Department ofPsychology
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111 Moore Building
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Tel: 814-865-9514
FAX: 814-863-7002
The Department of Psychology at Penn State's University Park campus is part of the College of the Liberal Arts. The Department includes more than 40 full-time faculty members and more than 100 graduate students. Facilities include the Psychological Clinic, the Child Study Center, and numerous research laboratories. We conduct research and offer courses in many areas of psychology. This web site provides an overview of the University Park Department of Psychology, our people, and our programs. Psychology courses and programs are also offered at other Penn State campuses; here is a list of links to Psychology throughout the Penn State system.
The Department of Psychology welcomes four new faculty members this fall. Alysia Blandon (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005) studies family systems, children’s social and emotional development, and cultural and contextual influences on development and individual well-being. Nancy Dennis (Ph.D., Catholic University, 2004) focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms of learning and memory in young and older adults, and on understanding cognitive decline with aging and mechanisms of compensation. Ping Li (Ph.D., University of Leiden, 1990) conducts research on language acquisition and bilingualism, bridging from language science to neuroscience. Steve Wilson (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2008) studies the role of self-regulation and external cues on drug addiction, primarily in the context of smoking.
Penn State's Ph.D. programs in Clinical Psychology and Industrial-Organizational Psychology have received top-ten rankings in the latest U.S. News and World Reports rankings of Best Graduate Schools.
Robert Ammerman, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor, Pediatrics &
Scientific Director, Every Child Succeeds,
Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, will speak on “Treating Maternal Depression in the Context of Home Visitation." The talk will be held on Thurdsay, October 16, 4:15 p.m. at the Child Study Center, Conference Room 101M
University Support Building I, University Park