Psychology
Department Chair: Anthony R. Caggiula
Main Office: 405 Langley Hall
(412) 624-4501 (phone) (412) 624-4428 (fax)
http://www.pitt.edu/~psych

Primary Faculty: Professors CAGGIULA (Chair), CAMPBELL, CHI, FOWLER, FRIEZE, GLASER (University Professor), GREENBERG, HOLLAND, LESGOLD, LEVINE, MANUCK, McBURNEY, McCALL (Co-director, Office of Child Development), MORELAND, NELSON-Le GALL, PERFETTI, RESNICK (Director, Learning Research and Development Center), SCHNEIDER, SCHOFIELD, SHIFFMAN, VOSS; Associate Professors BROWNELL, COHN, COLAVITA, GOLDSTEIN, GORDON, KAMARCK, POGUE-GEILE, SAYETTE, SCHOOLER, SHAW, STRAUSS; Assistant Professors ALLBRITTON, FIEZ, JOHNSON, RYAN; Instructor MOSHEIN (Visiting Assistant Chair; Director of Graduate Studies); Assistant Instructor BANDULA; Lecturers GRUMET, SPENCER, VAUGHAN

Affiliated Faculty (Adjunct faculty and those with primary appointments in other areas): Professors BAUM (Visiting, Medicine), FRANK (Medicine), HILL (Medicine), J. JENNINGS (Medicine), LEINHARDT (LRDC), LOEBER (Medicine), MATTHEWS (Medicine), PERKINS (Medicine), RABIN (Medicine), SCHULZ (Medicine), WING (Medicine); Associate Professors BAGNATO (Medicine), DEW (Medicine), HIRTLE (Information Sciences), K. JENNINGS (Medicine), C. JOHNSON (Social Work), KUSNECOV (Medicine), MARCUS (Medicine), MURRELL (Business), STOUTHAMER-LOEBER (Medicine), TAYLOR (Africana Studies); Assistant Professors CASEY (Medicine), MORROW (Medicine), RUBOVITS (Adjunct); Research Assistant Professor McALLISTER (Public Health)

Emeritus Faculty: Professors MEYER, MOSKOWITZ (Dean Emeritus), VAN DUSEN, WILLIS; Associate Professor GOLIN

The department offers graduate training leading to specialization in the fields of clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology, and social psychology. The program in clinical psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

As preparation for graduate study, the department recommends broad undergraduate training including courses in biology, mathematics, the physical sciences, the social sciences, and in effective oral and written expression. The department recommends college level mathematics and 12 credits of psychology, including experimental psychology, statistics, and, for clinical applicants, abnormal psychology. Upon being admitted, students are assigned to faculty advisors.

Research: Satisfactory demonstration of competence in research. This involves the completion of a formal master's thesis, or a research paper judged equivalent by a faculty committee. In either case, an oral defense is required.

The preliminary evaluation consists of the completion (or exemption) of appropriate core courses plus the completion of the MS thesis or MS equivalent research paper. (Students entering with the MA or MS degree from another institution must have prior courses evaluated by the program faculty to determine to what extent the core program has been satisfied. If the student has already completed a master's thesis, that thesis must also be evaluated by the program faculty to determine whether or not it meets the research standards of the department.)

Comprehensive Examination: The passing of a comprehensive examination in the student's area of specialization. This examination (a) must be taken within two calendar years after having passed the core courses; (b) must be completed at least eight months before the granting of the PhD degree; and (c) must be repeated if the degree is not granted within three calendar years after passing the comprehensive examination. Candidates failing the examination may, at the discretion of the faculty, be permitted to repeat the examination at the next scheduled administration, but no further repetitions are allowed.

PhD Dissertation: Satisfactory completion of a PhD dissertation, with an oral defense.

In addition, students who specialize in clinical psychology are required to complete an internship consisting of one year of experience in an approved agency, or an equivalent amount of part-time supervised experience.

The departmental facilities also include cooperative arrangements with many organizations in Pittsburgh engaged in various kinds of psychological work. These include Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, St. Francis Hospital, and several local agencies of the Veterans Administration Medical Centers. Collaboration with these organizations consists of part-time instruction by the staffs of these agencies, the sharing of laboratory and clinical facilities, and the appointment in those organizations of graduate students in psychology as clinical assistants, research assistants, or as part-time employees.

* These courses are sometimes offered in seven week modules.