PhD Behavioral Science

While most programs are highly focused and concentrated, we expose you to a variety of content areas, including cognition, social, developmental, motivation, health and neuroscience. This approach allows you to pursue a focus with a fully informed background and better prepares you to work in collaborative research environments.

The program offers training in both basic and applied research. Focus is on high quality training with intensive student-faculty involvement in joint research.

You'll participate actively in research with faculty members throughout your tenure in the program. This emphasis on one-to-one training allows you to acquire research skills while working on projects leading to publication or grant application. You'll eventually develop advanced knowledge and research expertise in one or more specialty area(s).

Key research areas for our faculty members include:

• Adult development
• Health psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Personality disorders
• Physiological psychology
• Traumatology
• Memory and Cognition
• Critical Race and Tokenism
• Addiction
• Social Motivation