Clinical Psychology PhD program at the University of Southern Mississippi

Congratulations to Maddison Knott on passing her dissertation defense!

https://www.usm.edu/news/2026/releases/clinical-and-school-psychology-phd-reaccreditation.php

Clinical and School Psychology Ph.D. Programs Reaccredited for 10 Years The American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (APA-CoA) granted re-accreditation to the clinical psychology and school psychology Ph.D. programs in The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Psychology through 2035, the maximum period allowed.

Congratulation to Karoline Calongne on successfully proposing her master’s thesis project today!

We are so proud of our clinical students for successfully matching at prestigious internship sites. They are so lucky to have you and we know you will go on to do amazing things!!!!

Congratulations to all our students who participated in the USM Graduate Research Symposium!!! You did an amazing job! A special shout out to Chloe O’Dell who won first place for her poster presentation in the Education and Social Sciences and Business category.

A huge congratulations to Kylee Behringer and Rachel Kaplan for successfully proposing their dissertations. We are so proud of you and so excited to see what you learn from your incredible projects!

Congratulations to Mairin Cotter who successfully defended her dissertation on 8/28/25. Wishing you a fabulous internship year at UAB!!! Way to go!

A warm welcome to our incoming class and wishing all of our students a wonderful year!!

Congratulations to Lily Hammer for her induction into the USM Graduate Student Hall of Fame! We are so proud of you and it is so well-deserved.

A special congratulations to our graduate students, Mairin Cotter and Maddison Knott, who matched at incredible pre-doctoral internship programs!