Program Website: http://www.clemson.edu/psych/grad.html
Introduction
The Department of Psychology at Clemson University offers a Ph.D. program in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, training research scientists and teachers for academic and industrial settings. This program is designed to provide the student with the requisite theoretical foundations, skills in quantitative techniques and research design, and practical problem-solving skills to address human problems related to work. The program is based on the scientist-practitioner model, following the guidelines for doctoral programs issued by the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology. The program strives to maintain a balance between the industrial and organizational sides of the field and between research and applications. Applicants who do not currently have a master’s degree may enter directly into the Ph.D. program and earn the M.S. while completing the Ph.D.
Program of Study
Students typically obtain their master’s degrees as part of the Ph.D. program and are thus required to satisfy the master’s program requirements prior to receiving their doctorate. In addition to the required core content courses, the doctoral program includes at least one course from each of four major areas of psychology (biological, cognitive-affective, social, individual differences). In addition, 18 hours of dissertation research are required. Students are admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. Additionally, our doctoral students complete internships at local and regional businesses and industries. Students generally complete the program in four or five years.
A specialization in Occupational Health Psychology is also offered as part of the program. The demographics of the workforce are shifting to older, more diverse populations. At the same time, the structure of work and compensation has undergone significant changes. These factors have altered the traditional views of workplace health and safety and have necessitated a new kind of training to maximize worker wellness and productivity. Occupational health psychology has much to offer, but there is a pressing need for new graduate training programs to supply skilled psychological expertise with specialized training in the wide array of occupational health issues. The Department of Psychology at Clemson University is one of the few programs nationwide to receive funding from the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to develop a graduate training program in Occupational Health Psychology (OHP). Graduate training in OHP at Clemson University has significant potential for impact and academic excellence. Formal training began in the year 2000 as a concentration within the existing I & O and Applied Psychology programs.
Applicants to this program should have an undergraduate degree with a major in psychology or a related field from an accredited college or university, or have a minimum of 15 semester hours in psychology beyond the introductory psychology survey course, or have a master’s degree with a major in psychology or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Centers, Institutes and Facilities
Students have access to several well-equipped laboratories, including facilities to study and conduct process-control simulation, task performance, psychophysiology, sleep research, perception and action, motion sciences, uncoupled motion simulation, human memory and perception, visual performance, driving simulation, usability testing, advanced reading technologies, personnel selection and performance appraisal, workplace training research, industrial-organizational research, social psychology, residential research, occupational stress simulation and cognitive aging as well as virtual reality, robotics and teleoperation facilities.
Financial Aid
Almost all of the students in the department receive a research or teaching assistantship. The assistantships currently range from $9,000 to $12,000 for each nine-month academic year. Students receiving an assistantship also receive a significant reduction in tuition and fees.
Student Group
Sixty percent of the students in this program are women, and 90 percent attend on a full-time basis.
Applying
The Psychology Graduate Admissions Committee is looking for applicants with strong quantitative skills, strong writing abilities and research experience. Applicants should have completed course work in statistics and research methods. Applicants may apply on the Web at http://www.grad.clemson.edu/Admission.php. Along with the application, students must submit GRE scores for the verbal, quantitative and analytical sections (the Psychology Subject Test is not required); transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended; three letters of recommendation; a 1-2 page statement of interest that describes the student’s interest in the program and discusses the student’s research interests and how they fit with the research interests of the program faculty; and a resume or CV (recommended but not required).
Applications with a $55 nonrefundable fee should be received by December 31 for the following fall semester. Every required item in support of the application must be on file by that date. All admitted students will be admitted for the fall semester; because the program is tightly structured for the first two years, January admissions are not practical.
Faculty Listing
• Thomas R. Alley, Professor; Ph.D., Connecticut. Experimental psychology. Expertise: experimental psychology, eyewitness testimony, psychological aspects of physical appearance, perception and cognition.
