Award Winning Faculty
We have the most faculty of any department at VCU who have received an Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV) -- Drs. Faye Belgrave (2008), Al Farrell (2015) and Ev Worthington (2016). Faculty who have recently received national awards for mentoring or research include Drs. Faye Belgrave (APA), Rosalie Corona (APA), Randy Koch (NIDA), Paul Perrin (APA) and Ev Worthington (APA).
$11.1 Million in Grant Funding
During fiscal year 2017, our faculty received more than $11.1 million in funding. The departmental funding portfolio is diverse with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Education’s Institute of Educational Sciences, the Templeton Foundation and other sources.
iCubed
We are pleased to be a part of a transdisciplinary community of scholars who provide innovative practice-based and scientific solutions to challenges in urban environments. The Culture, Race and Health Transdisciplinary Core of the iCubed initiative addresses how culture and race/ethnicity impact health and overall well-being.
Five-Week Spotlight Courses
Each semester we offer several one-credit courses that give psych majors a chance to learn about a faculty member's research in a small classroom setting. Examples from spring '18 include Psychology of Creativity with Dr. Bargdill, Love and Drugs with Dr. Salvatore and Health Disparities and Help Seeking Behaviors with Dr. Moreno.
Psychology by the Numbers
Our department has the largest doctoral program at VCU and the second largest undergraduate major at VCU. We offer four Ph.D. programs: Clinical, Counseling, Health and Experimental (Developmental and Social). We have more than 1,700 undergraduate majors, 126 graduate students and 56 full-time faculty.
New Research Findings
- Can religiosity impact attitudes towards professional mental health services among Latina/o communities?
- Doctor-patient communication: We know it's important, but how do we study it?
- What helps us express compassion toward people for whom we may not otherwise feel concern? [featured in Time magazine]
- Improving homework and organization problems in students with ADHD
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Department News
- Kliewer reflects on eight years as department chair
- Congratulations to the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grant award recipients
- Student awards from the Southeastern Psychological Association annual meeting
- Belgrave to receive APA award
- VCU and VCU Health experts weigh in after studies show that e-cigarettes pose significant health risks
