(The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, formerly the Division of Social Science)

Professor Robert Melara, Chair • Department Office: NA 7/120 • Tel: 212-650-5442

General Information

The City College offers the following undergraduate and combined degrees in Psychology:

B.A.

B.S.

B.A./M.A. (Combined Degree) (p. )

Programs and Objectives

The major provides students with a broad overview of theoretical and research perspectives in psychology and applications of these perspectives to social and community issues. Undergraduate training is offered through gateway courses and advanced courses and can include honors study and laboratory and fieldwork. These offerings provide opportunities for students to work closely with faculty and professionals in the field on research and service projects. Both the B.A. and the B.S. are degree options for psychology majors. Highly qualified and motivated students can earn their B.A. and M.A. degrees simultaneously. The department also offers the coursework needed to obtain New York State certification as an Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor. Graduates of the Department of Psychology should be:

Knowledgeable

Understand basic and more advanced psychological theories, principles, and concepts in a variety of areas such as human development, social interaction, psychopathology, cognitive processes, and the biological bases of behavior.

Analytical

Acquire and apply critical thinking to the content of a discipline and to practical problems they confront in other settings, including: evaluating fact-based evidence, engaging in both inductive and deductive logical reasoning, identifying and considering multiple points of view, and applying the above processes to problem-solving.

Conduct research and evaluate research by others, including: evaluating hypotheses, research designs, research findings, and theories and formulating questions and hypotheses, designing research protocols, and analyzing research findings, using appropriate statistical procedures and statistical software packages.

Practical

Apply psychological concepts, principles and research findings to understanding social, political, and cultural phenomena and to their own lives and experiences.

Effective in Communication

Demonstrate effective communication skills in oral, written, and numerical formats.

Professional in Attitudes and Behavior

Act ethically, both in the conduct of research and in their everyday interactions.

Advisement

For a current schedule of advisement hours, please inquire in the Department Office, NAC 7/120, or phone 212-650-5442

Psychological Center

The department’s Psychological Center offers psychological testing and short- and long-term therapy to CCNY students, as well as to individuals from the community and surrounding areas, with mood, anxiety, and interpersonal problems. Married and unmarried couples, single-parent and two-parent families, students of all ages and their parents are welcome. The Psychological Center is part of the doctoral training program in Clinical Psychology. Treatment is provided by advanced doctoral students under the supervision of the clinical faculty, licensed clinical psychologists from other programs, and external licensed clinical supervisors. All services are completely confidential. For further information, and to request an application for services, visit the Psychological Center’s front desk, which is located in NAC 8/101, or call 212-650-6602. The Center is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. The Center is closed in August, and during College holidays and vacations.

Department Activities

The Psych Club

The Psych Club is a student-run organization that encourages psychology majors as well as non-majors to broaden their horizons in the field of psychology and accentuate their participation within the City College community. The club meets weekly on Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:45 pm. Office hours are posted outside NAC 7/120. During club hours the Psych Club hosts both formal and informal seminars and lectures in which invited speakers share some of their experiences as working psychologists and offer helpful hints about securing a future career in psychology. During informal meetings the Psych Club engages in team-building exercises and various group related activities such as movie nights, bake sales, study-groups and freshman tutoring as well as fieldtrips to various psychological conventions. The Psych Club provides an excellent opportunity to learn leadership skills that will be helpful in future careers. The department encourages all psychology students to join the Psych Club and become active in its leadership. Interested students should contact the club at psychclub11@gmail.com

Psi Chi

Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Psi Chi provides national recognition for academic excellence in psychology, an honor that can be noted on employment applications, vitae, and résumés. Psi Chi also provides over $250,000 annually in awards and grants to its student members and chapters. The City College of New York chapter of Psi Chi was chartered in 1961, and has supported both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research interests in such areas as clinical, cognitive, social, and developmental psychology. Membership in Psi Chi is recognized at Departmental honors ceremonies. Psi Chi also publishes a journal of undergraduate research that includes useful information for students in psychology. Membership in Psi Chi is open to qualified candidates of any age, sex, sexual orientation, race, handicap or disability, color, religion, and national and ethnic origin. Membership is for life. The national registration fee of $55 is the only payment ever made to the national organization, which does not charge dues. Students qualify for membership in Psi Chi if they: (1) are recommended by a faculty member, (2) have taken 9 credits of psychology beyond PSY 10200, (3) have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) in Psychology AND in cumulative grades, and (4) have completed 3 semesters of college courses. Interested students should contact Prof. Brett Silverstein, (bsilverstein@ccny.cuny.edu), NAC 7/120, 212-650-5700.

