Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology - Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology

York University

The Historical, Theoretical, and Critical Studies of Psychology Program is one of only a few graduate psychology programs in Canada and internationally available to students wishing to conduct specialized research on historical topics in psychology, in psychological theory and metatheory, and in critical psychology.Students in the program employ a wide range of research methods, including the interpretation of primary texts, the collection and interpretation of archival material, the conduct and use of oral history, discourse analysis, thematic analysis, and digital history methods such as network analysis.Primary and adjunct faculty members with interests in a wide range of areas including: psychologies of race/ethnicity and gender, sexuality, cognitive psychology, behavioral psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, digital history, statistics and methodology, and philosophical psychology are available to act as supervisors and committee members.Faculty members in the program are actively engaged in grant-funded research and serve in leadership roles across a number of national and international organizations devoted to the history and theory of the social and behavioral sciences. A monthly colloquium series draws on the rich array of expertise in history/theory/critique of psychology, science and technology studies, and history and philosophy of science available in the York University community, the greater Toronto area, and internationally.