心理学系的教职员工与学生积极合作开展各种研究项目，包括对拉丁裔家庭的父母干预，对焦虑症患者的干预，对幼儿的认知，对药物滥用的动物模型，冲动性等。学生们积极参加国家会议。会议，撰写期刊文章和书籍章节，以及申请拨款。心理学系内的定量心理学专业领域负责测量，统计和数据分析的定量方法的开发，应用，评估和完善。心理学部门内的（QP）专业化负责测量，统计和数据分析的定量方法的开发，应用，评估和改进。QP领域内当前的教师兴趣领域包括：潜在状态特征分析，纵向增长和变化建模，多方法测量，多级建模，统计中介分析和结构方程模型
The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, which houses the Psychology Department, ranks in the top 2% of all graduate colleges of education. The college was also ranked third in the nation in total research dollars received, according to America's Best Graduate Schools U.S. News & World Report.<br><br>Psychology Department faculty actively collaborate with students on a variety of research projects, including parenting interventions for Latino families, interventions for individuals with anxiety disorders, cognition in young children, animal modeling of drug abuse, impulsivity, etc. Students are active in presenting at national conferences, authoring journal articles and book chapters, and submitting for grant funding.The quantitative psychology specialization area within the psychology department deals with the development, application, evaluation, and refinement of quantitative methods for measurement, statistics, and data analysis.