Departmental Colloquium Series

Throughout the year the Psychology Department sponsors lectures on various topics in psychology, including cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and health psychology, given by prominent members of the scientific community. The lectures are free and open to the public. Majors are encouraged to attend. For current information, please come to the Department Office NAC 7/120 or phone 212-650-5442.

Awards

The following awards are given annually at the department’s awards ceremony, held each May:

Bernard R. Ackerman Foundation Award

Joseph E. Barmack Memorial Award

Francis P. Hardesty Award

Gardner Murphy Award

Ward Medal

Kenneth Clark Award

William King Award

William Crain Award

For more information on awards, contact the Department Chair.

Faculty

Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, Professor
B.A., Univ. of Western Ontario; M.A., Columbia Univ., Ed.M., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Deidre M. Anglin, Associate Professor
B.S., Cornell Univ.; M.A., Fordham Univ., Ph.D.

Sophia Barrett, Lecturer
B.A., CCNY, M.A.

William Crain, Professor
A.B., Harvardof Chicago

Timothy Ellmore, Professor
B.A. George Washington Univ.; M.A.; Univ. of Arizona, Ph.D.

Adriana Espinosa, Associate Professor
B.A. City College; Univ. of California at Berkeley, Ph.D.

Eric Fertuck, Associate Professor
B.S. Michigan State Univ.; Ph.D., Adelphi Univ.

Tiffany Floyd, Assistant Professor
B.A. SUNY (Binghamton); M.A.,Temple Univ., Ph.D.

Peter Fraenkel, Associate Professor
B.A., Boston Univ.; Ph.D., Duke Univ.

Benjamin Harris, Clinical Professor
B.A., Wesleyan Univ.; M.E., Lesley Univ; Ph.D., CUNY

Jon C. Horvitz, Professor
B.A., Haverford College.; Ph.D., Univ. of California (Santa Barbara)

Elliot Jurist, Professor
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D. (Philosophy) Columbia Univ.; Ph.D., CUNY

King, Professor
B.A., Rutgers Univ.; M.A., Univ. of Colorado, Ph.D.

Teresa Lopez-Castro, Assistant Professor
B.A., Columbia Univ.; Ph.D. CUNY

Arthur D. Lynch, Associate Professor
B.A., Univ. of Texas, Ph.D.

Robert D. Melara, Professor and Chair
B.A., Stony Brook Univ.; M.A., New School, Ph.D.

Glen Milstein, Associate Professor
B.A., Brandeis Univ.; Ph.D., Teachers College (Columbia Univ.)

Sarah O’Neill, Associate Professor
B.S.C., Univ. of Otago (NZ); Ph.D. Univ. of Otago (NZ)

Richard Paino, Lecturer
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Fairleigh Dickenson University, Ph.D., Capella Univ.

Margaret Rosario, Professor
B.A., Princeton Univ.; Ph.D., New York Univ.

Millicent Roth, Professor
B.A., Brooklyn College, M.S.W., D.S.W., New York Univ.

M. Sasha Rudenstine, Assistant Professor
B.A., Haverford College; M.A. CCNY; Ph.D. CUNY

Lesia Ruglass, Associate Professor
B.A. New York Univ.; M.A., Boston Univ.; Ph.D., New School for Social Research

Brett Silverstein, Presidential Professor
B.A., State Univ. of New York (Stony Brook); Ph.D., Columbia Univ.

Ratna Sircar, Professor
B.ScDelhi; M.Sc., All-India Institute of Med. Sci, Ph.D.

Vivien C. Tartter, Professor
B.A., Brown Univ., M.A., Ph.D.

Steven B. Tuber, Professor
B.A., Yale; M.A., Univ. of Michigan, Ph.D.

Deborah Vietze, Professor
B.S., Univ. of Redlands; M.S., Univ. of Southern California; Ph.D., Columbia Univ.

Paul Wachtel, Distinguished Professor
A.B., Columbia Univ.; M.S., Yale Univ., Ph.D.

Lissa Weinstein, Professor
B.A., SUNY (Stony Brook); M.A., The City College; Ph.D., CUNY

Ann Marie Yali, Associate Professor
B.A., Eckerd College; M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook), Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti

John Antrobus

William Crain

Diana Diamond

Anderson J. Franklin

Douglas C. Kimmel

William L. King

Jeffry J. Rosen

Irvin S Schonfeld

Jerry Siegel

Arietta Slade

Deborah Vietze