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, psychopathology, 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 undergraduate majors in both psychology and neuroscience culminating in a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and Bachelor of Science (BS) degree for psychology, and a BS degree for neuroscience. The department also offers minors in psychology and neuroscience.
- Majors
- Minors
Faculty
Chair and Professor
- Thompson Davis
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Randy Salekin
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Theodore Tomeny
Associate Professor and Director of Experimental Psychology
- Andrea Glenn
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
- Susan White
Professor, Executive Director, Alabama Life Research Institute
- Sharlene D. Newman
Associate Professor and Director of the Psychology Clinic
- Laura Hansen
Professor, Director ASD Clinic
- Rebekah Whitt
Professor, Director of ISSR
- Despina Stavrinos
Director of UA-Acts Program
- Megan Davis
Professors
- Rebecca Allen
- Randy Salekin
- A. Lynn Snow
Associate Professors
- Sheila Black
- Jennifer Cox
- Matthew Cribbet
- Jenny M. Cundiff
- William Hart
- Matthew Jarrett
- Kristina McDonald
- Jeffrey Parker
- Karen L. Salekin
- Alexa Tullett
- Bradley White
Assistant Professors
- Lisa Beck
- Sharla Biefeld
- Summer Braun
- Peter Castagna
- Jennifer Crowder
- Craig Cummings
- Gayle G. Faught
- Katie Garrision
- Heather Gunn
- Allison Scrivner
- Kelsey West
Instructors
- Demetrius Barksdale
- Allison Davis
- Darren George
- Ryan Lange