Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program

Psychology Discipline

 

The Psychology Department recognizes that combining the capabilities of Doctoral Faculty in more than one discipline is of great value for certain talented and creative students. For this reason, it is a full participant in the UMKC Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program. This program is for those who want a degree that transcends and hopefully synthesizes the foundational disciplines. Its uniqueness lies in the creation of programs specifically tailored to individualized combinations of student and faculty talents and interests. Students in this program are involved in coursework and research within at least two complimentary disciplines. One is designated the coordinating unit, and the other as a co-discipline. The Psychology discipline may be chosen to fulfill either role. Psychology is appropriate as a coordinating unit for Interdisciplinary Ph.D. study for the exceptional student who has a thorough background in psychology. Psychology is appropriate as a co-discipline for the exceptional student who demonstrates a clear aptitude for graduate study of psychology. More information in available from the websites listed below. Applicants must meet criteria for admission to each discipline in which they would like to participate. Note that students wishing to pursue a PhD in Clinical Health Psychology must apply to the clinical program (described here). The Psychology faculty who participate in the IPhD have a broad range of interests. However, as a small faculty, we can not cover every possible area. As such, our priority will be to take students into the discipline who have an identified area of scholarship that complements the interests of one of our participating faculty so that we can provide the quality of educational experience that our students deserve. The following Psychology faculty are currently participating in the Psychology IPhD discipline. Click each name to view their homepage and learn about their research interests. (Each link opens in a new browser window.)   Christohper Lovelace, PhD Lisa Terre, PhD   Tamera Murdock, PhD Josh Rabinowitz, PhD     For full information, please visit the following web pages: Psychology Discipline Details about the Psychology discipline in the IPhD program. Interdisciplinary PhD at UMKC General information about the IPhD program UMKC School of Graduate Studies (from the UMKC Graduate Catalog) Overview of the IPhD program, program details, admissions, participating disciplines

Last updated: August 20, 2008