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，并提交赠款。该专业经过APA认证，并为临床，咨询和学校心理学这三个传统实践领域的博士培训提供了统一的方法。重点放在培训心理学家上，他们将能够在各种环境中提供心理服务和进行研究。该计划的学生有机会接受学校/儿童临床心理学，健康/神经心理学以及农村/种族少数群体心理学的专门培训。
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>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.<br>Combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology (PhD):<br>Our APA-accredited program provides a combined approach to doctoral-level training across the two practice areas of clinical and counseling psychology. Students receive training across a broad spectrum of problem areas, populations, settings, and approaches for a wide range of future potential careers. Our faculty include leading scholars in areas including cultural adaptation of therapy, identity development, sexual orientation and gender, treatment of children/adolescents, neuropsychology, ethics, acceptance and commitment therapy, parent management training, telehealth, military psychology, sexual health, trauma, dementia, anxiety disorders, and obsessive compulsive and related disorders.