Institution name

Georgia State University

Total number of students

30431

Contact address for international enquiries

P.O. Box 3965
ATLANTA 30302

Venue / office name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

Address

Georgia State Univ.
P O Box 5010
ATLANTA
Georgia
30302

Venue description

The department is fairly young. Our first faculty members were hired in the 1950s and we began awarding PhDs in the 1960s. A constant theme has been the application of psychology. One of our five programs is clinical psychology. Clinical psychologists were among the founders of the department, the clinical program has been APA accredited since 1973, and a majority of the PhDs we have awarded have been in clinical. Today about 40% of our faculty members are associated with the clinical program, as are about 56% of our graduate students. The community program shares an applied bent with the clinical program (and some graduate students are jointly enrolled in both programs). We hired our first community psychologist in the early 1980s; today about 20% of our faculty members are associated with the community program. In less applied areas, perhaps the research done at GSU that is most broadly known is the Rumbaughs’ work with chimpanzees and language. That heritage is reflected today in two of our programs: the developmental program, which includes interests in communication and communication disorders, and the social/cognitive program, which includes interests in cognition as it is manifested across species and which remains associated with the Language Research Center—although current interests also include emotion and prejudice. The fifth program, neuropsychology and behavioral neuroscience (NBN), whose first members were hired in the 1980s, reflects another important emphasis of our department, which is collaborative work that crosses boundaries. Some members of this program have clinical interests (and some graduate students are jointly enrolled in both clinical and NBN programs), while others stress laboratory work; some have joint appointments with the biology department and many are involved in the NSF-funded Center for Behavioral Neuroscience. Such boundary crossing is not confined to NBN but occurs, and is encouraged, in our other programs as well.

Telephone number

+1 404 413 6286

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

University Housing offers a variety of choices from which student may select. University Commons: Brand-new for Fall 2007, the University Commons is a 4.2-acre complex of four apartment buildings ranging from 8 to 15 stories surrounding a large landscaped courtyard. University Commons will house 2,000 students in contemporary two and four bedroom furnished apartments. The Lofts contains fully furnished loft-style apartments that blend an urban style with modern-day conveniences. Housing approximately 450 residents and conveniently located adjacent to campus. The Lofts is home to the Undergraduate Scholars Program, undergraduate students 21 and older, graduate students, and students with families.