Faculty Research

Faculty in the Department of Psychology engage in a broad range of research, including the physiological and psychological correlates of stress, neurobiological and behavioral consequences of early experience, psychological and sociological determinants of help-seeking behaviors, multi-cultural counseling, variables in the effective utilization of microcomputers in psychology, psychology of African Americans, study of scientific jury selection and person perception.

Our faculty are actively engaged in research and can always use students assistants who want to learn about the research process first-hand. See the final section of this website to discover the types of research that each of our faculty conducts. Volunteer to assist in some study that you find interesting.

COR Scholars Program

A grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) supports a research scholars program. The major goal of this program is to increase the number of minority mental health researchers who are actively engaged in mental health research. Our objective is to interest 8 to 10 of our most motivated and able students in careers in mental health research and to provide them with the very best training and research experiences so that they are admitted to and complete mental health research doctoral programs.

To qualify for selection as a COR Scholar, a sophomore student must be interested in pursuing a career in mental health research and have at least a 3.40 GPA overall and in psychology courses.

Scholars come to a 6- week orientation program between their sophomore and junior years in which they take the following three courses: Introduction to Mental Health Research, Computers in the Social Sciences, and Research Design. Scholars then take 5 honors courses such as PSY404: How to Prepare For Graduate School. They also assist HU faculty in the conduct of their mental health research. Several researchers in our department and in other behavioral sciences have NIMH -funded ongoing research programs.

In the summer between their junior and senior years, Scholars travel to a major research university to become a part of a large mental health research team that includes graduate students, post docs and research scientists. When they return to HU in the fall, they prepare a presentation for the Annual COR Research Conference and for publication. During their senior year, Scholars take the GRE, complete the graduate school application process, and continue to conduct mental health research. Scholars benefit from close association with and supervision by faculty researchers. They also have many opportunities to experience all facets of the research process in exciting, real, relevant mental health research programs. They also receive generous financial support in the form of tuition payments, a monthly stipend, and travel allowances. If you are interested in this program, see Dr. Reginald Jones, Phenix Hall, Program Director, or Dr. Zina McGee, Co-Director.