• Edwin G. Brainerd Jr., Associate Professor; Ph.D., West Virginia. Behavioral psychology. Expertise: behavior modification, stress management, romantic relationships, jealousy.
• Thomas W. Britt Jr., Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florida. Social psychology. Expertise: social psychology, motivation,
job engagement, stress, health, industrial-organizational
psychology.
• Johnell Brooks, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Clemson. Human factors and industrial-organizational psychology. Expertise: human factors, industrial-organizational psychology, transportation safety.
• Robert L. Campbell, Professor; Ph.D., Texas. Developmental psychology. Expertise: developmental psychology, cognitive development, mathematical development, development of expertise, moral development, psychological theory.
• Claudio Cantalupo, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Memphis. Experimental psychology. Expertise: biopsychology, experimental neuropsychology, comparative psychology.
• Patricia A. Connor-Greene, Alumni Professor; Ph.D., South Carolina. Clinical and community psychology. Expertise: clinical psychology, gender and mental health, the cultural context of psychiatric disorders and treatment, resilience and mental illness, psychology and art.
• Leo J. Gugerty, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Michigan. Cognitive/experimental psychology. Expertise: human factors psychology, cognitive psychology, navigation, situation awareness, usability testing.
• Michael Horvath, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Industrial-organizational psychology. Expertise: industrial-organizational psychology, organizational justice perceptions, training motivation, job applicant cognitions and behaviors.
• Robin Marie Kowalski, Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina at Greensboro. Social psychology. Expertise: social psychology, health psychology, aversive interpersonal behaviors.
• James A. McCubbin, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Psychology. Expertise: occupational health and physiological psychology, health psychology, behavioral medicine, psychoneuroendocrinology of stress.
• D. Dewayne Moore, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Developmental psychology. Expertise: developmental psychology, cognitive aging, adolescent development.
• Eric R. Muth, Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Psychology. Expertise: human factors and physiological psychology, effects of stress on the gastro-intestinal system, aviation human factors, motion sickness, effects of motion on performance, spatial disorientation, human factors and ergonomics.
• Christopher C. Pagano, Professor; Ph.D., Connecticut. Experimental psychology. Expertise: experimental psychology, haptic and visual perception, kinesthesis, motor control, visually guided reaching, teleoperation, human factors and ergonomics.
• Richard Pak, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology. Human factors psychology. Expertise: human-computer interaction, cognitive aging, spatial abilities, memory.
• June J. Pilcher, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Chicago. Biopsychology. Expertise: biopsychology, neuroscience, sleep and sleep deprivation, fatigue, biological rhythms, work/rest cycles, human factors and ergonomics, occupational health psychology, history of psychology.
• Cynthia L. S. Pury, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern. Psychology. Expertise: clinical psychology, anxiety disorders, evolutionary psychology, cognitive processing and emotion, subjective experience of emotion, teaching of psychology.
• Patrick H. Raymark, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Bowling Green State. Psychology. Expertise: industrial-organizational psychology, sources of performance information used by raters, effects of indirect performance information on rating behavior.
• Benjamin R. Stephens, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Texas. Psychology. Expertise: developmental psychology, perceptual development, vision.
• Fred S. Switzer III, Professor; Ph.D., Illinois. Industrial-organizational psychology. Expertise: industrial-organizational psychology, decision making and motivation, personnel selection, human factors in process control, research methods
• Mary A. Taylor, Professor; Ph.D., Akron. Industrial-organizational psychology. Expertise: industrial-organizational psychology, reactions to sex- and race-based affirmative action, test development; retirement planning and adjustment.
• Richard A. Tyrrell, Professor; Ph.D., Penn State. Experimental psychology. Expertise: human factors psychology, experimental psychology, visual perception and performance, transportation safety.
For More Information
Christopher C. Pagano, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Psychology
418 Brackett Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1355
Telephone: 864-656-4984
Fax: 864-656-0358
E-mail: cpagano@clemson.edu
http://www.clemson.edu/psych/grad.html
