The Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology at
Texas A&M University
Social psychology spans several areas of research, including emotion, motivation, social cognition, social neuroscience, social influence, self-regulation, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, and personality and social behavior. The Ph.D. program in Social Psychology is strongly committed to educating and training graduate students in these areas for academic careers at leading research institutions. The program offers hands-on, apprenticeship-based training. Graduate students spend much of their time working closely with faculty and other graduate students on research projects. Graduate student training is organized by the core Social faculty, but is augmented by affiliated faculty members and others.
The Social program has a 2:1 student-faculty ratio, allowing students to receive close and detailed mentoring from different faculty members. Students become heavily involved in research immediately upon arrival at Texas A&M. Students are encouraged to pursue their own research interests and projects and to become increasingly independent researchers during their graduate careers.
Over the past decade, all graduates of the Social program have obtained jobs immediately upon graduation. Most found their first jobs at major U. S. institutions, leading foreign institutions, or well-regarded private liberal arts colleges.
As a group, the Social faculty has received several million dollars in federal research grants in recent years from agencies like the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Some members of the social faculty have served as editors or associate editors of major journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
All graduate students admitted to the Department of Psychology are provided a fellowship or assistantship that pays a competitive monthly salary. Almost all students keep their fellowship or assistantship for their entire period of graduate studies. Office space, computers, funds to travel to professional conventions, and free health insurance are also provided. The Social program supports an active speakers series that brings to campus many faculty members from other universities each year. This series provides exposure to different perspectives on the field and the opportunity to network with professors at other institutions. Social Psychology Faculty
Dr. Paul Eastwick - Ph.D., Northwestern University (2009)
Dr. Eddie Harmon-Jones - Ph.D., University of Arizona (1995)
Dr. Joshua Hicks - Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia (2009)
Anita Kim - Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota
Dr. Heather Lench - Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (2007)
Dr. Steve Rholes - Ph.D., Princeton University (1978)
Dr. Charles Samuelson - Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (1986)
Dr. Rebecca Schlegel - Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia (2009)
Dr. Brandon Schmeichel - Ph.D., Florida State University (2005)
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