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The Department of Psychology includes a high quality undergraduate curriculum in addition to a masters program (counseling psychology--NOT admitting students for 2012) and four doctoral programs (clinical, clinical health, counseling, experimental psychology). Faculty offices, research spaces, and affiliated clinics and centers are all located in Terrill Hall on the UNT Denton campus. Come visit us!

Graduate Programs

Celebrating diversity in all its forms.

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Applied Experimental Psychology »
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Undergraduate Program

More than 1,000 UNT undergrads currently major in Psychology.

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Faculty

The collegial faculty atmosphere fosters cutting edge collaborative research.

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Clinics & Centers

Serving the larger community and advancing research.

Psychology Clinic
Center for Sports Psychology
Center for Psychosocial Health Research
Sleep and Health Research

Alumni

Taking the power of ideas into the world.

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News & Events

Keeping our community and guests informed.

Faculty Spotlight

Wright Joins Faculty
The Department of Psychology welcomes Dr. Rex Wright to the faculty! Dr. Wright's expertise centers on the determinants and cardiovascular...

Student Spotlight

Students Selected for Advanced Training Institutes
Three doctoral students have been selected by the American Psychological Association to attend Advan...

Regional/National Resources:
American Psychological Association (APA)

American Psychological Society (APS)

Texas Psychological Association (TPA)

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Web Resources:
60-Second Podcast on Psychology (from Scientific American)

All in the Mind (from ABC National Radio)

News

Health Interventions with Underrepresented Populations: What Must You Ask Before You Begin?

The literature on ethnicity and health and disease has been growing rapidly lately. However it is not clear what these data tell us about how best to work with these populations. This talk will describe how to use what we know about underrepresented populations to provide better assessments.

Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Ph.D., ABPP. A clinical and health psychologist, she currently serves as Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University (SDSU) and Professor of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego.

February 10, 2012, 10:00 AM

University Union Silver Eagle Suite

Bashir Abdullah of the Counseling Psychology program has been selected to attend the COMPACT for Faculty Diversity in Atlanta, GA. The conference is an invitation only event by the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring. The Compact for Faculty Diversity goal is to increase the number of minority students who earn doctoral degrees and become college and university faculty.

So You Think You Know Your Miranda Rights? Mistakes, Myths and Meta-Ignorance

By Dr. Richard Rogers

Regents Professor of Psychology

Friday, November 4, 2011, 2:00 p.m.

Golden Eagle Suite, 3rd Floor, University Union, UNT Denton Campus

Light refreshments will be served

Misperceptions about Miranda warnings and waivers will be addressed as Dr. Richard Rogers exposes the Miranda myths and their devastating consequences. Dr. Rogers proposes a “professional neglect hypothesis” to explain why 300,000 adult suspects have impaired Miranda abilities that are “pushed through” the criminal justice system each year.

Richard Rogers, a Regents Professor of Psychology at the University of North Texas is nationally recognized for his contributions to forensic and clinical psychology and psychiatry. He is an engaging speaker who has given more than 100 invited talks, colloquia, and workshops nationally and internationally.

Dr. Murrell is congratulated by President Rawlins at the Fall 2011 Tenure Reception.

Heather Servaty-Seib, who earned her doctoral degree in (Counseling Psychology) from our department has been featured in Purdue Today for her work in helping to illuminate the various ways in which people deal with grief and loss. Read the full interview with Dr. Servaty-Seib here.