
• 4Plus Dual Degree (B.A./M.S.) Program in Psychology and Counseling
• 4Plus Dual Degree (B.A./M.S.) Program in Art Therapy and Counseling
• Biopsychology Minor
• Forensic Psychology Minor
• Psychology Minor

Graduate Programs Offered:

• Counseling (M.S.)
• Thanatology, Certificate