As a psychology major, you must complete a final project outside of the traditional classroom. There are three options to fulfill this final requirement:
- 40 hours of community service at an approved cite,
- a semester long internship at an approved cite, or
- a year long individual research project.
With individual research projects, students work directly with a psychology professor whose research interests match their own. During the first semester, students usually complete background reading on the topic of the research, and begin to plan their experiments. The second semester usually consists of the actual data collection and analysis, as well as preparing to present the results at two conferences, one hosted by the Virginia Psychological Association and another hosted by the Mary Washington Psychology Department. At the end of the year, students write up their research findings in a formal, APA style paper.
To learn more about the research interests and current projects of each professor, click on the name of the professor you are interested in, and read their paragraph on research interests.
- Ms. Jean Bennett
- Dr. Mindy J. Erchull
- Dr. Steve Ronald Hampton
- Dr. Roy Jarnecke
- Dr. Christopher T. Kilmartin
- Dr. David Kolar
- Dr. Miriam Liss
- Dr. David MacEwen
- Dr. Jennifer R. Mailloux
- Dr. Christine McBride
- Dr. Thomas Moeller
- Dr. Denis Nissim-Sabat
- Dr. Larry W. Penwell
- Dr. David Rettinger
- Dr. Holly H. Schiffrin
- Dr. Roy H. Smith
- Dr. Debra Cowart Steckler