Psychology is the scientific study of animal and human behavior. It includes the study of human development, thinking and reasoning, memory, social relations, brain and neural mechanisms, abnormal behavior, and much more. The undergraduate psychology major at The University of Alabama is designed to provide students a broad background in psychology that will prepare them to specialize in an area of particular interest in graduate school (if that is the plan). In addition to obtaining a general liberal arts degree, learning about the content and methods of psychology (e.g., research methods, statistics) can help prepare an undergraduate for careers in disciplines other than psychology. Therefore, it is important to focus on learning skills at least as much as learning content. Some practical skills available for students to learn as psychology majors include critical thinking, writing reports, conducting and evaluating research projects, interpreting data analysis, and applying psychological principles to everyday life.
Programs
The Department of Psychology offers an undergraduate major culminating in both a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. The department also offers a minor in psychology.
- Majors
- Minors
Faculty
Chair and Professor
- Thompson Davis
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Ansley Gilpin
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Theodore Tomeny
Associate Professor and Director of Experimental Psychology
- Gilpin Ansley
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology
- M. Lindsey Jacobs
Professor and Director of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging
- Rebecca Allen
Professor, Doddridge Saxon Endowed Chair and Director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems
- White Susan
Professor, Executive Director, Alabama Life Research Institute
- Sharlene D. Newman
Associate Professor and Director of the Psychology Clinic
- Dillard Crystal
Associate Professor, Director for Cognitive, Developmental, and Social Psychology
- Andrea Glenn
Professor, Director ASD Clinic
- Laura Stoppelbein
Professors
- Rajesh K Kana
- Rebecca Allen
- Randall Salekin
- Andrea Lynn Snow
Associate Professors
- Jennifer Cox
- Kristina McDonald
- Ian McDonough
- Sheila Black
- William Hart
- Jeffrey Parker
- Karen Salkin
- Alexa Tullett
- Bradley White
Assistant professors
- Lisa Beck
- Summer Braun
- Craig Cummings
- Megan Davis
- Gayle Faught
- Katie Garrision
- Jennifer Cox
- Matthew Cribbett
- Jeanne Cundiff
- Heather Gunn
- Lauren Kois
- Ian McDonough
- Kelsey West
Instructors
- Darren George
- Allision Scrivner