PhD Program in Psychology at North Dakota State University.
Our doctoral program is designed to produce graduates with strong research skills who will be competitive in the academic job market as well as in public and private applied research settings. The programs include coursework to provide a solid grounding in psychological science as well as in research methods and statistics, laboratory experience in an apprenticeship model of research training, and teacher training which culminates in the students' preparation and teaching of their own courses.
04/21/2022
Psychology Graduate Student Rachel Delaney is featured in the most recent Challey Institute Spotlight.
We are shining a spotlight on the great work being done by students and faculty at the Challey Institute. Our April spotlight features Rachel Delaney, a first-year Ph.D. student in the NDSU Psychology Graduate Program.
Challey Spotlight ➡️ ndsu.edu/challeyinstitute/outreach/news/detail/68180/
Congratulations to NDSU Psychology graduate student Odalis Garcia who has received an honorable mention for her Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship application!
Wonderful work, Odalis!
02/25/2022
Some of our first year graduate students are starting a podcast! Here's the link to it on Spotify:
Scientists in Training Listen to Scientists in Training on Spotify. Scientists in Training is a monthly science communication podcast giving you our inside experiences in academia. On the first of every month, our scientists share the tools, personal experiences, and advice for interested and new scientists when entering...
01/24/2022
Congratulations to Allison Veronda, who has successfully defended her dissertation, "Longitudinal Examination of Sleep and Chrononutrition."
Dr. Veronda will be starting as a senior user experience scientist at John Deere.
Great work, Dr. Veronda!
First-year graduate student Odalis Garcia is the recipient of the Sleep Research Society Diversity Membership Award. This award gives her a two-year membership in the society and access to mentorship opportunities. Congratulations, Odalis!
01/07/2022
One more week to apply to our PhD program in Psychology! For more information, please visit our department website:
Graduate Program | Psychology | NDSU The doctoral program in the Department of Psychology at North Dakota State University offers training in the areas of Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Social Psychology, and Visual & Cognitive Neuroscience. All students enroll in the Ph.D. in Psychology program and gain specialized trainin...
12/22/2021
Congratulations to Samuel Birkholz, who has successfully defended his major area paper, "Interactions between attention and working memory," and advanced to PhD candidacy!
12/15/2021
Interested in joining our PhD program in Psychology? Applications are due January 15. Just one month to go!
For more information on the application process, follow this link:
NDSU - North Dakota State University North Dakota State University is a student-focused, land-grant, research university — an economic engine that educates students, conducts primary research, creates new knowledge and advances technology. The university provides affordable access to an excellent education at a top-ranked research in...
11/30/2021
Please join us in celebrating our newest PhD! Dr. Angela Bagne has successfully defended her dissertation "Measuring Infant Emotional Regulation within the Still Face Procedure: A Novel Approach to Assessing Regulation Development in the Context of Prenatal Maternal Stress."
Great work, Dr. Bagne!
09/28/2021
Congratulations to Roberta Irvin, who successfully defended her Masters thesis, "The Inkblot Re-conceptualized: Developing an Implicit Situational Judgment Test of Multiple Components of Poor and Optimal Functioning," last week!
09/01/2021
We're very happy to welcome four new graduate students to our PhD program in Psychology this year. Hello to Odalis Garcia, Rachel Delaney, Emily Johnson, and Alex Knopps!